Best saunas in Nashville

Nashville has 3 curated saunas across 3 distinct formats: 1 Finnish, 1 steam, and 3 infrared. Finnish leads the count, but the smaller cohorts are part of why the scene is worth taking seriously. Each format changes what the heat feels like and what you do between rounds.

2 of the 3 saunas here (67% of the list) run a cold plunge on site. If the contrast cycle is what you're turning up for, skew your bookings to those venues. The rest are still worth visiting, they just ask you to bring your own cool-down plan.

Pricing in Nashville clusters tightly. All 3 of the curated saunas sit in the mid-range ($$) band, which is unusual, because most cities spread. It makes the decision about the experience rather than the budget; confirm the current rate on the listed website.

A few places to start: Pure Sweat Sauna Studio, The Gulch, an infrared sauna studio in the Gulch, where a 45-minute session is taken alone in a private Sunlighten cabin suite running far, mid and near wavelengths; Pure Sweat Sauna Studio, an infrared sauna studio on Dallas Avenue in 12 South, one of four Pure Sweat sites around Nashville; and Holiday Salon and Bathhouse, a Finnish-inspired bathhouse in a century-old East Nashville factory, hired by the hour for one to ten people: a Himalayan salt sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, a 104F saltwater…. That’s the on-ramp. The full ranking sits above.