To say life in the city is to say traffic, noise, rush ... To say life in the city is to say stress. There is no big city that does not generate it and there is no urbanite that does not need, from time to time, to do a kikat and take time to relax and disconnect from everything that life in the city entails. Whoever lives or spends long periods of time in a city like Barcelona knows about this and that is why they look for places and activities to relax. Practicing sports in a more or less routine way works for this. Stroll through a park too. Or practice yoga. But sometimes something more is needed and that something else can be provided by a spa. A spa is an ideal place to shake off stress and relax.
Enjoying the services of a spa in the center of the city is a luxury. Barcelona offers its citizens and those who visit it a wide list of urban spas. We, here, want to make a selection of some of those spas. All of them, without a doubt, deserve to be included in a selection of the best spas in Barcelona. We invite you to meet them.
Slow Spa
There are many people who argue that Slow Spa is one of the best urban spas in BCN. Why? Because in him the natural is enhanced, above all. And because in him the precepts of the Slow Beaty become law. With a more natural rhythm of life, affirm the managers of this center, you live better and achieve what is one of the great objectives of Slow Spa: to get the client to disconnect from the rhythm of the city and connect, at the same time, with himself.
Inspired by the spas of the best luxury hotels in Southeast Asia, this Barcelona center has seven cabins set in the East. Inside these cabins, the client can enjoy some of the relaxing treatments that make up the services offered at this center.
The Slow Spa treatments, located at 391 Consell de Cent street (between Bruc and Girona), are made with 100% natural products. Vegan and organic prevail in a place where you can enjoy treatments for couples or a spectacular and very relaxing Beauty Party with family and friends. Slow Spa packs include top quality treatments.
Olorun Rituals Barcelona
The combination of massages and thousand-year-old therapies brought from all over the globe make this Barcelona spa one of the best centers in the city. Anyone looking for a different and exclusive experience of relaxation will surely find it in this center located on Calle Aragón, 95.
In the catalog of services of this center we can highlight the flower baths, the lighting and purification therapies and the flower baths. One of the virtues of this urban spa is that it offers completely personalized experiences suitable for all budgets.
In ideal facilities to escape from the stress of the city, the team at this center offers everything from Polynesian rituals to detox, reiki and Ayurveda treatments, including treatments based on ancient Inca medicine.
Aqua Urban Spa
In Gran de Gràcia street, at number 7, very close to Diagonal, you will find one of the most important thermal centers in Barcelona: the Aqua Urban Spa.
The decoration of this Barcelona center has Roman, Greek and Arab reminiscences, which helps the visitor to forget everything they have left before entering the doors of this center that has circular showers, thermal areas, stone paths in the area of water, therapy pools, etc.
The 350 square meters of Aqua Urban Spa facilities are a wonderful oasis to enjoy a very relaxing experience in the heart of Barcelona. Among the wonderful techniques that a client of this urban spa in BCN can enjoy, we can highlight aromatherapy, chromotherapy or hydrotherapy. All the treatments at this center are carried out with the most exclusive products from the best brands in the spa universe.
Le Patio Spa
A temple of relaxation in Barcelona, this urban spa is so called because of the "fault" of the interior patio of which its facilities consist and which serves as a relaxation room and also as a place to hold events of various kinds. A few decades ago, this space on Carrer Comte d'Urgell (exactly located at number 107) was a space where one of the many public baths in the city was located. Currently, this Turkish bath in Barcelona has five treatment rooms (one of them double), a large Jacuzzi and a large Turkish sauna.
This Turkish sauna has a shop where you can buy handmade jewelry and cosmetic products used in the treatments that are applied within the premises.
Can you imagine a massage with soap mousse? And a time of joy in the hammam cleansing the skin with olive soap? And can you imagine the hands of an expert masseuse spreading orange tree oil over your body? Well, all this you can find in this Turkish spa in Barcelona.
Urbà Horta Spa
The perfect image of what an urban spa should be is Spa Urbà Horta. Due to its multiple facilities and because it has a large catalog of spaces designed for types of people, this center, located in the neighborhood of Horta, on Calle Dante Alighieri, 5, appears with all the merits in this list of the best spas in the Condal City.
Whether you go alone, as a couple or in a group, at Spa Urbà Horta you will find everything you need to disconnect from day to day: hamman, jacuzzi, dry sauna, ice fountain, thermal water circuit ... Combine the enjoyment of all these services with a body or facial treatment or a massage is a good way to live an experience that is as relaxing as it is pleasant.
Spa Urbà Horta, which offers its clients the possibility of enjoying a private jacuzzi for both couples and a group of friends, has several circuit packs at very affordable prices, which, together with the quality of its services, make it a very attractive center to relax in Barcelona.
Mayan Luxury Spa
One of the top luxury hotels in Barcelona is undoubtedly the Hotel Palace. Located in Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 668, this luxurious hotel has a unique spa in Spain. Why is it unique? Because it was the first in the entire Spanish territory to have an authentic temazcal, that is, with an authentic pre-Hispanic Mayan sauna. Its five cabins, in which you can enjoy a treatment inspired by the most authentic Mayan tradition, make it a very special spa.
In this center, sound occupies a primary place. It is that sound, with pre-Hispanic reminiscences, that introduces the client of the Mayan Luxury Spa into an unforgettable experience. The massages with Caribbean shells, for example, are an experience specially designed for the most gourmets.
Mayan Secret Spa
Also of Mayan inspiration is the Mayan Secret Spa, located in the luxurious five-star GL Hotel Claris, located on the corner of Pau Claris street and Valencia street.
Like the aforementioned spa, this one also has a temazcal. In addition to the traditional pre-Hispanic sauna, this luxury spa in Barcelona decorated, like the hotel complex, in earth tones and with several pre-Columbian-inspired works, has a foot bath and rain shower, as well as four cabins where you can enjoy an intimate and relaxing atmosphere.
The holistic Mayan or Tuukul massage, as well as the Xocoatl, a chocolate massage, are two of the delicacies that can be enjoyed in this Mayan spa in Barcelona.
Signature Organic Spa
In the Ciutat Vella district, at number 26 Trafalgar street, near Urquinaona square, you will find the Yurbann hotel. This hotel has a magnificent space for relaxation and the most varied personal care treatments: the Signature Organic Spa.
In this center the holistic philosophy prevails above all and the final objective of all its offer of treatments, massages, etc. it is very clear: reconnecting mind and body, so often split by everyday stress.
The treatments designed at the Signature Organic Spa are designed to serve men, women and couples. They can enjoy the "Love Experiences" experience, ideal for a very romantic evening.
Bangkok Healthy Spa
The Bangkok Healthy Spa, this Barcelona spa with an Asian name, is located at number 415 Rosselló street, a stone's throw from one of the most iconic monuments in Barcelona: the Sagrada Familia.
The facilities of this Thai-style spa in Barcelona occupy around 400 square meters and have an exquisite decoration that helps the client to immerse themselves in a markedly Asian atmosphere.
If you are looking for a luxury spa in BCN, this one will more than meet your expectations. Not in vain, in this exclusive center absolutely personalized beauty and health treatments are carried out that, combined with the traditional and always pleasant Thai massage, provide the client with the possibility of living a unique experience.
Ruham Baths
Those who want to enjoy a spa in Barcelona can do so at Las Termas de Ruham. This franchise has several centers in different Spanish cities. In the province of Barcelona, specifically, it has two centers, one located in the town of Sitges and the other in Calle Diputaciòn, 211. Whoever wants to enjoy maximum relaxation time enjoying the wonders of a massage, a water circuit and a Jacuzzi, you can do it in this Eixample spa.
Among the services that Las Termas de Ruham offers to its clients we can highlight the services for couples. Enjoying a private Jacuzzi for two or a joint massage is a good way to get away from the routine that often accompanies life as a couple and, at the same time, from stress.
Thai Spa Massage
Whoever wishes to enjoy a magnificent Thai massage in Barcelona, no doubt should go to the Thai Spa Massage, an exclusive massage center in Barcelona located on the first floor of Passeig de Gràcia 100. Here you can try a relaxing Thai massage with or without Oil enjoying a typically Asian atmosphere in a wonderful modernist space that stands out for its colorful stained glass windows and soaring ceilings.
This luxurious Barcelona spa is also specialized in the massage with tindas, that kind of cloth bags that, filled with Thai herbs and impregnated with hot steam, will allow you, in the hands of the local expert masseurs, to reach an extreme and very pleasant relaxation.
Foot massage is also one of the great specialties of Thai Spa Massage.
Valmont for Monument Hotel
Also on Passeig de Gràcia, this time at number 75, you will find one of those Barcelona spas that stand out for some particular aspect. In this case, it is because of the beautiful vaulted ceiling that covers it. Under it, the user of this place can enjoy a gym and, next to it, a wet area with a Finnish sauna and a hammam.
Enjoying in this place its magnificent facilities and the various treatments that appear in its menu is one of those sybaritic pleasures that all of us should give ourselves at some point in life.
Barcelona air
In the Born district, in old Barcelona, at number 22 on Paseo Picasso, in front of the Ciudadela Park, you will find what is undoubtedly one of the best Arab baths in Barcelona.
On the tour of this thermal center in Barcelona, the user can immerse themselves in the tepidarium (warm water at 36ºC), the caldarium (hot water at 40ºC) and in the frigadarium (16º C) to experience the different sensations and the change in temperatures , something that, as has been demonstrated for thousands of years, is very beneficial (when done well) both for the skin and for health.
Aire de Barcelona also offers its clients the possibility of enjoying the Hamman steam baths and the always stimulating touch of the bath with a thousand jets.
Aire de Barcelona has turned silence into one of the hallmarks of a place in which old wells have been renovated and used that were part of the Barcelona water reserve system centuries ago. This, without a doubt, makes it a unique spa that also lends its clients slippers, towels, bathroom items ...
Bali Spirit Spa Lounge
In the heart of the Eixample, on Calle Aribau 59, near Plaça Universitat, is the Bali Spirit Spa, an urban spa in Barcelona that, inspired by Balinese personal care traditions, offers locals and those who are passing through the city the possibility of enjoying a very relaxing experience. It is guaranteed, without a doubt, by the extensive menu of Balinese massages at this center. The customer of the same can choose between more than 20 different types.
Combined with exclusive therapies, applied with the best products of Asian cosmetics, the Bali Spirit Spa Lounge massages become an unforgettable experience and an excellent resource to get rid of the stress of urban life.
As you can see, there are not a few spa centers in Barcelona. And these of which we have spoken are only a small sample. We could also tell you about the following:
- Mandarin Oriental, located next to the hotel of the same name, at number 38 of Passeig de Gràcia.
- Oxigen Belleza, located on Borí i Fontestà street, near Turó Park.
- Alqvimia Spa, on Rambla de Catalunya.
- Rituels d'Orient, located at number 50 Loreto street, next to Francesc Macià square.
- Majestic Spa, located in the hotel of the same name, in the heart of Passeig de Gràcia.
- Evasiom Spa, on Aribau street.
Any of these spas in Barcelona can be used to put a break in your frenetic pace of life and to find in them the way to coordinate and put your mind in contact with your body. Have you already decided which one you want to visit?
