Mountain 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.

Żywiec, Poland

A garden sauna cabin on the slopes above Żywiec, with a fourteen-person sauna, a twelve-person thermal hot tub and a cold plunge tank. Open sauna and banya evenings take up to ten guests, or a group can hire the whole place. The sauna is textile-free, and there is a relaxation room with a fireplace.

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.

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.

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.

Zakopane, Poland

Termy Zakopiańskie is a thermal-pool complex in Zakopane with views of Giewont. Its adults-only sauna zone has a Finnish sauna, a biosauna, a steam room, a brine steam room and a cold cabin. The zone is textile-free and can be bought on its own ticket or together with the pools.