Here’s the place to go whenever you need to heat up — without having a membership or an extra therapy.
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The sauna at Chestnut Hill Cycle Fitness. / Photograph by Chestnut Hill Cycle Fitness.
Are you sick of freezing your butt off? Same! Nix layering three sweatshirts below a parka for a sauna, the place 100-plus diploma temps are prepared to roast you till being chilly is in your rearview mirror. Plus, saunas are mentioned to have year-round advantages like lowering stress (and, in flip, boosting temper), enhancing circulation, and assuaging muscle soreness.
Ready to actually heat up? Below, a checklist of native sauna spots the place you’ll be able to e-book a drop-in session, with the intention to loosen up (and sweat!) without having a membership or reserving an extra spa therapy.
Ame Salon and Spa
111 Waynewood Avenue, Wayne
This salon and spa in Wayne is residence to an infrared sauna, which emits infrared mild to create warmth that warms your physique — with out these skin-damaging UV rays — and not simply the air round you. Book a 20-minute session for $25, a 35-minute session for $45, or a 50-minute session for $65. Ame additionally presents packages if you recognize you’re going to make this greater than a one-time factor.
Aura Esthetic Spa & Sauna
98 Buck Road, Southampton
The bathtub home at Aura Esthetic presents personal events (six folks minimal, 18 folks max) in the banya, a scorching steam bathtub conventional in Russian tradition. First, you’ll get massaged by venik, a bundle of leafy twigs used to stimulate blood movement and relieve muscle and joint ache. After heating up, you’ll take a dip in the ice pool and rejuvenate your pores and skin with natural cleaning soap. Your appointment lasts 4 hours and prices $130 per particular person.
Center City Cleanse
1740 South Street, Suite 301, Graduate Hospital
Center City Cleanse options particular person infrared sauna pods the place company can relaxation, loosen up, and reap the advantages of a personal session. It additionally has a jade infrared sauna, which is lined with jade stones to promote bodily and psychological therapeutic. You can go for 30-minute ($30) or 45-minute ($45) pod periods, or take pleasure in an hour in the jade sauna for $65.
Chestnut Hill Cycle Fitness
735 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown
In addition to a vary of health courses, Chestnut Hill Cycle Fitness lately launched a single-person infrared sauna that reaches 175 levels Fahrenheit. Fresh linens are supplied, the sauna is pre-warmed, and company can join their music to the Bluetooth audio system. The sauna might be booked for half-hour ($35) or 45 minutes ($55) with or with out a exercise. There are additionally five- and 10-packs accessible for buy.
The sauna at Chestnut Hill Cycle Fitness might be booked separate from health courses. / Photograph by Laura Brzyski.
Chung Dam Spa and Fitness
41 East Cheltenham Avenue, Cheltenham
You’ll go as a result of this Korean spa has a heat granite room heated to a toasty 160 levels — however you’ll keep as a result of it additionally has natural steam baths, a scorching jade stone room, a scorching clay room, and a scorching tub heated to 103 levels. A day go prices $27.
City Hydration
1315 Walnut Street (inside The Philadelphia Building), Suite 1132, Midtown Village
City Hydration’s mission is to enhance the “well being and well-being of people” by providing a wide selection of companies like IV remedy, hydrafacials, and compression restoration. There’s additionally a sauna (obv), which permits two folks at a time. Appointments are required, and might be made for half-hour ($30) or 45 minutes ($45). Bonus: There’s an Avalon location.
City Hydration has two areas: one in Midtown Village and the opposite in Avalon. / Photograph courtesy of City Hydration.
C.R.Y.O. Philadelphia
1700 Sansom Street, Suite 501, Rittenhouse
The cryotherapy is obtainable for many who need to get well in frigid temps, however for many who favor heat-based remedy, hit the infrared sauna. First-timers can e-book a 30-minute session for $45, whereas present prospects get double the period of time for a similar worth. Wanna make a date out of it? Book a 60-minute couple’s sesh for $75.
Cryo Myst Therapy Lounge
510 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford
Another cryo spot providing a sauna expertise — this time in the ‘burbs! Haverford’s Cryo Myst Therapy Lounge infrared sauna presents customizable mild remedy so you’ll be able to tailor your sesh to your liking. Enjoy a 30-minute session for $35.
Fitness Works Philadelphia
714 Reed Street, South Philly
This health heart has a wide selection of courses and facilities for members, but additionally offers a $15 day go so anybody can benefit from the facility, together with the dry-heat sauna and heated, three-lane pool.
Float
27 North Maple Avenue, #1, Marlton, NJ
Float could have gotten its title from its swimming pools, however the Marlton location additionally options two infrared saunas appropriate for solo or couple’s periods. There’s additionally a chilly plunge bathe, commonplace bathe, and a ton of included facilities. A 60-minute session prices $49, whereas a 30-minute session is $29. There’s additionally a vary of choices for pre-float sauna time and recurring membership.
Formation Sauna + Wellness
305 Brown Street, Northern Liberties
Formation Sauna + Wellness presents a Nordic-inspired sauna expertise, with company spending 5 to quarter-hour stress-free in the sauna (which might attain 195 levels Fahrenheit!), then taking an ice-cold three-to-five-minute bathe to promote blood movement. Rinse, and repeat two to 4 instances. Formation presents sauna packages for one to 4 folks in 60- and 90-minute increments. Plus, you’ll be able to add on remedies like aromatherapy, a facial, and an immune-boosting elixir. (Peep the total pricing information right here.)
The Nordic-inspired sauna at Formation Sauna + Wellness. / Photograph courtesy of Formation Sauna + Wellness.
Halcyon Floats
1314 North Front Street, Fishtown
Halcyon Floats in Fishtown presents float remedy, sound therapeutic, and salt remedy, plus an infrared sauna that may maintain up to three folks. No matter in case you’re coming alone ($29) or with buddies ($44 for 2; $54 for 3), all periods at Halcyon final half-hour.
Konect
1030 North American Street, Suite 901, Northern Liberties
Konect is residence to a number of wellness and restoration companies, from IV drips to cryotherapy. It runs infrared sauna periods lasting 30 or 45 minutes, and is totally personal. The stand-out characteristic of Konect’s sauna is its chromotherapy lighting, which suggests you’ll be able to choose particular colours to illuminate the sauna for the aim of psychological and emotional ease. Visit for half-hour ($42) or 45 minutes ($60 solo; $100 with one different particular person).
The infrared sauna at Konect might be supplemented with coloration remedy. / Photograph courtesy of Konect.
Le Rêve Rittenhouse
255 South seventeenth Street, Suite 400, Rittenhouse
This Rittenhouse day spa permits drop-in bookings for each its dry-heat sauna and wet-steam sauna. Your sweat sesh is sweet for half-hour and will value $45. Currently, bookings should be revamped the cellphone (215-701-6272).
Main Line Float & Freeze
24 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore
In addition to float swimming pools, cryotherapy, and compression remedy, Ardmore’s Main Line Float & Freeze has an infrared sauna appropriate for one or two folks. If you’re sweating solo, you are able to do so for 20 minutes ($25) or 40 minutes ($40). A 40-minute couple’s session runs $60.
Nirvana Wellness Med Spa
925 North 2nd Street, Northern Liberties
Nirvana Wellness Med Spa calls its infrared sauna an “infrared remedy cabin,” reaching temps of 150 levels Fahrenheit in a comfortable-sized sauna house. You’ve acquired choices when it comes to reserving: half-hour for $35, 45 minutes for $55, or 45 minutes for 2 folks for $75. You can even add coloration remedy or halotherapy (a.okay.a. salt remedy) to your session for an extra value.
At Nirvana Wellness Med Spa, you’ll be able to add coloration or salt remedy to your sauna therapy. / Photograph by Nirvana Wellness Med Spa.
RejuvaNew You Spa
28 West Eagle Road, Suite 203, Havertown
The infrared saunas at this Havertown spa can maintain up to two folks, so you’ll be able to loosen up alone or with a pal. RejuvaNew You additionally options a Himalayan salt room, which is alleged to be helpful for vascular and respiratory therapeutic, blood sugar stabilization, and sleep enchancment. $25 will get you 60 minutes in the sauna, otherwise you buy an eight-pack for $150.
Southampton Spa
141 Second Street Pike, Southampton
A day go ($50; $45 on Mondays and Tuesdays) will get you into the ability, the place there’s not solely a sauna, however a steam room, oxygen steam bathtub, Russian bathtub, Turkish bathtub, and pool. Plus, we hear the meals is fairly good.
The Wellness Refinery
216 Church Street, Old City
The infrared sauna at The Wellness Refinery in Old City has been a well-liked alternative for metropolis residents since 2019. The sauna can attain 158 levels Fahrenheit, and your expertise might be enhanced by coloration remedy in case you so select. Sessions can be found in 30- and 45-minute increments, with costs starting from $40 to $110. (See all of the charges, plus packages and membership choices right here.) Pro tip: Don’t skip on the tonic bar earlier than leaving!
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