Spas with outdoor baths

Palm Springs, California

Hotel spa inside the 16-story Agua Caliente Rancho Mirage casino resort, offering massages, facials and body treatments alongside a pool and hot tub.

Băile Felix, Bihor

A thermal baths complex in Băile Felix with outdoor and indoor pools, open daily with walk-in access and no membership required.

San Francisco, California

A luxury resort spa at Fort Baker in Sausalito with outdoor baths, open only to Cavallo Point hotel guests.

Santa Cruz, California

A hotel spa on a 300-acre Santa Cruz hilltop with Monterey Bay views, outdoor baths and a relaxation lounge, open only to resort guests.

San Diego, California

Hotel wellness facilities at the DoubleTree Del Mar in Carmel Valley, San Diego, with a sauna, steam room, outdoor pool and fitness center for hotel guests.

Manuel Antonio, Puntarenas

A destination spa with outdoor thermal pools near Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, open daily with reservations required.

Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico

An adults-only luxury wellness retreat on the shore of Lake Avándaro in Valle de Bravo, built into a rock formation and run by reservation only.

Beitou, Taipei

A hot-spring resort in Beitou, Taipei with private suites, outdoor baths and overnight stays, open to day-pass visitors by reservation.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Adults-only resort spa in Scottsdale with sauna, steam, cold plunge and thermal pools, open only to hotel guests.

Maui, Hawaii

A nine-room resort spa on Maui's Road to Hana offering lomi lomi and lava-stone pōhaku wela massage, plus a eucalyptus steam room and cold plunge.

Kapaau, Hawaii

An oceanfront eco-boutique hotel and wellness retreat on Hawaii Island's North Kohala coast, open to overnight guests only, not day visitors.

Calistoga, California

A historic hot-springs resort in Calistoga with an early-1900s mineral pool, mud baths, and a public restaurant, but spa access is limited to hotel guests.

San Diego, California

A hotel wellness facility at InterContinental San Diego with an outdoor pool, sauna, steam room and fitness center, open to hotel guests only, ages 18+.

Houston, Texas

A rooftop pool, cabanas, fitness center and yoga room at this Houston hotel are open to non-guests via a $60 adults-only day pass.

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Hotel spa at Jekyll Island Club Resort offers outdoor baths and a pool with ocean views, open only to resort guests.

Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto

A nine-room ryokan in Kurokawa Onsen where every detached suite has its own source-fed open-air bath, open to overnight guests only.

Austin, Texas

Adults-only resort spa on Lake Austin offering all-inclusive overnight stays and limited day passes to pools, saunas, steam rooms and lake activities.

Palm Springs, California

A 10-room mineral hot springs hotel in Desert Hot Springs near Palm Springs, offering day passes to its 120°F spring-fed pools, sauna and massage rooms.

Hudson Valley, New York

Resort spa at Mohonk Mountain House with a steam room, sauna and outdoor heated mineral pool, open to overnight guests and day-pass visitors.

Kandy, Central Province

Resort spa at a Kandy hillside hotel with an infinity pool, hot tub and outdoor baths looking over the Hanthana mountains, open to hotel guests only.

Shibu Onsen, Nagano

A ryokan in Shibu Onsen with indoor and outdoor hot-spring baths fed by two blended mineral springs, open only to overnight guests.

Tyrol, Bavaria

Hotel spa in Kreuth-Reitrain near Tegernsee with a 3,000 sqm onsen-style bathing area, hot and cold pools, saltwater pools and sauna, open on a day-pass basis.

Lake Tahoe, California

A lakefront lodge in South Lake Tahoe where guest wellness amenities are a pool, hot tub and private beach rather than a treatment spa.

Ourense, Galicia

An outdoor hot-springs spa in Ourense with thermal pools, walk-in day passes, and hours that run late on weekends.