Spas with cold plunge

Busan

A large Korean jjimjilbang inside Centum City with 18 hot spring baths and 13 themed heat rooms, open daily 9am–10pm.

Montreal, Quebec

Indoor Nordic spa in Old Montreal offering a hot-and-cold thermal circuit, massages and a relaxation lounge, open daily with day passes and valet parking.

Cotswolds, England

A woodland sauna and ice bath venue near Northleach in the Cotswolds, offering communal and private heat-and-cold sessions plus occasional workshops.

Los Cabos, Baja California Sur

A day spa in El Tezal, Cabo San Lucas, with a pool, cold plunge and cabanas, offering walk-ins and day passes at moderate prices.

Seattle, Washington

A reservation-only social wellness sauna spa in Renton (serving the Seattle area) with a thermal pool, cold plunge, sauna and steam room, day passes from $75.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Soft Handz is an adults-only day spa near Minneapolis/St. Paul with sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and cold plunge, open to walk-ins for a $50 day pass.

Sonoma, California

A boutique day spa in downtown Sonoma centered on infrared sauna and cold plunge drop-ins, plus massage, red light and PEMF therapy.

Santa Barbara, California

A downtown Santa Barbara day spa built around a private infrared sauna, salt room, cold plunge and a sound-and-light meditation pod, booked by appointment.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A Russian-Turkish bathhouse in Southampton, outside Philadelphia, with platza massage, a pool and multiple heat rooms, open to walk-ins with day passes.

Austin, Texas

Adults-only hotel spa at the Fairmont Austin with nine treatment rooms, a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna and cold plunge, open daily with day passes available.

Duluth, Georgia

Korean jjimjilbang in Duluth near Atlanta with hot and cold tubs, saunas, and a food court, open daily from 9am and until 2am on weekends.

Calistoga, California

Spa Talisa is the adults-only spa at the Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley in Calistoga, with vineyard-view gardens, barrel saunas and a sunken whirlpool for

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.

Hot Springs, Arkansas

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

London, England

A Russian-style banya bathhouse in Belgravia offering oak-lined steam rooms, cold plunge pools and leaf-massage rituals, with day passes by reservation only.

Queenstown, Otago

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

Boston, Massachusetts

A Norwood, Massachusetts day spa built around a hot-cold hydrotherapy circuit of mineral baths, saunas, steam and cold plunges, open daily with a day pass.

Portland, Oregon

An 18-and-up, clothing-optional spa in Portland's Kerns neighborhood with a salt hot tub, sauna, steam room and cold plunge, reservation required.

Miami, Florida

A walk-in sauna and cold plunge studio in Miami built around contrast therapy, with day passes and split morning and evening hours.

Dallas, Texas

Hotel spa in Uptown Dallas with 12 treatments, couples' rooms, separate men's and women's lounges, sauna, steam room, cold plunge and whirlpool.

Lake Tahoe, California

A 17-room, adults-only hotel spa at Lake Tahoe's Ritz-Carlton with a heated lap pool, sauna and steam room; day pass access requires booking a treatment.

Portland, Oregon

Adults-only hotel spa in downtown Portland with a $50 day pass, infinity pool, sauna, steam room and cold plunge shower, booked in advance only.

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.

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.