Banya Social Wellness Center

Banya in Portsmouth, NH: communal saunas, cold plunges, a cedar barrel hot tub, relaxation lounge and mocktail bar, booked in timed two-hour sessions.

Banya is a social wellness space on the Route 1 Bypass in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rooted in the old public-bathing tradition and built around one rhythm: heat up, cool down, connect, repeat. A session starts at the front desk, where you get a personal combination locker, change behind privacy curtains and take a body-rinse shower before entering the main room. From there the circuit runs between room-sized saunas, cold plunges, a cedar barrel hot tub and a relaxation lounge, with a bar serving zero-proof mocktails. The house says most guests flow through four to eight rounds across the two hours a session includes. The circuit The saunas are large, room-sized and dry-heated.

Large, room-sized saunas with dry heat, shared by the guests in a session block. A cedar barrel hot tub for soaking between rounds. Listed amenities: Cold plunge, Cold shower, Changing rooms, Lockers, Showers, Towel rental, Filtered water and tea, App booking, Hosts events, Social sauna sessions.

Listing type: Public bathhouse. Access: Reservation. Listed capacity: Timed two-hour session blocks with limited spots per block. Cold plunge: Cold plunges on continuous circulation with filtration and ozone sanitizing, drained and refilled every two to four days. Hours: Sessions start on the hour. Create an account on Banya's booking page, then reserve a session block on the live schedule, which shows the spots left in each block. Sessions start on the hour and book ahead in busy periods; a waitlist runs when a block is full. The booking app is Momence. SaunaShare records this listing as editorially reviewed by SaunaShare. A listing label describes where the information came from, not the quality of the sauna. Listing details were last reviewed on October 10, 2026.

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