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5 spas; the city's heat comes from new clubs, not an old tradition.

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Singapore: five places for heat and ice, from an Aufguss club to a Japanese onsen

Singapore has no bath tradition of its own. Its natural hot spring at Sembawang, found in 1909, is a public park; the city's heat now comes from a new wave of sauna-and-ice clubs and from one Japanese onsen spa. None carries our Ritual tag.

We chose five, at least 1.5 km apart. Two strong clubs lost out on distance: The Ice Bath Club in Duxton sits about 1.2 km from Sauna Bath House, and its River Valley branch about 700 metres from Reva. Shelter, the members-only sauna club, sells no single entry, so it does not count.

Illustrated map of Singapore from Bukit Timah to Katong, with the Botanic Gardens bandstand and Marina Bay Sands above the bay drawn in cobalt ink 12345
  1. 1

    Bukit Timah · Bukit Timah Road

    Ikeda Spa

    BoutiqueNatureTreatment

    A Japanese spa in a converted Bukit Timah shophouse with a hinoki onsen bath from $100, a zen garden and shiatsu.

    OnsenMassage

    $100hinoki onsen bath, from

  2. 2

    Dempsey and Tanglin · Dempsey Road

    Nowhere Baths

    BoutiqueModern

    A modern bathhouse in Dempsey: two hot baths, a sauna, a steam room and a cold plunge; women only on Mondays.

    PoolSaunaSteam

    Bookingrates on the website

  3. 3

    Katong and Joo Chiat · Tanjong Katong Road

    The Ice Bath Club, East Coast

    LocalModernSocial

    A contrast-therapy club on Tanjong Katong Road: ice baths at 3 to 10 degrees, an 85-degree sauna and warm magnesium baths; drop in without booking.

    PoolSauna

    Drop inprices on the website

  4. 4

    Orchard · Exeter Road, beside Somerset MRT

    Reva Social Wellness

    LocalModernSocial

    An outdoor sauna club at Trifecta beside Somerset MRT: a Finnish sauna, a hot pool and twin ice baths, all day from $36.

    PoolSauna

    $36day pass, from

  5. 5

    Marina Bay · Raffles Place, Singapore Land Tower

    Sauna Bath House

    LocalModernSocial

    A sauna club under Raffles Place with a 95-degree dry sauna, an Aufguss sauna, a hot pool, a cold plunge and ice showers; five sessions for $99 for first-timers.

    PoolSauna

    $99five sessions, first-timers

Checked 7 November 2026. Picks follow the same published rules in every city.