New York hotels with a sauna or cold plunge, from the hotels' own pages

Short answer: Of the New York hotels whose own pages we could read, Aman New York lists the most: a sauna, steam room and cold plunge terrace off its changing rooms, plus banya and hammam spa houses with their own hot bath and cold plunge. ModernHaus SoHo hosts an infrared sauna and cold plunge pop-up on its 17th floor. For a sauna without booking a room, Virgin Hotels New York sells a recovery day pass at $50 on weekdays and $75 on weekends, and the Equinox Hotel’s spa, with cryotherapy and an infrared sauna, is open to the public.

“Hotel with a sauna” can mean anything from a wood-lined room in the spa to a blanket delivered to your door. So we read each hotel’s own spa, wellness and room pages in October 2026 and kept only what the hotel itself says.

This guide covers what each hotel lists, who can use it, and what it costs where the hotel publishes a price. It does not rank anything; we have not stayed at these hotels.

What each hotel lists

Hotel	What it lists	Who can use it
Aman New York (Midtown)	Sauna, steam room and a Cold Plunge Terrace off the changing rooms; two spa houses with a banya or hammam, each with a terrace hot bath and cold plunge; a Contrast Therapy Suite with an infrared sauna, red light, cold plunge and steam shower	Spa guests; spa house treatments can be booked individually without the full house
ModernHaus SoHo	Haus of Glow, “an exclusive wellness pop-up offering infrared sauna and cold plunge therapy” on the 17th floor	Bookable sessions; hotel guests get 15% off on weekday afternoons and 10% otherwise
Equinox Hotel New York (Hudson Yards)	Temperature therapy: cryotherapy and an infrared sauna, plus an MLX i3Dome	The spa “is open to the public”; the Hudson Yards club is for Equinox members and hotel guests
Virgin Hotels New York (NoMad)	“A coed hammam and dry sauna” at the Exhale spa	Recovery Day Pass: $50 Monday to Thursday, $75 Friday to Sunday, booked ahead, 10 guests a day
The William Vale (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)	“Panoramic barrel saunas and cedar hot tubs”	Private sauna and hot tub sessions; a section for hotel guests
The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad	A sauna in the spa (pictured on its spa page) and a private steam shower with some treatments	Spa guests

Cold plunges: the short list

Two hotels on this list publish a cold plunge. Aman New York has the most: its changing rooms lead to a sauna, steam room and rain showers beside “a Cold Plunge Terrace,” each of its two spa houses has a private terrace “with a hot bath and cold-plunge covered by a canopy” for year-round use, and a private Contrast Therapy Suite pairs an infrared sauna with a cold plunge.

ModernHaus SoHo hosts Haus of Glow, a pop-up with infrared sauna and cold plunge sessions on its 17th floor. A pop-up can close, so check it is still running before you book around it.

For a hot-and-cold circuit without a hotel, our guide to New York’s saunas, banyas and bathhouses covers the dedicated venues.

A sauna without booking a room

Two hotels make this easy. Virgin Hotels New York sells a Recovery Day Pass with unlimited access to the spa’s hammam and dry sauna: $50 Monday to Thursday and $75 Friday to Sunday, booked in advance and limited to 10 guests a day. Booking a treatment there also includes access to the spa amenities.

The Equinox Hotel’s spa says it is open to the public, and lists cryotherapy and an infrared sauna under temperature therapy. Access to the Equinox Hudson Yards club itself is limited to Equinox members and hotel guests.

In-room options are blankets, not saunas

Search for “hotels with a sauna in the room” and you will find in-room wellness offers that use a sauna blanket. 1 Hotel Central Park offers HigherDose’s Sauna Blanket and PEMF Mat in the room, and the Bamford Wellness Spa at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge lists an Infrared Sauna Blanket among its HigherDOSE experiences.

A heated blanket is a different experience from a hot room. Our guide to a sauna blanket vs a real sauna explains the difference.

What we could not confirm

Some hotel sites would not load for us or did not say. Six Senses New York and Four Seasons Downtown returned errors to our requests, so they are not in the table. The Greenwich Hotel’s Shibui Spa lists changing areas with steam and rain showers and a heated pool, but no sauna. If a hotel matters to your trip, ask the spa directly what it has, whether non-guests can book, and whether a cold plunge is a true cold pool.

Before you book a hotel for its spa

A few questions save disappointment:

• Is the sauna in the shared spa or a private room? Aman and the William Vale offer private sessions; others share a changing-room sauna.
• Can you use it without a treatment? Virgin’s day pass and the Equinox spa say yes; at others, access comes with a treatment.
• Is the cold plunge a pool or a tub? Ask its temperature.
• Is it a pop-up? ModernHaus calls Haus of Glow one.

Our comparison of a hotel spa vs a standalone wellness retreat helps if you are deciding between a city stay and a retreat, and our Korean spa etiquette guide covers the bathhouse side of a New York trip.

FAQ: New York hotels with a sauna

Which hotels in New York have a cold plunge? Aman New York lists a Cold Plunge Terrace, cold plunges on its two spa house terraces and a Contrast Therapy Suite with one. ModernHaus SoHo hosts an infrared sauna and cold plunge pop-up on its 17th floor.

Which New York hotels have a sauna? Aman New York, Virgin Hotels New York, the William Vale in Brooklyn and the Ritz-Carlton NoMad list a sauna; the Equinox Hotel and ModernHaus SoHo list an infrared sauna.

Can you use a hotel sauna in New York without staying there? At some. Virgin Hotels New York sells a Recovery Day Pass for its hammam and sauna, $50 Monday to Thursday and $75 Friday to Sunday, and the Equinox Hotel says its spa is open to the public.

Are there New York hotels with a sauna in the room? The in-room offers we found are sauna blankets, not saunas: 1 Hotel Central Park offers a HigherDose Sauna Blanket in the room.

The bottom line on New York hotels with a sauna

Aman New York is the most complete hot-and-cold set-up a New York hotel publishes, and ModernHaus SoHo’s pop-up is the other cold plunge on the list. For a sauna without a room, Virgin’s day pass is the clearest priced option.

Everything here comes from the hotels’ own pages in October 2026. Spa offers change, so confirm before you book.