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Sydney’s bathhouse movement is showing no signs of slowing down, and there’s a new addition making its way to the top of our hit list this summer. Opening this Saturday (Saturday, October 25), Escape Bathhouse is bringing luxe communal bathing to the city’s North Shore, and it’s an easy metro ride from the city.
Created by Cam and Tasch D’Arcy, the visionary duo behind Mudgee’s award-winning Sierra Escape, Escape Bathhouse is a sleek, soul-soothing retreat designed to help city-dwellers reset. The pair have spent years immersed in the global self-care scene, and this latest venture is something of a love letter to the art of taking it slow.
Housed inside the heritage-listed Seymour Building in Chatswood, a Spanish Mission-style beauty with architectural charm intact, Escape Bathhouse spans 320 square metres across two levels. Inside, the once-historic space has been transformed into a modern sanctuary of mineral pools and saunas, flooded with serene, filtered light.
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Guests can settle in for a two-hour hydrothermal circuit, moving between a 37°C mineral pool and ice baths chilled to 10–12°C for contrast therapy that’s said to boost circulation, immunity and muscle recovery. There’s also an infrared sauna and a steam room for deeper detoxification, as well as a (genius) Placebo Bar – an alcohol-free refreshment bar pouring herbal tonics and mineral-rich elixirs.
If you’re in the mood to linger a little longer, the menu of restorative treatments is just as thoughtfully curated. The signature Nunyara Ritual (meaning “to be made well again” in Indigenous language) unfolds over two blissful hours – complete with guided breathwork, a full-body exfoliation, therapeutic hot-stone massage, and a rose quartz facial to finish.
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