The best spas in Montreal

Spa Espace Nomad is a comprehensive wellness establishment on Boulevard Saint-Laurent, offering massages, aesthetic treatments and acupuncture for 20 years. The space combines care services with a quiet café serving fresh juices, smoothies, matcha and lattes made from mostly organic ingredients. The online shop offers skincare products, accessories and home items, while the café also features vegan Italian pastries from Dei Campi and gluten-free biscuits. The establishment offers packages, promotions and memberships, as well as corporate massage services. The bohemian atmosphere and personalized treatments make it a valued destination for clients seeking relaxation and reconnection.

Spa Escale Santé is a comprehensive wellness facility located in Rosemont, offering massage therapy, Nordic baths, facial treatments, aesthetics, and body care under one roof. The integrated osteopathy clinic provides a complete therapeutic approach, with access to Nordic baths included in treatments. The establishment features a contemporary and clean environment, with ample free parking and complimentary refreshments for guests. Open 7 days a week from 9am to 10pm, the spa offers packages such as the relaxation package with 2 treatments plus Nordic baths (90 minutes). Client reviews highlight the quality of services, courteous reception, and the relaxing atmosphere of the venue.

Rainspa takes up the third floor of Hôtel Place d'Armes, on rue Saint-Jacques, where Vieux-Montréal meets downtown.

Its traditional hammam is the centrepiece: eucalyptus steam, a private room, black soap and kessa glove rituals, a rhassoul wrap, then argan oil. Around it, ten treatment rooms across two floors, two of them built for couples, along with facials, a manicure and pedicure salon you can book privately with friends, and a rest area serving teas and flavoured waters.

Swimsuit required under the steam, booking essential. You come back out onto place d'Armes moving a little slower than when you went in.

Eight treatment rooms take up the wellness floor of the Four Seasons, at 1440 rue de la Montagne. Guerlain sets the protocols and supplies the products, from the first gesture to the last.

Kneipp circuit alternates hot and cold baths, then a pebble path works the soles of the feet, the only setup of its kind in a Montréal city spa. Sauna and hammam extend the route, and the indoor pool under a glass roof adds a counter current lane.

Suite Tonka Impériale takes couples treatments. Stéphanie Cherbakow Baron runs the place, the only spa in Québec rated five stars by Forbes. Booking goes by phone or online.

On the mountainside above Lac Gale, Balnea sits inside a protected nature reserve of more than six hundred acres, less than an hour from Montréal.

The thermal circuit runs through outdoor baths, saunas set in the woods and a swim in the lake, with rest areas that open onto the Appalachians. Massages draw on Swedish, Californian and Hawaiian traditions. Lumami cooks whatever the estate's market garden yields, and a hotel lets you stay the night.

In summer you swim in open water and roll out a yoga mat by the lake. In winter, steam off the baths rises into the snow. The site stays open year-round.