Saunas with aufguss in Poland

Reda, Poland

The adults-only sauna zone of Aquapark Reda, sold on its own ticket with an hourly programme of seanse saunowe. Five dry saunas include a 70-seat event sauna and an outdoor Kashubian sauna, with two steam baths and a cold plunge. The rest room looks onto a reef aquarium.

Siedlce, Poland

Arcysauna is an event sauna in Siedlce, built around seanse saunowe led by a saunamistrz. A visit runs to four aufguss rounds in a wood-lined Finnish sauna, with a cold-water barrel for cooling off. Places are booked ahead, and swimwear is not worn in the sauna.

Chochołów, Poland

Chochołowskie Termy is a thermal-pool complex in Chochołów, below the Tatras. Its adults-only Saunarium fills the second floor, where a glass-walled sauna looks straight at the mountains. Saunamistrzowie lead seanse naparzania there, and a tiered sauna seats up to 300.

Wola Rzędzińska, Poland

A forest sauna house in Wola Rzędzińska, east of Tarnów, run by a married couple who are both saunamistrzowie. They lead seanse saunowe in a large Finnish sauna for small groups who book by phone. A hot tub, a cold-water tub, hammocks and a bonfire fill the breaks between rounds.

Zagnańsk, Poland

Dzika Sauna is a log sauna at the edge of a vast forest in Zagnańsk, with a deep pond for cooling off. It runs open sauna evenings, leaf-whisk sessions with oak and birch witki, and long guided ceremonies with live music. Groups can hire the whole place, and the exact location is sent after booking.

Opole, Poland

Euromedyk is a physiotherapy centre in central Opole with a chlorine-free pool and a sauna zone. Two Finnish saunas and a steam room sit beside a jacuzzi, a cold tub and an ice fountain. Public sessions are adults-only and textile-free, with saunamistrz-led seanse and themed women's, men's and witki sessions.

Józefów, Poland

FUME is a sauna zone with a garden in Józefów, where a saunamistrz leads seanse saunowe. Aurora is a Finnish sauna waxed black inside, and Gaja is an outdoor herbal sauna looking onto the garden. There is also a steam bath, a salt-walled bio sauna, an infrared cabin and a cold-water tub.

Łazy, Poland

The saunarium at Golden Spa, inside Holiday Golden Resort in Łazy, takes day visitors as well as hotel guests. It has a dry sauna, a herbal sauna, a steam room, an ice fountain and a jacuzzi. Saunamistrz-led rituals with scents and essential oils run on themed sauna nights.

Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland

A Finnish sauna cabin on the shore of Jeziorko Bielawskie, a small lake in Bielawa near Konstancin-Jeziorna. Saunamistrze lead seanse saunowe with aromatherapy on themed evenings, and the cabin can also be reserved. Between rounds there is the cold lake, a shower and a fire pit by the water.

Warsaw, Poland

A small saunarium in the Legia Tenis & Golf club, with a Finnish sauna, a banya, a steam room and a hot tub. Small groups book guided seanse saunowe with aromatherapy, or take the rooms for an unguided session. The Moroccan hammam ritual, with black soap, a kessa scrub and rhassoul clay, is booked separately for one or two.

Kraków, Poland

An adults-only saunarium in Kraków, built around an event sauna that seats up to 110. Herbal, fire and banya rooms sit beside a steam room, an infrared zone and a salt-brine room. Saunamistrzowie lead a fixed programme of seanse saunowe, included with entry and run without booking.

Warsaw, Poland

A sauna club on Puławska in Mokotów, with a Finnish sauna, a tylarium, a stone steam room and an inhalation grotto. A cold-water well and a room of loungers sit between the heat rooms. The club runs aufguss sessions (seanse saunowe), and massage and beauty treatments are booked separately.

Nowe Grabie, Poland

Las Saunas is a wood-fired sauna in the forest at Nowe Grabie, near Wołomin. Public Open evenings bring guided seanse saunowe, a hot jacuzzi, a cold-water tub and a campfire. At other times groups hire the cottages and sauna whole.

Turawa, Poland

Leśna Sauna runs a wood-fired cedar sauna wagon in a riverside wood at Turawa, on the Mała Panew. Public sauna evenings include aufguss seanse and birch-whisk ceremonies. Between rounds there is a cold plunge tub, a jacuzzi, a glamping dome and a fire pit under the trees.

Józefów, Poland

Leśna Sauna Józefów is a wooded plot in Józefów with a sauna, a banya and a jacuzzi. Groups can hire it for their own gatherings, with a tipi, a fire pit and Highland cattle on the land. It also hosts sauna evenings with ceremonies, including women-only nights.

Sopot, Poland

Limitless by Autopay runs two saunas among the pines at beach entrance 43 in Sopot, looking out to the Bay of Gdańsk. One is shared and booked by the place, and groups take the other privately. Saunamistrzowie lead aroma seanse, with cold-water tubs, a jacuzzi and the Baltic for cooling off.

Giżycko, Poland

Mazurska Sauna is a wood-fired floating sauna on Lake Boczne, between Rydzewo and Bogaczewo near Giżycko. It has no jetty to the shore, so guests come by their own boat or take the owners' motorboat across. Sessions run from aufguss to Finnish löyly and whisking, and the whole boat can be booked privately.

Pieńki, Poland

A sauna village in the countryside near Radzymin, built around a Lithuanian bania. Its programme runs guided seanse, men's and family sessions, and venik rituals led by Lithuanian sauna masters. It also trains sauna masters through its own academy.

Serock, Poland

A wood-fired sauna in a cabin moored at the end of a jetty on the Narew in Serock. Two large windows look out over the river, and bathers cool off by climbing straight down into it. Sessions are sold per person or for the whole cabin, with saunamistrz ceremonies and birch whisks on request.

Szczecin, Poland

A wood-fired Russian banya on Lake Głębokie, beside the city bathing beach on the north-west edge of Szczecin. A saunamistrz leads open sessions, with birch or oak venik treatments as an option. Bathers cool off in the lake, and a smaller panoramic sauna with a lake view is hired privately.

Białystok, Poland

Białystok's municipal sauna stands on the Dojlidy reservoir, between the water and the forest. A large dry sauna looks across the lake through a panoramic window, and a smaller room runs as infrared or dry. Bathers cool off from the jetty in the lake, and led seanse saunowe run through the winter.

Parole, Poland

An outdoor wood-fired sauna in the woods at Parole, a village south-west of Warsaw. A hot tub, cold-water tubs and a lounge with hammocks sit around the timber sauna cabin. Guests book a place at ceremonies (seanse saunowe) led by saunamistrzowie, some of them for women only.

Toruń, Poland

Sauna u Flisaków is a wood-fired sauna across the Vistula from Toruń's medieval Old Town. The Toruńscy Flisacy boat crew runs open seanse, saunamistrz ceremonies and private hire. Bathers cool off in the river, and guests can arrive by wooden boat by arrangement.

Moderówka, Poland

Sauna Artis is the sauna garden of the Artis hotel and restaurant at Moderówka, between Krosno and Jasło. Wood-fired sauna rooms sit beside hot tubs and cold tubs around a glazed garden pavilion. Visits are evening seanse saunowe led by a saunamistrz, from regular sauna evenings to themed sauna nights, booked by phone.

Gliwice, Poland

Saunalake is a textile-free saunarium beside Jezioro Czechowickie in Gliwice, built around one large dry sauna for 50 people. Seanse are led by a team of saunamistrz hosts, from classic and herbal rounds to themed sauna nights. Between rounds there is a cold plunge, a hot tub, a relaxation tipi and a garden with loungers.

Łowyń, Poland

SaunaPark is a small countryside saunarium in Łowyń, near Międzychód. It has a wood-fired Russian banya with saunamistrz-led sessions, a Finnish sauna for two and a steam room. Visits are booked ahead by phone, and massages and a brine hot tub fill the time between rounds.

Kraków, Poland

SaunaPark Platinium is a saunarium in Kraków with eight saunas, including a ruska bania and a stone sauna. Saunamistrzowie lead a full programme of seanse saunowe in the large show sauna. Between rounds there is a cold plunge pool, a warm hydromassage pool, a jacuzzi and a Kneipp path.

Ruda Śląska, Poland

The Saunarium is an adults-only, swimwear-free sauna zone inside Aquadrom, the Ruda Śląska water park, with its own ticket. It has two large dry saunas, Fest Hica and Sauna Śląska, plus a biosauna, a steam room and a cold plunge. Seanse led by a saunamistrz are included in entry.

Kraków, Poland

An adults-only saunarium in an apartment building in southern Kraków, near the Swoszowice spa. Seanse saunowe run in a large event sauna, alongside a biosauna, the very hot Smocza Jama and two steam baths. Guests cool off in a plunge pool and eat in a restaurant open to bathers in robes.

Sopot, Poland

Saunarium M15 is a cluster of timber saunas on Sopot beach, beside the M15 restaurant. Wide windows look out over the Baltic, and guests cool off with a dip in the sea. Saunamistrzowie lead aroma seanse, and a sauna can be hired for a private group.

Leśno, Poland

Saunowy Staw is a sauna garden around a bathing pond at Leśno, in the Kashubian countryside. Its five saunas include a 45-person dry sauna, a steam room and a small Latvian pirts. Saunamistrzowie lead seanse with oils, herbal infusions and birch whisks, and the whole site is textile-free.

Kielce, Poland

The adults-only sauna world at Binkowski Resort, on the forested edge of Kielce, is sold on its own ticket. Five saunas include a bread-oven sauna and a panoramic sauna looking into the tree canopy. Sauna masters lead a programme of seanse, and a seasonal rooftop pool has two hot tubs.

Tychy, Poland

SPA ARENA is the spa of Hotel Arena in Tychy, and day visitors can buy entry without a room. Its sauna zone has a cedar-lined Finnish sauna, a steam bath and a salt grotto, with seanse led by a saunamistrz. A pool, a jacuzzi and a rest room sit alongside.

Warsaw, Poland

Studio Sante is an urban day spa in Warsaw with a recreational pool, jacuzzis and a large sauna zone. Its Finnish sauna, steam room, spruce sauna and ganbanyoku stone sauna share a cooling area and an outdoor plunge pool. Saunamistrze lead seanse saunowe in the Finnish sauna and steam room, included with entry.

Białka Tatrzańska, Poland

Terma Bania is a thermal-water complex in Białka Tatrzańska, with pools and slides below the Tatra peaks. Its Saunarium has its own ticket and a garden with a log-built Ruska Bania beside a cold pool. Saunamistrzowie lead rituals on a set programme, from aroma rounds to a smoke seans.

Bukowina Tatrzańska, Poland

Termy Bukovina is a thermal-pool complex in Bukowina Tatrzańska, fed by mineral water drawn from 2,400 metres down. Its sauna zone has Finnish saunas, three steam rooms and three cold plunge pools, and sells its own ticket. Two saunas sit in a highlander-style hut outside, where aroma seanse are held.

Jelenia Góra, Poland

Termy Cieplickie is a compact thermal water park in the spa district of Cieplice, with two thermal pools you can swim out of into the open air. Its SPA zone holds two Finnish saunas, a steam room, an infrared cabin and a snow grotto. Staff lead textile-free aroma ceremonies in the saunas on a weekly programme.

Szaflary, Poland

Termy Gorący Potok in Szaflary is a thermal complex of outdoor pools filled with natural sulphur water. Its adults-only, textile-free saunarium has three dry saunas, a steam room and Gawra, a large wood-fired sauna. Saunamistrz-led ceremonies take place in Gawra, with granite tubs of thermal water close by.

Kraków, Poland

Termy Krakowskie Sodowa is a textile-free saunarium in Kraków, sister to the group's Błonia site. The largest room, Sauna Księżycowa, seats 90 for seanse saunowe led by a saunamistrz. A bio sauna, hammam, infrared cabin, salt sauna and an icy Kneipp pool fill out the circuit.

Poznań, Poland

A geothermal pool complex on the shore of Lake Malta, with an adults-only sauna and wellness zone sold on its own ticket. Finnish, Kelo and panorama saunas sit beside steam rooms, a hammam, a ganbanyoku stone bath and a snow grotto. Saunamistrzowie run seanse parowe through the day, from gentle inhalation rounds to aufguss shows.

Poddębice, Poland

Termy Poddębice is a geothermal pool complex with two sauna zones, the upper one textile-free. Between them are Finnish, steam and infrared rooms, a saunarium, and a cooling area with a plunge pool and an ice fountain. A programme of seanse runs in the Finnish saunas and steam rooms, from naparzanie to a hammam ritual.

Czeladź, Poland

Termy Rzymskie is a Roman-themed sauna complex inside the Pałac Saturna in Czeladź. Day visitors buy a timed ticket to saunas and steam baths dressed as Roman temples. Seanse saunowe run to a set programme, and the whole zone is textile-free.

Szaflary, Poland

Termy Szaflary is a thermal-pool complex in Podhale, filled with geothermal water from a local borehole. Its Saunarium is adults-only and textile-free, with Finnish, infrared, herbal, aroma and steam saunas and a cold plunge pool. Seanse saunowe bring aromatic infusions, scrubs and masks, and the sauna zone has its own ticket.

Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland

Termy Warmińskie is a thermal-pool complex and hotel in Lidzbark Warmiński. Its świat saun is sold on a ticket of its own, with seanse saunowe led by a saunamistrz and a łaźnia parowa. Groups can also book the sauna zone for a private sauna night.

Bąkowo, Poland

Wanga is a saunarium beside the 4 Pory Roku hotel in Bąkowo, near Gdańsk. Its six saunas include an event sauna for 150 people, built around a central stove for seanse saunowe. Between rounds there are cold plunge pools, a jacuzzi and a terrace among the trees.

Rogówek, Poland

Zdrowo Pod Kopułą is a sauna garden built around a timber dome in the village of Rogówek, outside Białystok. Visiting sauna masters lead seanse saunowe with herbs, aromas and music at ticketed events for small groups. Groups can also hire the wood-fired sauna, pool, pond and dome for themselves.