Infrared saunas in Poland

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.

Darłowo, Poland

Forest Natura Spa is a small garden spa in the village of Rusko, just outside Darłowo. A Finnish sauna, an infrared cabin and a carbon sauna share a garden with a jacuzzi and a cold-water tub. Groups of up to four book the whole zone by the session, and massages are offered alongside.

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.

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.

Jasło, Poland

Raja Spa in Jasło is a massage spa with a small textile-free sauna zone sold on its own. It has a dry sauna, a steam room, an infrared cabin and a cold-water barrel, for up to eight people. It can be booked per person by the hour or taken over by a private group.

Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland

Safari Massage and Wellness in Siemianowice Śląskie keeps a themed sauna zone beside its massage rooms. Five saunas, among them a bread sauna and a steam room, share it with a salt cave and a jacuzzi. The zone is now hired out whole to private groups rather than sold by the ticket.

Bytom, Poland

Sauna Bytom is a relaxation room in a Bytom tenement, hired by one group at a time. It has a dry sauna, an infrared cabin, a cold-water tub and a tężnia solankowa brine wall. Bookings are made by phone.

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.

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.

Wieliczka, Poland

Sauny Na Wierzynka is the sauna suite of Hotel Na Wierzynka in Wieliczka, and non-guests can book it too. It holds a Finnish sauna, a steam room and an infrared cabin, with a salt cave included. Each booking takes a sauna for your group alone, so reserve ahead by phone or email.

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.

Kraków, Poland

SPA Korona is the sauna zone of the KS Korona sports club pool on Kalwaryjska street in Kraków. It has an electric Finnish sauna, an infrared cabin and a jacuzzi, with a relaxation area and a massage room. The zone is textile-free and sold on its own ticket.

Zakopane, Poland

The Saunarium belongs to Helan Family & SPA, a family hotel in Zakopane. It has a dry Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam room and an infrared cabin, with an ice fountain and bucket shower for cooling off. Non-guests can pay for entry, though the hotel may limit numbers when it is busy.

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.

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.

Uniejów, Poland

Termy Uniejów fills its indoor and outdoor pools with hot mineral water drawn from wells more than two kilometres deep. The strefa saun is a paid add-on to the pool ticket. It holds a wood-lined bania sauna, a sanarium, Turkish and aroma steam rooms, an infrared cabin, an ice pool and a snow chamber.

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.