ARCTIC Wellness Recovery Club
Sri Wedari · sauna and plunge recovery club
A contrast-therapy club of saunas and hot and cold plunges, with steam rituals in the evening and therapists for massage and facials.
- Saunas
- Hot plunge
- Cold plunge
The Sacred River Spa
Sayan · Four Seasons spa with private spa villas
Four Seasons Sayan's spa, rated Four-Star by Forbes Travel Guide and rebuilt in 2024 around seven private spa villas, a sauna villa and a sound healing room.
- HoursTreatments daily 09:00 to 21:00
- Drive at rush hour1 min from Sayan
- LaptopsNot for working
The circuit
- Heat
- Sauna villa with infrared and Swedish saunas, plus a sauna and steam room
- Water
- Jacuzzi beside the sauna and steam room
- Treatments
- Seven private spa villas, sound healing room, meditation with a wellness mentor
- Sessions
- 120-minute signature rituals, Restu Bumi and the Chakra Ceremony
- When to go
- A day off, as the resort is in the Sayan valley west of town
The spa covers 4,970 square metres of the Ayung valley. Its signature Balinese rituals, Restu Bumi and the Chakra Ceremony, each take 120 minutes, and a resident wellness mentor, a former Buddhist nun, leads meditation and talks.
It's in the Sayan valley west of town, so arrange a driver and save it for a day off.
Where it is
Drive at rush hour
- Sayan1 min
- Penestanan3 min
- Nyuh Kuning7 min
- Central Ubud13 min
- Peliatan17 min
- Tegallalang21 min
Other places to recover in Ubud
BALI SAUNA + KAYUN Herbal Steam
Mas · cedar dome sauna with ice baths
A cedar dome sauna, raised by hand and heated over stones from Mount Batur, where you brew your own löyly from 17 herbs and cool off in two ice baths.
- Cedar dome sauna (80 to 90°C)
- Self-löyly with 17 herbs
- Ice baths (17°C and 10°C)
Hesa Wellness Spa
Central Ubud · massage spa with a hot and cold plunge circuit
Massage and body treatments at two central Ubud spas, each with a hot plunge, cold plunge and steam room, and 30 minutes in that circuit comes with every treatment.
- Hot plunge (39 to 41°C)
- Cold plunge (7 to 10°C)
- Steam room (42 to 46°C)
Also in Sayan
Kubu at Mandapa
Kedewatan · riverside tasting menu at Mandapa
Tasting menus by the Ayung River at Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, where nine of the 52 seats are in private bamboo cocoons by the water.
- Seasonal tasting menu
- Vegetarian Root to Leaf menu
- Nine private cocoons
Room4Dessert
Sanggingan · dessert tasting menu
Will Goldfarb, formerly of El Bulli and Tetsuya's, serves a tasting menu built around dessert in a garden compound, with cocktail, natural wine or spirit-free pairings.
- Dessert tasting menu
- Cocktail and natural wine pairings
- Spirit-free pairing
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Working from your villa?
MindSeat rents a height-adjustable desk at $50 a month, an ergonomic chair at $70, a 32-inch 4K screen at $160, or all of it in The Best package at $345. We deliver and set up the same day, and move it free once a month when you change villas.
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