Spas with thermal pool

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.

Portland, Oregon

Adults-only hotel and thermal springs on NE Alberta St in Portland, with vitality pools, a day-pass option, and spa treatments.

Carson, Washington

A clothing-optional, adults-only mineral hot springs bathhouse in Carson, Washington, with a $12 day pass and a $30 bath-and-wrap treatment.

Calistoga, California

A clothing-optional hot springs retreat outside Calistoga with eight mineral pools, spa bodywork, and day-pass, camping, and lodging options.

Los Baños, Laguna

A natural spring resort near Mount Makiling in Calauan, Laguna, with outdoor pools, forest trails, and day passes offered every day of the week.

Thermopolis, Wyoming

Free public bathhouse in Thermopolis, Wyoming, with indoor and outdoor mineral soaking pools held at 104°F, open seven days a week.

Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti

Hotel spa at the 5-star Borjomi Likani resort, built on a former Soviet-era sanatorium site, using local mineral water treatments for guests only.

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.

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Walk-in outdoor mineral hot springs in Jemez Springs, NM, with four pools kept between 98 and 105°F and a $25 one-hour day pass.

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.

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

A Saturday-only hot springs day spa near San Miguel de Allende with outdoor thermal pools and walk-in access.

Palm Springs, California

Resort spa in Desert Hot Springs with mineral thermal pools, open to day-pass visitors and hotel guests, geared toward couples and families.

Asan, South Chungcheong

A hot springs facility in Asan with thermal pools, hot tubs and saunas, open to walk-ins and suited to families.

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.

Beppu, Oita

A 1938 public bathhouse in central Beppu known for its sand bath, where attendants bury bathers in heated sand while they wear a yukata.

Sáchica, Boyacá

Natural thermal pools and a relaxation lounge at the edge of Villa de Leyva, open daily except Wednesday with day passes for families and couples.

Ourense, Galicia

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

Wanaka, Otago

Adults-only hot springs with thermal pool and sauna in Wānaka, open for day passes most evenings and Saturday afternoons, closed Sundays.

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Day-pass hot springs resort in Pagosa Springs with over 50 mineral pools fed by the Mother Spring, plus a spa for massages and body treatments.

Jiaoxi, Yilan

A walk-in fish-spa pool in Jiaoxi's Tangweigou hot spring strip, offering affordable thermal soaking with doctor fish for families.

Arima Onsen, Hyogo

Hotel spa in Arima Onsen with Arima's rare iron-rich "ginsen" waters, outdoor baths, sauna and jacuzzi, run as an all-inclusive overnight stay.

Santorini, South Aegean

Natural sulfur hot springs at the foot of a volcanic islet in the Santorini caldera, reached by boat and accessed by swimming from the water.

Afyonkarahisar

Resort hotel in Afyonkarahisar built around thermal pools, spa treatments and physical therapy, open to hotel guests.