Decked out with a restaurant serving up everything from margaritas to health elixirs, an upstairs relaxation area with retro cool daybeds, and a lush open air pool courtyard complete with mineral spas, a steam room, sauna, and pale showers, this one-of-a-kind bathhouse is the perfect blend of everything you’d want in a wellness experience. 

This could just be the best-looking bathhouse we’ve seen in Australia so far. Adorned with a dreamy fit out that will make you feel like you’ve packed your bags and landed somewhere far away, this bathhouse located a short drive out of Byron Bay in the Northern Rivers region, offers a fun and immersive experience enabling wellness lovers to reap the benefits of the ancient European wellbeing practice of social bathing and connection.
 
The luxe space features a communal pool for a refreshing dip, two large warm mineral spas to help your muscles relax and body unwind, a wood-fired sauna and steam room where you can breathe, meditate and sweat out toxins, a cold plunge pool to boost your immune, metabolic and lymphatic systems, and a two-person sauna bucket waterfall shower so you can douse yourself with cool refreshing water when you're fresh out of the sauna. But the best bit about this space is that it's been created with social bathing in mind- an ancient practice inviting you and your friends to come together to enjoy wellness therapies and social fun under one roof.
 
The chance for you to mingle and connect is amplified by the New York-esque chic onsite dining room and bar which opens up onto the pool courtyard. You can even choose to have your order delivered to the sunbeds located upstairs to enjoy nourishing eats as you soak up some vitamin-D. Banya’s menu has an array of healthy and gluten free options including the Banya’s signature salad bowl (which we highly recommend), superfood smoothies, dumplings, and tasty toasties. Because all things in life are best enjoyed with balance, if you’re celebrating a special occasion or up for something a little more indulgent you can opt for fresh oysters on ice teamed up with a Banya Bloom floral health elixir cocktail, or Hot Lips cocktail– a sauna and cold plunge for your mouth. 
 
Choose to blend and move between all of the experiences on offer solo or with your crew, or pick your favourites to enjoy during your 90 minute visit before or after stepping up your bathhouse experience with a soothing massage. The Banya's rejuvenating massage menu includes deep tissue, relaxation, and pregnancy massages to enable you to melt even further into a rejuvenated state. 
 
Keen to soak up all the ancient art of social bathing has to offer for yourself? You can book a 90minute bathhouse session or massage treatment seven days a week from 9am until late. Go on- you know you want to!
 
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