New York spas with hot pools, saunas and steam rooms to warm you up

Modeled after the public bathhouses of ancient Greece and Rome, this candlelit sanctuary offers sumptuous, classically-inspired decor and a bathing cycle similar to those practiced by the Greco-Roman elite. During a 90-minute session, you’ll progress through a series of warm, hot and cold pools (including saltwater and multijet baths), plus a 97°F steam room. Top it all off with a cup of tea and a lie-down in Aire’s hot-marble relaxation area.

At this 10,000-square-foot Russian-Turkish bathhouse, you can hop between two saunas, a steam room, a Jacuzzi (99°F) and a 60–80°F half-pool, all beneath a supremely kitschy mosaic of a mountain landscape. Fuel up before you go with a snack from the on-site Russian restaurant.

Cycle through a steam room, a Finnish-style river-rock sauna (kept between 150 and 200°F), a thermal hot tub and a cold-plunge pool at this subterranean Noho refuge. You can also kick back in a chakra-light steam room, which combines shifting colors and wet heat. Thanks to a luxurious lounge that features, among other amenities, a three-story waterfall, it’s easy to spend the day here, hiding from the cold.

Open since 1892, this East Village mainstay boasts an impressive array of shvitzing areas, from a radiator-warmed Turkish sauna to an aromatic steam room. But the spa’s crown jewel is its Russian sauna, heated by a stone oven that makes it extra-hot (around 194°F, and sometimes higher), where you can sweat en masse with the regulars. Dump a bucket of frosty, refreshing water over your head to cool yourself down, or grit your teeth and jump into a cold pool (48°F).