Skiing is... cold, right. And saunas are... not. Good. Seems to be something there, so let’s explore that further in the event we stumble across any après-ski saunas built entirely from ice blocks or maybe one that literally doubles as a boat. Okay, you caught us, we already found you some.
On a frozen lake in Finland sits a sauna made of ice. Consider it a trust exercise. Then consider asking the personal sauna attendants to turn up the heat. Or pass you a towel. Or join you for a dip in the outdoor pool. Always employ the buddy system.
If ever you required an Italian resort with a panoramic view of the Rosengarten mountains... plus a block-hut sauna and a Turkish steam bath... and you just won’t budge on needing heated water beds... well, you’ve really winnowed down your options. So you’d better just go here.
Book yourself a suite with an open-air bath and sauna at Japan’s Moku No Sho hotel. Good. Then proceed to just kind of sit there while listening to that babbling brook nearby. Yeah, now you’re getting it. Really test the limits of being too relaxed.
There’re only two ways to get to this sauna come winter: 1) by snowmobile and 2) by helicopter. So, yeah, a sauna’s gonna look pretty good after all that. It’ll also look like a barrel. Because it is. It’s a great big barrel, except with stove-fired heat inside. Not like whiskey or something.
This here is a sauna that’s also a boat. Yep, that old one-two. Just a regular, rentable sauna boat with a roof deck that’s ideal for sleepovers and grilling on this quiet Finnish lake. It’s only available in summer, so no snow. But come on. Sauna boat.
