Best spas on the Gold Coast
When it comes to beauty treatments and indulgent massages, the Gold Coast has everything you need.
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Welcome to the bathhouse and day spa capital of Queensland.
Azure Spa & Fitness, Broadbeach
Ensconced within The Star Gold Coast, this chi chi Gold Coast Day Spa offers signature body treatments including hot stone massages, foot massages and best of all, hotel guests can just wander down from their rooms. It uses Babor and Retreatment Botanics products and there is a dedicated men's zone on the beauty treatments menu.
Spa by JW, Surfer's Paradise
The JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort is undoubtedly one of the best hotels in the region for families, with sushi classes and a saltwater lagoon populated by over 200 tropical fish. The spa is pretty special too and until December 12, $368 gets you a 90 minute package including a 60-minute massage, a hot stone treatment and 30 minute sauna and steam. After which you can indulge in a high tea with a glass of sparkling wine and goodies such as lavender-infused scones, cucumber and caviar with creme fraiche and sesame bark with a hint of citrus aioli.
The Bathhouse At Ground, Currumbin
Australia is in the midst of a bathhouse boom and this property does it better than most. There are three cedar hot tubs, two plunge pools (one of which is a cold plunge pool and the other an ambient magnesium mineral pool), hydrotherapy spas and a wood-fired sauna. In the adjacent treatment rooms, there is a range of spa treatments on offer - from soothing massages to facial packages from skilled therapists. It's a blissful retreat to de stress at your own pace for a few hours with communal bathhouse vibes. Check out the Bathe & Bliss sessions where sound healing is added to the soak.
Soak Bathhouse, Mermaid Beach
There are those who will tell you that this place actually kicked off the whole bathhouse renaissance in Australia - they've since expanded to four additional locations - and who are we to argue? The three mineral pools - heated to 34 degrees, 38 degrees and 12 degrees respectively - are complemented by a steam room, red cedar wood sauna. It's an immersive - see what we did there - wellness escape and we applaud the Soak Giving program that helps local businesses, schools and charities. As an add on, you can also have full body massages for the ultimate pampering session. A blissful retreat that offers real value for money.
Chuan Spa, Gold Coast
Ensconced in the Langham hotel, Chuan sets the standard for what a hotel spa can - and should - be. There are eight treatment rooms, two couples rooms and an indoor pool with ocean views. The spa treatments are divided into Metal. Wood, Water, Fire and Earth categories and its hardly surprising that it scooped the 2024 Best Australian Hotel Spa gong in the World Spa Awards. The massage rooms here are next level luxe, the spa experience exquisitely considered and you will be whisked away from everyday life in a heartbeat. As far as body therapies go, we'd recommend the three hour Chuan Serenity Shen - but this is just one of the luxurious massages on offer. Meanwhile the organic facials, such as Chuan Yu - using iKou organics - are 75 minutes of pure luxury.
Earth & Skin, Mudgeeraba
There are no hot spas, infrared saunas, float therapy tanks or heated vitality pools at this organic day spa. What you do get is an exceptional level of care at this light filled space in a beautiful old Queenslander. Over the space of 10 years, Earth & Skin has grown from a locals' secret to a destination spa with punters coming back for regular treatments. The Earth Massage/Refresh Facial combo ($245 for 60 minutes) is pure bliss and just what you need to add a bit of self care to your GC holiday experience. And don't stress about the distance either, Mudgeeraba is just 20 minutes from Surfers Paradise.
Native State, Coolangatta
Billing itself at "the Gold Coast's premier bathhouse" Native State offers infrared sauna, cedar sauna, cold plunge pool, heated vitality pools, a meditation lounge and yoga and breathwork classes. Close to Kirra Beach, this is the perfect space to harness the healing power of water for a full body experience that is holistic and wholesome.
Lan Bathhouse, Surfers Paradise
The perfect setting if you want to pamper yourself for a special occasion, Lan is a stunningly designed bijoux bathhouse and one spa that will set your Insta aflame. There is a quartet of spa pools to choose from and full range of treatments that run from singing bowl healing and massage therapies to the blissful head spas you'll wish were part of you everyday routine. They accept group bookings if you want to get a gang together. All that's missing is a Himalayan salt cave - for that try Re/ Wind in Currumbin - in this judgement-free safe space.
Greenhouse The Bathhouse. Tallebudgera
Proving just how fierce the bathhouse competition is here, Greenhouse touts itself as "the Gold Coast's original bathhouse". Take a dip in the heated magnesium spas, brave the cold plunge pool, sweat out the toxins in the steam room or sauna then hit the treatments rooms for a massage or scrub. We love the fact that there's a plant-based restaurant on site so you can make a day of it.
SOL Elements, Mount Tamborine
Just as well this new bathhouse is set to open in July 2025, because we cannot wait to try it. There is a strong Japanese accent here as the onsen influence is obvious and aside from float therapy rooms, cold plunges, a Himalayan salt, infrared sauna, botanical steam room and and submerged al fresco fire pit. The handcrafted scrubs created in the onsite Earth Lab are set to be a highlight.
Which hotels on the Gold Coast have the best day spas?
Aside from the hotels mentioned above, we rate the eforea spa at the Hilton Surfers Paradise, the evaiya spa at Meriton Suites Surfers Paradise, One Spa at Royal Pines RACV resort, O'Reilly's Lost World Spa and SpaQ at QT Gold Coast (hello hamman).
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