Spas with walk-ins welcome

Park City, Utah

Hotel spa at Pendry Park City with six treatment rooms, a rooftop pool, whirlpool and herbal steam room, open daily 8:30am–4:30pm.

San Diego, California

Adults-only hotel spa at Kona Kai Resort on Shelter Island with six treatment rooms, a couples' suite and day-pass access for non-guests.

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Natural hot spring inside Sapporo's Jasmac Plaza Hotel in Susukino, open to day visitors and hotel guests alike, with sauna and a rest lounge.

Las Vegas, Nevada

A day spa inside Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas offering massage, facials and body treatments alongside sauna, steam and cold plunge access.

Arima Onsen, Hyogo

A moderately priced onsen bathhouse in Arima Onsen, Kobe, with a forest sauna, a large outdoor bath, yoga and an award-recognized restaurant.

Nashville, Tennessee

A Germantown contrast therapy studio with private suites pairing infrared sauna, cold plunge and a vitamin-c shower; day pass is $70.

Charleston, South Carolina

Contrast therapy studio in Mt Pleasant offering private 60-minute sessions with infrared sauna, cold plunge and vitamin-c shower; day pass $60.

Palm Beach, Florida

A Palm Beach Gardens studio offering 60-minute private-suite sessions combining infrared sauna, cold plunge and vitamin-c shower.

Charleston, South Carolina

Private contrast-therapy suites with infrared sauna, cold plunge and vitamin C shower in West Ashley, Charleston, by reservation.

Sárvár, Vas

Large thermal bath complex in Sárvár with indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna world, slides for kids, and medical spa treatments.

Sárvár, Vas

A large thermal and wellness complex in Sárvár with indoor and outdoor medicinal pools, slides, a sauna world, fitness center and massage treatments.

Koh Samui, Surat Thani

A forest day spa on Koh Samui built around granite steam caves, waterfalls and plunge pools, open daily with walk-in or day-pass access.

Ibusuki, Kagoshima

Oceanfront outdoor onsen in Ibusuki where the two gender-assigned baths swap daily, with views of Mount Kaimon, the East China Sea, and Take-yama.

Taupo, Waikato

Adults-only geothermal pool complex in Taupo with five heated pools and a cold plunge, open daily noon to 9pm, no time limit.

Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol

Central thermal bath complex in Merano with 25 pools, a sauna world, thermal park and medical spa area, open daily year-round with walk-in day passes.

Portorož, Coastal-Karst

Thermal baths and seawater pools in Portorož, open daily 7am–9pm with walk-in day passes and a large sauna park.

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Historic 1924 thermal bathhouse inside the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, offering mineral baths, sauna and massage, with walk-ins welcome.

Queenstown, Otago

Adults-only bathhouse in central Queenstown with heated, ambient and cold pools, sauna and steam room, day pass $99.

Charleston, South Carolina

Hotel spa in Ansonborough with cypress-clad treatment rooms, a signature citrus facial, and a second-floor fitness studio; walk-ins welcome.

Atlanta, Georgia

A medical spa in Atlanta's Five Points district offering walk-in treatments, a private lounge, refreshments and luggage storage.

Seattle, Washington

A quiet, clothing-optional day spa in Greenwood with soaking pools, saunas and a steam room, women-owned and open to all genders on Wednesdays.

Wanaka, Otago

A lakefront wood-fired sauna at The Outlet in Wānaka running guided or self-guided group sessions with cold dips in the lake between rounds.

BAITING HOLLO, New York

A 10,000-square-foot spa and hair salon in Baiting Hollow with couple's suites, saunas and steam rooms, part of the East Wind resort on Long Island.

Santa Ynez, California

Adults-only resort spa inside Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez with 21 treatments, a mineral pool, cold plunge and couple's suites.