The 23 best day spas in Australia

If you’re in need of a little rest and relaxation amid the hustle and bustle of daily life, you have to check out Sense of Self (SOS). It used to be a warehouse, so it’s split over two levels. The first floor is home to the massage and mindfulness studio where remedial, relaxation and pregnancy massages can be booked, as well as dry body brushing, gua sha facials and more. Then there’s the bathhouse itself. The showers are divine, featuring decadent brass showerheads and tapware. The venue provides body wash, steaming hot water and enough ambience to wash the stress away. 

Where: 30-32 Easey St, Collingwood, VIC

Try this: Get the Hammam Kit to enhance your ritual – it has a reusable bag, textured kessa glove and two empty vessels to fill with products.

This luxury day spa has several treatment suites, a steam room with an ice fountain, a yoga and pilates studio and a tranquil relaxation lounge that makes it a perfect space for escaping from the hectic demands of city life. If you want all-around care, try one of the Relinque treatments like the release package (170 minutes) that includes a body scrub, Gua Sha stone ritual, a full body signature massage, a pH rebalance facial and scalp therapy.

Where: 19 Upper Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe, VIC

Try this: For those light on time, there are many shorter treatments available, like the 50-minute deep tissue massage.

If you needed another excuse to visit the Mornington Peninsula (you know, aside from the incredible wineries, restaurants and beaches), here it is: Alba Thermal Springs and Spa – a sustainable, $90 million wellness sanctuary set within 15-hectare grounds. Located just an hour’s drive from Melbourne, this relaxation destination has been meticulously curated to evoke calm and tranquillity from the moment you enter. Fluffy robes and slippers greet you upon arrival and there are 31 pools dotted among the undulating landscape – ranging from geothermal pools and cold plunge pools to herbal-infused botanical pools and invigorating rain pools. But if you really want to treat your weary body to a rejuvenation sesh, head to the day spa. The treatment options at this haven of health and wellness are next level – think massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, mineral clay wraps, body brushing, detox baths and Hammam floats. Be sure to take some time after your treatment to sit back on one of the oversized day beds and sip some complimentary herbal tea.

Where: 282 Browns Rd, Fingal, VIC 

Try this: Want to stay a while? The Sanctuary comprises five standalone villas and two studio rooms, all nestled in bushland at the crest of the property.

Aurora is the lush companion to the divine Continental Sorrento hotel (“The Conti”), but it’s open to non-guests for bathing rituals and treatments. The bathhouse is a luxe space with a range of steaming hot magnesium mineral pools as well as hot and cold thermal suite experiences. You’ll exit this subterranean bathing paradise feeling a million bucks. Need a bit more pampering? The spa treatments are heavenly – massages, facials, body wraps as well as half-day and full-day rituals that will take out the stress and overwhelm and leave you with radiance and peace.

Where: 23 Constitution Hill Rd, Sorrento, VIC

Try this: Throw your cossie in the water extractor machine in the beautiful change rooms after bathing, so you don’t have to take it soaking wet back to your accommodation.

Hidden amongst the manicured lawns and red brick buildings of the prestigious Brassey Hotel in the Parliamentary Triangle, you’ll find an opulent day spa and gym that might just take the cake in Canberra. While the exterior screams old money, the interior is fresh and crisp, featuring an infrared sauna, steam room, ice shower and a moody 'cave-like' heated plunge pool – all in aid of muscle recovery (or just relaxation). If your skin’s been looking a little blah lately, the signature facial will sort you out. The spa uses Rationale and Elemis products, and it’s an extremely hands-on experience, with lots of facial and scalp massaging to aid product penetration and skin plumping.

Where: Brassey Hotel, 10-14 Macquarie St, Barton, ACT

Try this: As you wait for your treatment, enjoy a cup of tea by the fireplace in Hale's Scandi-style lounge area.

After a jam-packed day in Australia’s capital, you’ll certainly be craving some serious R&R. Enter Australia’s first 24/7 self-guided wellness space, Reverie. Just minutes from the Australian War Memorial, this luxe wellness destination is open around the clock, offering five signature wellness treatments that you can book around the clock. Think infrared saunas, contrast therapy ice baths, LED light therapy, a dry float and the city’s first automated spray tan booth – because who doesn’t want to top up their glow at midnight?

Address: G09/59 Constitution Ave, Campbell ACT 

Try this: The dry float, which offers a weightless, water-free experience combining LED and sound therapy. You’ll feel like you’re drifting through space, and not a single drop of water touches your skin.

The W hotel brand may conjure images of partying rather than pampering, but this stylish day spa is set to redefine expectations. Thoughtful touches and design choices abound, from heated neck pillows and cushioning under your knees during a massage to the enormous treatment rooms, some of which boast showers, inviting couches and, best of all, stunning floor-to-ceiling views of South Bank. It’s not all downhill after your treatment is over, though. Your next stop is the Relaxation Pods, aka the ‘come back down to Earth’ spaces. Intended to ease the transition between treatment and real life, these are places to sip rejuvenating tea on your wave-shaped bed overlooking the river and contemplate how wonderful life is, at least in this escapist, luxurious moment. 

Address: In W Brisbane, Level 5/81 N Quay, Brisbane City, QLD

Try this: End your spa sesh with a soak in the mineral pool or meditation in the sauna.

Stephanies is the grande dame of Brisbane's spa scene. Since 2007, this award-winning hotel spa has pampered both locals and visitors with bespoke rituals, including their signature Opal Rasul Temple steam room experience. Drawing inspiration from Turkish hammams, the candlelit, mosaic-tiled dome room elevates your journey, creating a meditative atmosphere akin to a starry night sky. After a steam session, enjoy a treatment – ideally a massage, which begins with a warm foot soak in a basin full of fresh rose petals. Alternatively, opt for a pedicure, brow couture or facial. The therapists are excellent and knowledgeable, ensuring Stephanies is still deserving of the reputation it’s built over the years.

Where: Level 3/249 Turbot St, Brisbane City, QLD

Try this: Seeking a spa day with your girl gang? Or grandma? Or colleagues even? Stephanies Social Spa club creates memorable group experiences – perfect for a birthday, hen's party or EOY celebration.  

Bathhouses are making a splash as the hottest wellness trend, and Soak is leading the charge. While this bathhouse isn’t exactly your traditional day spa, it offers the same tranquil space to relax and rejuvenate. During your 90-minute wellness journey, you can alternate between Soak’s indoor and outdoor communal mineral baths (34 degrees), hot spas (38 degrees), cold plunge (12 degrees), steam room and traditional dry cedar sauna. Once you’ve reached your inner state of zen, soak up Brissy’s beautiful rays on the sundecks and lounges, with a glass of vitamin C-infused coconut water in hand. Prefer to stay dry? You can also simply book in for a relaxing or deep-tissue massage.

Where: The Eaves at West Village, Suite 2, Level 2/111 Boundary St, South Brisbane, QLD

Try this: Ease into the morning with Soak's Early Bird experience, where you'll get 60 minutes to move between the mineral pools, hot spas, cold plunge, dry cedarwood sauna and steam room – for just $39 on weekdays.

Inside The Langham Gold Coast is Chuan Spa, a serene sanctuary where Eastern wellness traditions meet coastal luxury. Inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this tranquil retreat invites you to reset and reconnect. At the heart of the experience is the five elements – wood, fire, earth, metal and water – which recognise the ever-changing flow of energy within the body. Your journey begins with a simple five-element questionnaire that helps your therapist tailor treatments, oils and teas to restore balance based on your current state of wellbeing. Designed to reflect the calming symbolism of flowing water (Chuan translates to 'serene course of water'), the spa’s interiors are soft and soothing. Facilities include a magnesium indoor pool, steam rooms, saunas and a private couples’ suite. Choose from specialised facials, signature massages, body wraps, scrubs and indulgent hand and foot therapies – all designed to leave you feeling relaxed and restored.

Where: The Langham Gold Coast, 38 Old Burleigh Rd, Surfers Paradise, QLD (also located at The Langham in Sydney and Melbourne)

Try this: The spa’s 'dream pods' are exactly as they sound – a tranquil space to 'come to' after the relaxation session.

Tucked away in a laneway down at the city’s historic and stunning waterfront is Lavada, one of the most luxe day spas in Hobart. The architect-designed space is minimal and chic yet welcoming, and inside you’ll find holistic body and facial treatments to help you truly switch off. Dip your toe in by opting for a Himalayan salt stone massage or a soothing grounding massage – your therapist will tailor aromatherapy oils to suit your specific needs. Or go all in and treat yourself to a full spa experience with foot ritual, full body exfoliation, wrap, massage and facial. You’ll positively float out of this place.

Where: Unit 51/19A Hunter St, Hobart, TAS

Try this: Try one of their pampering facials – age-defying, antioxidant, holistic or their signature dermal – for something truly spesh. 

Nova Holistic Spa calls itself a 'boutique wellness haven', and given its location right in the CBD, it's pretty impressive how tranquil the space is. Here you’ll discover several services that aren’t found elsewhere in the city: Hobart’s only outdoor, all-weather Therapeutic Thermal Therapy 'urban oasis', featuring an infrared sauna, ice bath and magnesium spa, as well as Tasmania’s only mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (mHBOT) AirPod and FDA-approved Infrared BioMat AirPod. The emphasis here is on helping your body properly heal, detox, recover and regenerate.

Where: 14 Goulburn St, Hobart, TAS

Try this: Choose one of their packages that brings together massage, bodywork, skin care and restorative rituals.

Hidden in a 19th-century mansion along South Terrace’s leafy hive is Davaar House – winner of Best New Spa at the Asia Pacific Spa and Wellness Awards and Wellness Summit 2024. Complete with original fireplaces and yesteryear finishes, this luxe pamper palace gives formal minimalism. Along with the usual day spa suspects, it serves up downright cutting-edge treatments – from hyperbaric oxygen therapy and anti-inflammatory ice baths to salt, oxygen, and red light therapies. Davaar House also offer Reiki, sound healing, yoga, meditation, reformer pilates and naturopathic consultations, plus healthy bites, coffee and smoothies at the beautiful café.

Address: 318 South Tce, Adelaide SA

Try this: The float pod, where your body and mind will drift into the deepest state of relaxation.

Would you believe us if we told you that one of the best urban spas in Australasia is located right here in Adelaide? Well, truth be told, Ione Spa and Wellness along the pristine West Lakes waterfront takes claim to just that, having won runner-up honours at the prestigious 2023 Australasian Spa and Wellness Awards. Forget no-frills, Ione has all of the frills with its organic skin products, Swiss Vichy shower and lakefront lounge with refreshments on the house. The building itself is even constructed with non-toxic materials and incorporates a crystal grid in the foundation for maximum energy healing. Choose from one of their 'journeys', facials, massages, beauty treatments or bathhouse sessions. May we recommend the Ione the Water Goddess 'journey' – it takes a leisurely 3.5 hours and includes a body polish, full body massage, a body soufflé cocoon, foot massage, facial and scalp cocoon – you will be reborn. 

Where: Unit 74/155 Brebner Dr, West Lakes SA 

Try this: The Rose Quartz Facial, which includes a long and languid head massage where you might just fall asleep.

Coming in hot (or pleasantly warm, in this scenario) is Temple Day Spa over in Unley – where an earthy facade of wood-clad walls and greenery suspended from the rafters entices you to seek inner peacewithin. With a multitude of awards under its belt across 12 years, it’s safe to say that Temple’s therapists know a thing or two about self-care. Circling back to the 'hot' thing, Temple Day Spa does actually offer an ever-so-soothing hot stone massage – your discs will thank you later. But if that’s a little too much Mother Earth for your liking, opt for a full-body exfoliation, a hydrotherapy shower or an infrared sauna session. Oh, and to those up in the north-western suburbs, you’ll be pleased to know Temple Day Spa Semaphore is officially open for your pampering desires.

Where: 78 Unley Rd, Unley, SA

Try the: Rainforest Body Ritual – it'll transport your body and mind to the pure rainforests of New Zealand, with a full-body massage, exfoliating scrub, hydrotherapy Vichy shower and infrared sauna. 

Amidst the bustle of Perth city, Como Shambhala’s Urban Escape is a real-life getaway from big city life. A trip to this spa will see you receive hands-on healing, a hybrid of traditional Eastern techniques and advances in holistic healthcare. Unwind in their reimagined 19th-century vaults, take a dip in the 20-metre indoor lap pool, or join one of their soothing yoga classes. Pamper yourself even further and reserve a lunch spot at one of the State Building’s many eateries after your treatment, including Perth’s highest-ranked restaurant, Wildflower. 

Where: Como The Treasury, 1 Cathedral Ave, Perth, WA

Try this: Need a quick fix? Como Shambhala's express massages and facials will leave you feeling like a whole new person in just 30 minutes.

Merse Wellness Spa in Osborne Park has got everything you need to relax and rejuvenate with saunas, cold plunge pools, salt rooms, infrared and hot rock saunas and heaps more. Launched in late October 2025, this bougie bathhouse centres around the state’s largest magnesium pool, with deep restorative properties. You can fully customise your wellness journey: alternate between the soothing infrared and hot rock saunas, steam rooms, a hot spa and monsoon showers, followed by an invigorating dip in the cold plunge pools or ice fountains. They have different membership options so that you can get the most bang for your buck.

Where: Unit 8/454 Scarborough Beach Rd, Osborne Park, WA 

Try this: Before you leave, take a moment to relax in the rejuvenation lounge, complete with LED light therapy, compression therapy, massage guns and audio sound healing.

Meaning 'awaken' in Sanskrit, a visit to Bodhi spa will leave you feeling revitalised in both body and mind. All of their five spas, from the Westin to the Margaret River, offer a holistic suite of luxurious spa treatments, using only natural, Australian-made products. For a deeply relaxing experience, we recommend their 2.5-hour Grounding Ritual, featuring a full-body exfoliation with botanical oils and Australian salts, followed by a sumptuous warm mud wrap, nurturing scalp massage and full-body massage. You'll leave feeling utterly transformed. 

Where: Locations in Cottesloe, Highgate, Wembley, Westin Perth and Yallingup

Try this: Round out your treatment with a 30-minute session in the infrared sauna.