Adelaide has built itself a proper spa scene over the past few years. Not just treatment rooms attached to hair salons, but mineral bathhouses, hammams, and a handful of places in the Hills where the drive is half the point. Prices below start from the cheapest treatment or entry, so check what you’re actually booking. Several of these need a few weeks’ notice on a Saturday.
In the hills and beyond
Gatekeeper’s Day Spa, Crafers
Part of Mount Lofty House, this is the one to book when the occasion warrants it. The Indulgence Experience includes a rose quartz facial, and packages come with lunch and a glass of the estate’s sparkling. From $155.
Marula Day Spa, Monarto
Attached to Monarto Safari Resort, with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out across the plains. Jurlique facials, massage, a vitality pool, cold plunge and cedar sauna. Easily paired with a morning at the safari park. From $79.
Longview Vineyard Day Spa, Macclesfield
A vineyard spa about fifty minutes from the city, doing full body massage and organic facials with wine built into the experience. Couples packages available, which makes it a straightforward answer to the anniversary problem. From $25.
MANE Day Spa, Mount Barker
The pick of the Adelaide Hills spas if you’d rather not drive all the way to Crafers. Body, face and couples treatments, and set up for groups if you’re organising something for several people.
Bathhouses and thermal bathing
Mineral Wellness, Adelaide
The city’s new communal bathhouse runs ninety-minute self-paced sessions across mineral pools, a hammam, a salt room, infrared and traditional saunas, and an eight-degree cold plunge. Bring a book and don’t rush it. From $65.
Onsen, Torrensville
Japanese-inspired, with timber saunas and hot and cold magnesium pools. The design does a lot of the work here. It’s calm in a way most recovery spaces aren’t. From $27, with weekly memberships from $49.
Blue Lagoon Float and Spa
A Roman-inspired bathhouse with float pools, infrared sauna, massage and facials, across Hyde Park, North Adelaide and Fulham Gardens, with Glenelg on the way. Both closed and open float options, which matters if you’ve tried a pod before and didn’t love it. From $46.
Classic day spas in town
BODHI Spa at Eos by SkyCity
The most expensive on this list and the most hotel-luxury of them. Botanical facials and holistic massage, a double treatment suite, and access to the sauna, steam room and pool. From $190.
Swiss Wellness, Hyde Park
Hot stone and deep tissue massage, with organic treatments customised to whatever is actually bothering you. Strong on the therapeutic end rather than the pampering end. From $120.
Temple Day Spa, Unley
Award-winning, earthy, and less polished than some of the newer arrivals, which is the appeal. Skin treatments plus handcrafted bath salts to take home. From $49.
IONE Spa & Wellness, West Lakes
The one to book if you want a serious massage rather than an experience. Deep tissue is the strength, and the Shirobyang Indian head massage and foot cocoon are both unusual in Adelaide. From $55.
Selene Spa & Wellness, Adelaide
Home to South Australia’s first cocoon infrared pod, alongside Ayurvedic facials and float therapy. Closed Sundays and Mondays, so plan around it. From $120.
Before you book
Most of these take walk-ins during the week and none of them on a Saturday, so book ahead if you’re going with someone. And if you’ve only got an hour and no particular ailment, the bathhouses give you more for your money than a short massage will.
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