Outdoor saunas in Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand

Dip Onsen's Ari site is a garden bathhouse with hot pools at 38°C and 41°C and cold pools at 5°C and 15°C. A timber Finnish-style sauna looks out on the greenery, next to a Thai herbal steam room. Bathing is mixed and swimwear-on, with yoga and live music on the timetable.

Phuket, Thailand

DOPA is a sauna and wellness club in Bang Tao, on Phuket's west coast. The heat zone has a Himalayan salt sauna on Harvia heaters, a banya with veniki rituals and a steam room. Between rounds there are ice baths, a cold plunge, hot and cold onsen pools and an organic kitchen.

Bangkok, Thailand

Ice House is a contrast-therapy club in a tropical garden in Phra Khanong, Bangkok. Teak ice tubs at 4-6°C sit beside a glass-fronted sauna run at 80-90°C. Visits are two-hour sessions, and staff run beginner classes for first-timers.

Chonburi, Thailand

Kusatsu Onsen is a Japanese-style bathhouse near Bang Saen, its hot pools dosed with mineral salts from Kusatsu in Gunma. Men and women bathe on separate sides, with a sauna, a steam room and cold pools. Private VIP rooms, massage and a Japanese restaurant share the building.

Phuket, Thailand

Renew Sauna & Ice Bath is a purpose-built recovery club near Boat Avenue in Bang Tao, Phuket. It has a wooden sauna, a tiled steam room, hot and cold tubs and an outdoor pool. A cafe and bar serves meals and recovery drinks, and entry is for over-16s.

Chonburi, Thailand

A garden contrast-therapy club in Bang Saen, run as small group rounds. Each round moves between a glass-fronted sauna cabin, a wooden ice-bath tub and a salt pool. Men and women share the sessions, so couples and friends can come together.

Koh Phangan, Thailand

The Dome is a steam house on Koh Phangan, set in a garden under the palms around an open fire. Bathers move between the steam dome and rugs by the fire, with a towel and tea included. Live sound sessions with gongs, singing bowls and violin are part of the night.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

A contrast-therapy spa in Chiang Mai's old city, set around a planted courtyard with bamboo walls. A Finnish sauna and a Himalayan salt far-infrared sauna sit beside a Thai herbal steam room. The cold side is a wooden ice bath and a cold room, with a magnesium hot bath to finish.

Bangkok, Thailand

Totonoi Sauna & Onsen is a Japanese-style bathhouse on Sukhumvit Soi 32 in Bangkok. It has an aufguss sauna with towel-fanning, a dim meditation sauna and a Thai herbal steam room. Three onsen baths, one for women only, and cold baths at 18°C and 12°C sit beside an outdoor rest area.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Vibes is a recovery club in Tha Sala, east Chiang Mai, run with the Hongthong Muay Thai camp. A garden cabin holds a wood-lined sauna and a herbal steam room, beside ice tubs and a swimming pool. A day pass has no time limit, and sport massage and physiotherapy cost extra.

Pattaya, Thailand

Yunomori's Pattaya branch is a Japanese-style onsen bathhouse where men and women bathe together in swimwear. A dry sauna and a steam room sit beside hot mineral baths, a cold bath and outdoor Thai ceramic tubs. Thai massage and a restaurant are on site.