Visited Lohja Spa as an after-work detour. Just an hour from home, and in the middle of pretty much nowhere (amazingly, it is in Karjalohja, not Lohja) it was quite a find indeed. It is a small hotel and a spa, but with not too many quests, I had almost all of the 25 meter pool to myself, they had five wonderful saunas and six pools.
I particularly liked their hot 90 degree "star sky" sauna, pictured above. But also the salt sauna was nice, they offered small cups of salt to rub it on your skin. Felt good.
There was also a 70 degree birch sauna, a steam sauna, and then in the men/women dressing rooms a normal Finnish sauna.
The pools were the big pool that had a climbing wall as well, then a therapy pool, a cold plunge pool, a shallow hot pool, and two jacuzzis.
Entrance:
Their story is to "bathe like in a fairy tale":
Pool area:
Salt:
Road to middle of nowhere in a snow storm:
This place reminded me quite a lot of Siuntio Spa (today Siuntio's public swimming hall), but with better saunas. See my separate article about that here (alt. link). But Lohja Spa is more expensive, 25€, though they had a come-once-and-pay-half-price-next-time deal.
Lohja Spa will be worth visiting again! Their website is here.
This article has also appeared here. Read all swimming stories at planetswimmer.com and sauna articles at saunablogger.cool. Or all blog articles from Blogspot. Photos and text (c) 2026 by Jari Arkko. Pool and sauna photos taken when the facility was closed and with permission.
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