Of the spa hotels in Slovakia I’ve tried myself, I’d recommend the Kontakt Wellness Hotel in Stará Lesná, Grand Hotel Permon, AquaCity Poprad and Hotel Sitno in Vyhne with its infinity pool. When you choose, look at whether a hotel has a full spa complex or just a couple of saunas. All of them also make a good romantic weekend for two.
- Kontakt Wellness Hotel
- In Stará Lesná, 2 km from Tatranská Lomnica, only 39 rooms; non-residents can use the spa too
- Grand Hotel Permon
- The largest hotel sauna complex in Slovakia; I stayed at Hotel Pieris next door, with entry included
- Permon without a car
- Bus from Liptovský Mikuláš railway station right to the reception, but it doesn’t run often
- AquaCity Poprad
- The Fire & Water spa, with eight saunas, is far better than the water park itself
- Hotel Sitno, Vyhne
- Infinity pool overlooking the forest; book massages in advance, my mum missed out
The best spa hotels in Slovakia? I seem to be slowly turning into a self-appointed expert on them, especially now in winter. I’ve already tried lots of different hotels in Slovakia, and I write reviews of them here on the blog.
So which three spa hotels in Slovakia have stayed with me to this day? Here they are: the best spa hotels in Slovakia.
The best spa and wellness hotels in Slovakia: my reviews
Since I’m spending the winter in Slovakia again after several years, I end up at the odd spa hotel now and then. There have been quite a few by now, so I decided to write an article about the three best ones. They’re the ones that stuck in my mind, and I’d recommend them to anyone looking for a good spa hotel in Slovakia.
My mum often asks me where I’d send her for a spa weekend in Slovakia, and I always tell her to look through my articles. Here, though, she’ll have everything in one place. I’ve picked these hotels from the ones I’ve visited, and I’ve tried every one of them myself. For each, I’ll add the one thing that first comes to mind when I think of its spa. Let’s get started. Here’s what’s on the list:
- Kontakt Wellness Hotel
- The spa at Grand Hotel Permon
- The spa at AquaCity Poprad
- An extra tip: Hotel Sitno in Vyhne
Kontakt Wellness Hotel in Stará Lesná
The Kontakt Wellness Hotel was one of the first spa hotels I tried in Slovakia, and I don’t think it could have set the bar any higher. It’s a four-star spa hotel in Slovakia, and it’s always the first one I think of when someone asks me where to go for a spa break.
Why? It’s in a good location, I can come here even when I’m not staying, and it’s just the right size. The hotel has only 39 rooms, so it never feels crowded. Never too empty, never too busy.
- Location: The hotel stands in the village of Stará Lesná, just 2 km from Tatranská Lomnica, so it’s an easy walk. I’ve also written about what to see in Tatranská Lomnica, including my favourite restaurant. On my last visit to the Kontakt Wellness Hotel, I stayed in the hotel nightclub until closing time and then walked back to Tatranská Lomnica through the woods. That turned out to be quite an adrenaline rush.
- Average price per night: A double room with breakfast now costs about €130 to €160 a night, depending on the season. If you’re not staying at the hotel, you can buy entry to the spa separately, but you need to book it at least a day in advance.
- The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the Kontakt Wellness Hotel is the hot tub in the swimwear-free area, where I ordered a Piña Colada and enjoyed the bubbles. It definitely ranks among the best spa hotels in Slovakia.
You can read my full review of the Kontakt Wellness Hotel here. The hotel calls its spa Vitálny svet (Vital World). It covers about 1,000 m², with seven saunas and relaxation rooms, four hot tubs, an infrared sauna, an ice-cold plunge pool, an ice bucket shower and everything else a proper spa hotel should have. But as I hinted above, that hot tub downstairs beats the lot. This is another swimwear-free spa, so the whole area is kept pleasantly dim, and the relaxation zone even has real beds with mattresses.
The spa, and with it the whole complex, includes a Jacuzzi bar where you can order drinks. When I asked if I could take my drink into the spa, they poured it into a plastic cup, and I drank my Piña Colada right there in the hot tub. In the right company, it’s quite a memorable experience.
By the way, for massages and treatments they use the French cosmetics brand SOTHYS, and they also offer treatments inspired by Asian and Japanese traditions. The spa at Hotel Kontakt is one of my favourite spas in Slovakia. As a hotel guest I also had half board, so I got to try the restaurant. It has received an award from the High Tatras region and a Gurmán certificate.
The spa at Grand Hotel Permon in Podbanské
The spa at Grand Hotel Permon is a fairly recent experience, and I’ve covered all of it in my review of the Permon spa. If you haven’t heard of Permon, you probably don’t live in Slovakia. It’s the largest hotel sauna complex in the country, and it quite literally knocked the towel off my backside.
- Location: Permon is in the village of Podbanské, and getting here is a little complicated without a car. From Liptovský Mikuláš you can take a bus from the railway station, which drops you right at the reception. A single ticket costs about €2. Check the departures carefully, though, because the buses don’t run all that often.
- Average price per night: A weekend all-inclusive stay for two now starts at about €335 per person for two nights.
- The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the Permon spa is the outdoor area with its cooling pond. The whole zone is swimwear-free.
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As the largest hotel sauna complex in Slovakia, Permon really does have a lot going on. The sauna area has more than 30 attractions spread over 1,620 m², so to be honest, I had my work cut out trying absolutely everything. The spa is called Permon’s Paradise and is split into two large parts: SAUNA Paradise with the saunas and AQUA & KIDS’ Paradise with the pools.
The saunas use only natural substances and fragrant aromatherapy. I really liked the outdoor area, especially the steam sauna, the cooling lake they call the Trout Bath, and the Shepherd’s Room. A bonus for romantics: from the 12-person hot tub you look straight out at the peak of Kriváň.
The Shepherd’s Room is a type of sauna furnished inside like a traditional shepherds’ room. It was quite a curious feeling to sit in a sauna that looks like someone’s living room. One caveat: the Shepherd’s Room no longer appears on the current list of attractions on the Permon website (2026). It’s worth asking at reception before your visit whether it’s still open. If you come with children, the Permon Expres resort train runs around the grounds. You can also stay at Hotel Pieris next door, about a 15-minute walk through the woods.
That’s exactly what I did. Both hotels belong to Permon Resort (formerly Podbanské Resort), so entry to the Permon spa is included in the price of your stay. This hotel is definitely among the best spa hotels in Slovakia too.
The spa at AquaCity Poprad
For a long time I thought of AquaCity Poprad as just a water park with slides, pools and screaming children. Then, while exploring Poprad, I stayed at AquaCity Seasons with entry to the water park and the spa, and I revised my opinion a little.
- Location: Right in Poprad, a 10-minute walk from the centre. Here’s my guide to what to see and do in Poprad.
- Average price per night: Half-board accommodation for two now starts at about €150 a night, depending on the season and the hotel you choose. Entry to the sauna area and the water park is usually included.
- The first thing that comes to mind when I think of AquaCity Poprad is the little fish they had in the spa, the kind that nibble your heels. They weren’t in the pool, of course, but in a special aquarium. Fish in the pool would have been a different experience altogether.
Accommodation at AquaCity Seasons is standard, just what you need at a spa hotel. Nothing fancy, since you spend most of your time in the water park or the spa anyway. Today the resort has several hotels: Mountain View and Riverside as well as Seasons. You can read my full review of staying at AquaCity Poprad here.
Now for the fact that really got me. AquaCity runs entirely on geothermal water and solar energy and is almost self-sufficient in energy. The pools are filled from a spring that rises from a depth of 1,300 metres at 49°C. Compared with heating by gas, this saves about 27 tonnes of CO2 a day. From 2007 to 2009, experts from 190 countries named it the greenest resort in the world (World Travel Awards, World’s Leading Green Resort category). It was also the first Slovak resort to gain Green Globe certification.
As a traveller who tries to keep the planet in mind, I count that as a big plus. One last titbit: this used to be just Poprad’s municipal swimming pool, until someone discovered the geothermal spring beneath it.
The long lap pool, the old-school swimming baths kind, is quite nice, but the spa itself is far better. It’s called Fire & Water Wellness & Spa, a two-storey spa with eight saunas. It’s one of the largest spa centres in Slovakia, and it’s so big that I kept getting lost.
There’s also a Thai massage centre, and Future World, offering virtual reality, is right on site. I don’t have a photo from the spa, though, because it was busy and dimly lit. Is it among the best spa hotels in Slovakia? No question: the range on offer is exceptionally wide.
The infinity pool at Hotel Sitno in Vyhne
As an extra, I’d like to mention Hotel Sitno in Vyhne. It isn’t primarily a spa hotel, but I really loved its infinity pool. Bear in mind that the hotel has since been through a major renovation. It now runs under the Trinity Hotels chain as Hotel Sitno Forest Resort, with 114 double rooms, four suites and three apartments, so there’s even more on offer today.
- Location: The village of Vyhne in the Štiavnica Mountains (Štiavnické vrchy), about 165 km from Bratislava. Bonus: Banská Štiavnica, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is only about 15 km away, so you can easily combine a spa stay with a look round the town.
- Average price per night: According to Booking.com, prices start at about €130 a night depending on the season, and are higher in summer and for family packages.
- The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Hotel Sitno is the outdoor infinity pool overlooking the forest. These days, though, the outdoor pools are only open in summer, from June to September.
Since the renovation, the hotel has a large water and spa complex with thermal water called 4 Elements. It’s divided into the Pool & Active zone, the MiniMe Aqua Fun children’s water world with a 35-metre slide, and the Wellness & Relax zone with three types of sauna. For the more active, there’s adventure golf too. 4 Elements Day Spa offers massages as well as saunas. If you’re coming, I’d book ahead, or you may miss out, as my mum did when she came here with me.
As well as herbal wraps, they also do massages for children, which was a pleasant surprise. The hotel has a conference centre too, which makes it a good tip for company team-building events. There are training sessions in the conference rooms during the day, and in the evening things carry on in the sauna. Though probably not on the same topics.
My full review of Hotel Sitno in Vyhne has more, above all which perfect cakes to buy in the hotel café. The food at this hotel was genuinely better than I expected.
Finding a good spa hotel in Slovakia isn’t hard, especially around the Tatras. What makes the difference is whether a hotel has a full spa complex or just a couple of saunas. I hope my list of the best spa hotels in Slovakia helps you choose where to spend a romantic weekend for two.
Which do you think are the best spa hotels in Slovakia? Let me know in the comments.
A Slovak travel blogger who has been getting Slovaks out of their office chairs since 2013. Author of the book Influencer and founder of the Bez Mapy blog. "Bez Mapy" is Slovak for "without a map".
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