World famous no nonsense banya/ bathhouse / health club the Russian Turkish Baths
268 East 10th Street New York New York since 1892
5445 Collins Ave Miami Beach since 1994
Offering powerful ancient healing tools for wellness.
We specialize in the art of banya where you sit in hot saunas and jump into ice cold water in between sessions, all in the name of health. And it’s glorious. GLORIOUS!
AMENITIES
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Hippocrates said, “Give me fever and I can cure any disease.”
Enjoy our Dry Finnish Sauna with its fragrance of redwood and intense, even dry heat. Remarkable things happen inside you in the heat of the sauna, which produces a pseudo fever, forcing every organ in the body into action. The skin filters wastes to expel them in sweat, leaving you cleansed from the inside out. -
Our Infrared Sauna is superior to all other traditional saunas in that the heat is perfectly balanced and distributed throughout the room evenly so that you do not feel the heat coming to you from any one source or direction. This allows for deeper detoxification from the inside out penetrating thoroughly, improves blood circulation, and enhances oxygen supply all throughout the body and vital organs.
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Step into a world of tranquility and rejuvenation with our Amethyst Crystal Sauna. Designed to elevate your wellness experience, this unique sauna is infused with the calming energy of natural amethyst crystals, known for their soothing properties and ability to promote mental clarity, relaxation, and healing. The warm, gentle heat combined with the purifying energy of the amethyst helps to detoxify the body, reduce stress, and encourage deep relaxation. Whether you’re seeking relief from tension or simply a moment of peace, this serene environment offers a transformative escape for your mind, body, and spirit.
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Our most popular room, the Russian Room is a traditional Russian banya with benches surrounding a rock-walled furnace with 15 tons of rock on brick arches, heated overnight to radiate intense heat throughout the day. Filled buckets of ice cold water are poured over ones head to cool off, improve blood circulation, and enhance oxygen supply all throughout the body.
This ancient ritual leads to a complete cleansing of mind, body, and soul. -
Our Turkish Room is built in an ancient manner of centuries ago. Here the vital ingredient is the right amount of humidity, with a touch of steam, in combination with just the right radiating heat from the marble walls which surround you while you are hot air bathing to a thorough cleansing. Stand under the ice cold shower in the room for a revitalizing, restorative, and refreshing treat, or choose a Lavish Soap Wash Treatment for an extra indulgence.
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This special Aromatherapy Steam Room offers a very comfortable warm steam and allows breathing through vapors formed from a mixture of herbs and various essentials oils. The breathing ducts, bronchial tubes in the lungs become dilated and cleansed, leading to a soothing of headaches and migraines, easing bronchitis, sinus discomforts, or just leaving you with an enhanced feeling of well being
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Relax in our Ocean Water Jacuzzi as the heated, naturally sulfurous ocean water pounds at your body, massaging healing minerals into aching joints and muscles. Try a few minutes under the Jacuzzi’s ocean waterfall and you will feel like you've been instantly swept away from civilization to your very own personal paradise.
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Outside the Russian Room is an Ice Cold Water tank, equal to the coldest region of Siberia. When the heat starts to get unbearable, go out to the tank, fill a bucket, and like the Russian Czars who hundreds of years before you plunged into frozen lakes in the dead of winter, dump the water over your head and share with past generations this indescribable feeling. In that sheer moment as the ice cold water pours over you, the transfer of your body from hot to cold, comes one of the most exhilarating feelings you will ever experience. You’ll feel more awake than you have in a long time.
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Remember when you were a kid and spent an ungodly amount of the time in the bath tub until your parents screamed, "get out of there already!!" Then you ran around showing off your shriveled up raisin fingers to everyone you came across? You can relive those days again amidst all of our water amenities including this inviting warm rain room. Lay down and let the downpour of water envelop you into a perfect meditation.
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Try our Swedish high pressure shower. The invigorating pressurized ice cold water jets will vigorously massage your full body and relax tired muscles as the water surrounds you from every possible direction. Move your shoulders and neck around under the waterfall for an extra indulgence. What a way to cool off!
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In the midst of your exploration of this other world which you have discovered at the Russian and Turkish Baths, between sessions in the hot rooms, before your massage, or after a light snack, you might want to relax for a moment or take a short nap. At the Baths there is even a relaxation room where a very comfortable Log Bed awaits you in an area of tranquility and seclusion.
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One could either spend a few hours bulking up in our fully equipped gym, or a few minutes on one of the cardiovascular machines to burn a few calories. Personal trainer is available upon request.
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You can take a dip in the Olympic size heated swimming pool after a nice session in one of our hot rooms or Jacuzzi. Read a book lounging around the pool taking in some rays, or have lunch by the Tiki Bar for the perfect addition to an ideal afternoon.
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The Russian and Turkish Baths are literally just a few steps away from the sand where you can lounge and soak in some rays. At any time while visiting, feel free, take full advantage, and enjoy the crystal clear, turquoise, warm waters which flow from the Caribbean. Go ahead take a swim. The water temperature ranges from 78 to 90 degrees all year round.
Traditional Russian Banya
Our most popular room, the Russian Room is a traditional Russian banya with benches surrounding
a rock-walled furnace with 15 tons of rock on brick arches, heated overnight to radiate intense heat throughout the day. Filled buckets of ice cold water are poured over ones head to cool off, improve blood circulation, and enhance oxygen supply all throughout the body.
This ancient ritual leads to a complete cleansing of mind, body, and soul.
Russians call the banya “the first doctor.”
““It is not to be doubted that the Russians owe their longevity, their robust state of health and their happy and cheerful temper, mostly to the Russian baths ...”
-William Tooke, English Historian, 1799