The World’s 100 Best Saunas & Baths · 2026
The Best Saunas in the World
13 of the 100 venues in The World’s 100 Best Saunas & Baths 2026 are saunas, in 5 countries. The highest placed is Thermen Bussloo in Voorst, Netherlands, at number 20 in the world. Irifune Onsen in Osaka, Japan (number 23) and Roman Sauna & Baths in Czeladź, Poland (number 25) follow.
Germany and the Netherlands
Eight of the 13 are in Germany and the Netherlands. At Vabali Spa Berlin and at monte mare on Lake Tegernsee staff pour an infusion every 30 minutes or more often. Thermen Bussloo in Voorst, the highest placed, stages infusion shows in a sauna theatre. Sauna Drôme near Putten is a small house in a former barn with a sauna boat on its pond.
Poland and Italy
Roman Sauna & Baths in Czeladź has an amphitheatre sauna, the Colosseum, that holds over 200 people. Cron4 at Riscone near Brunico has a sauna village with a garden beside the public pool.
Japan
The three Japanese venues are city saunas. Sauna Tokyo near Akasaka Station has five sauna rooms and three cold pools at different temperatures. Sauna Heaven Soka is for men only and has no hot bath. Irifune Onsen in Osaka is a neighbourhood bathhouse with a sauna and a deep cold plunge.
Venues
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N° 20
Thermen Bussloo
Voorst, Netherlands
Sauna
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N° 23
Irifune Onsen
Osaka, Japan
Sauna -
N° 25
Roman Sauna & Baths
Czeladź, Poland
Sauna -
N° 32
Vabali Spa Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Sauna -
N° 38
Sauna Drôme Putten
Putten, Netherlands
Sauna -
N° 40
Maritimo Resort
Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany
Sauna -
N° 44
monte mare Seesauna in Tegernsee
Tegernsee, Germany
Sauna -
N° 45
Saunabad Großer Teich
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany
Sauna -
N° 65
Panorama Sauna
Grafschaft, Germany
Sauna -
N° 66
Cron4 Piscina & Sauna
Brunico, Italy
Sauna -
N° 78
Sauna Heaven Soka
Sōka, Japan
Sauna -
N° 85
Sauna Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Sauna -
N° 97
Centre du Lac
Pijnacker, Netherlands
Sauna
Best by region
- The NordicsHvammsvik Hot SpringsHvalfjörður, IcelandN° 1
- EuropeHvammsvik Hot SpringsHvalfjörður, IcelandN° 1
- AsiaIrifune OnsenOsaka, JapanN° 23
- The Middle EastAlf Layla Wa Layla Turkish BathAmman, JordanN° 21
- North AmericaLa Source Bains NordiquesRawdon, CanadaN° 14
- Latin AmericaTabacón Thermal Resort and SpaLa Fortuna, Costa RicaN° 6
- OceaniaWai Ariki Hot Springs and SpaRotorua, New ZealandN° 11
Best by kind
- Hot springsHvammsvik Hot SpringsHvalfjörður, IcelandN° 1
- Thermal bathsInfinit MaximusBrno, CzechiaN° 2
- SpasSweet Lake WellnessZoetermeer, NetherlandsN° 4
- Spas in EuropeSweet Lake WellnessZoetermeer, NetherlandsN° 4
- Bathhouses & HammamsAlf Layla Wa Layla Turkish BathAmman, JordanN° 21
- Bathhouses in the United StatesHürrem Hammam Wellness & SpaNorth Miami, United StatesN° 29
- SaunasThermen BusslooVoorst, NetherlandsN° 20