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25 of the Best Spas, Gyms, Yoga Studios & Salons in Athens
Stay fit and unwind in Athens: award-winning hotel spas and traditional hammams, premium health clubs and boutique gyms, hot yoga and Pilates studios, premier hair and beauty salons, free yoga in the park and a thermal lake you can swim in all year.
Our 25 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Insiders' picks
Three of our favourites from this list, vetted by people who know and love Athens.
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Multi-award-winning
GB Spa, Hotel Grande Bretagne
The multi-award-winning spa beneath Athens' grandest hotel: an indoor pool, herbal steam bath and ice fountain, a couples' suite, Ayurvedic rituals, massages and facials, with a menu of light food and drinks to enjoy between treatments.
Hotel Grande Bretagne, Syntagma SquareExplore View on map
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Premium health club
Holmes Place Syntagma
The city centre's most prestigious health club, right on Syntagma Square: a 25-metre indoor pool with Jacuzzi, separate saunas and Turkish baths for men and women, a full gym, classes, BoxFit, a café and a spa next door. Popular with guests of the nearby luxury hotels.
Syntagma Square (1st floor)Explore View on map
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Riviera spa
Four Seasons Astir Palace Spa
An all-white spa on the Riviera with views of the Saronic Gulf, rituals inspired by Hippocrates, massages using herbs grown on site and an adults-only hydrotherapy zone with an aroma steam grotto, hammam, vitality pool and chilled showers.
40 Apollonos Street, VouliagmeniExplore View on map
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Spas & hammams 10
Award-winning hotel spas, thalassotherapy, traditional hammams and a thermal lake you can swim in all year.
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Pool & wet area
Aegeo Spa, Electra Metropolis
A downtown spa dedicated to the revitalising power of water, with an indoor pool and wet area that are normally open to visitors as well as hotel guests, plus facials, Far East-style massages and rituals inspired by ancient Greece.
15 Mitropoleos StreetExplore View on map
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Traditional hammam
Al Hammam
A traditional hammam on one of Europe's oldest streets in Plaka, about 100 metres from the ancient Tower of the Winds, with steam, scrub and foam rituals, massages and couples' experiences.
16 Tripodon StreetExplore View on map
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Northern suburbs
Ananea Wellness Spa, Life Gallery
A calm design-hotel spa in the green northern suburbs, with a state-of-the-art wet area, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room and treatments by experienced therapists. About 30 to 45 minutes by car from downtown.
Life Gallery Hotel, EkaliExplore View on map
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Natural beauty
Apivita Beehive Spa
A spa inside Apivita's four-floor flagship store, in a space built from upcycled beehives, using the Greek brand's natural products made with bee and Greek plant ingredients. Try the Mediterranean skin food facial or a deep tissue massage.
Apivita Experience Store, KolonakiExplore View on map
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Thalassotherapy
Divani Apollon Thalasso Centre
Athens' only thalassotherapy centre and one of the largest spas in Europe: 3,500 m² by the sea, with a 270 m² seawater pool with 16 water-jet stations, 25 treatment rooms and a big Technogym fitness centre with personal trainers.
Divani Apollon Palace, KavouriExplore View on map
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Riviera spa
Four Seasons Astir Palace Spa
An all-white spa on the Riviera with views of the Saronic Gulf, rituals inspired by Hippocrates, massages using herbs grown on site and an adults-only hydrotherapy zone with an aroma steam grotto, hammam, vitality pool and chilled showers.
40 Apollonos Street, VouliagmeniExplore View on map
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Multi-award-winning
GB Spa, Hotel Grande Bretagne
The multi-award-winning spa beneath Athens' grandest hotel: an indoor pool, herbal steam bath and ice fountain, a couples' suite, Ayurvedic rituals, massages and facials, with a menu of light food and drinks to enjoy between treatments.
Hotel Grande Bretagne, Syntagma SquareExplore View on map
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Marble bathhouse
Hammam Baths
An elegant marble-clad bathhouse near the Acropolis, offering the traditional hammam steam bath and scrub, massages and optional facials, manicures and pedicures.
1 Melidoni Street & 17 Agion Asomaton StreetExplore View on map
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Thermal swimming
Lake Vouliagmeni
A natural lake fed by underground mineral springs and sea water, with water at roughly 22 to 29°C all year, so locals swim here even in winter. Its mineral waters have long been used for bathing therapy. Sunbeds are included with entry.
VouliagmeniExplore View on map
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Hammam & heated pool
Orloff Spa, Theoxenia Palace
In the leafy northern suburb of Kifisia: a large heated indoor pool, a six-seat hammam and sauna, a Jacuzzi beside the pool, and facials with Valmont products and Cinq Mondes therapies. About 30 to 45 minutes from the centre.
Theoxenia Palace Hotel, KifisiaExplore View on map
Gyms & fitness 4
Premium health clubs, boutique gyms and free outdoor workouts.
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Boutique training
Athlesis
A boutique fitness centre founded in 2015 for small-group and personal training, mixing TRX, cardio, cross-spinning, yoga, Pilates and massage into programmes built around your goals. Book sessions online.
KolonakiExplore View on map
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Private & small group
EVERYBODY Athens
A curated boutique gym in the northern suburbs focused on small groups, expert coaching and privacy. By booking or membership only, with no walk-ins.
KifisiaExplore View on map
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Premium health club
Holmes Place Syntagma
The city centre's most prestigious health club, right on Syntagma Square: a 25-metre indoor pool with Jacuzzi, separate saunas and Turkish baths for men and women, a full gym, classes, BoxFit, a café and a spa next door. Popular with guests of the nearby luxury hotels.
Syntagma Square (1st floor)Explore View on map
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Train outdoors
Street Workout Athens
A mostly outdoor gym in a neoclassical park next to the National Garden and opposite the ancient Panathenaic Stadium, with an indoor gym and Pilates studio too. Visitors can book sessions online (around €18) or a guided sightseeing run (around €35).
Fokianos Sports Park, by the Panathenaic StadiumExplore View on map
Yoga & Pilates 6
Hot yoga, Pilates and meditation studios, and free classes in the park.
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Hot yoga pioneer
Hot Yoga Niko Geo
The studio that brought hot yoga to Greece, with yoga, hot TRX and Pilates led by certified teachers in a room heated to 40°C and 50% humidity. Book classes online.
11 Angelou Sikelianou StreetExplore View on map
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Premium Pilates
KARVE
A contemporary premium Pilates studio with a minimal, focused setting and reformer classes. Scheduled classes and packages only, no day passes.
Neo PsychikoExplore View on map
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Classes in English
NYSY Studios
Two central studios, a few minutes' walk from Syntagma, founded by a former San Francisco filmmaker, with yoga, Zen meditation and Pilates classes, workshops and private lessons, all available in English.
Aiolou Street and Nikis StreetExplore View on map
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Free outdoor classes
SNFCC Free Yoga & Pilates
Free morning yoga and mat Pilates in the Stavros Niarchos Park all year round, plus running routes, a canal and sea views. Check the Sports & Wellbeing programme for times.
Stavros Niarchos Park, 364 Syngrou AvenueExplore View on map
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Yoga outdoors
Somayoga
Regular yoga sessions in the shade of the National Garden, plus special classes at the foot of the Acropolis and at the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio. A lovely way to start a day in Athens.
Classes in the National GardenExplore View on map
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Free for hotel guests
The Zen Centre Athens
Yoga, Zen meditation and Pilates taught in English on the first floor of The Perianth hotel on lively Agia Irini Square. Free for hotel guests and open to everyone.
The Perianth Hotel, Agia Irini SquareExplore View on map
Hair & beauty 5
Premier hair and beauty salons in Kolonaki, Glyfada and at the Four Seasons Astir Palace.
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English-speaking team
Achilleas Sotiriou & Anthi
A Kolonaki colour and styling salon led by celebrity stylist Achilleas Sotiriou, with an English-speaking team: balayage and ammonia-free colour, keratin smoothing and hair extensions.
17 Tsakalof StreetExplore View on map
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Colour & extensions
Chrisoula Petraki
An exclusive Glyfada salon for current cutting and colour techniques, balayage and hair extensions, plus nails and make-up.
2 Zisimopoulou Street & Vasileos GeorgiouExplore View on map
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Hair, beauty & barber
Llongueras Glyfada
The Glyfada salon of the Spanish hairdressing house Llongueras, near Hesperides Square and the tram: cuts, colour and balayage, extensions and treatments, nails, lashes and make-up, bridal hair and a barbershop. Closed on Sundays.
40 Laodikis StreetExplore View on map
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At the Four Seasons
Petros Salon Four Seasons
Petros' second salon, inside the Four Seasons Astir Palace on the Athens Riviera: hair, colour and special-occasion styling, make-up, brows and nails, in a resort setting.
Four Seasons Astir Palace HotelExplore View on map
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Hair, nails & make-up
Petros Salon Glyfada
One of Athens' best-known salon names, on Glyfada's designer Kyprou Street: cuts, colour and balayage, keratin and hair treatments, make-up and brows, manicures, pedicures and nail extensions.
51 Kyprou StreetExplore View on map
Price guide per visit or treatment: € under €25, €€ €25–60, €€€ €60–150, €€€€ over €150. Many hotel spas and gyms welcome non-guests for day passes or treatments, but some are for members or hotel guests only, so book ahead.
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