What are the Differences Between Sauna and Spa?

Hotel accommodation facilities, such as sauna or spa, offer different experiences to its customers by offering services such as sauna or spa. Sauna and spaare methods used to cleanse and regenerate the body using heat. It is therefore important to understand the differences between them in order to choose the one that is most beneficial for health. The main difference is that a sauna cleanses the body using heat, while a spa uses water.

What is a Sauna?

A sauna is a small room used as a hot air steam bath. Traditional saunas are built with a wooden interior and use hot stones or different heat sources to radiate heat inside. These rooms are heated, causing the people inside to sweat and remove toxins from their bodies. Modern saunas, on the other hand, use infrared heating to lower the temperature of the air and focus on warming the skin.

What are the Benefits of Sauna?

  • Reduces stress
  • Cleanses the body by removing toxins
  • Improves cardiovascular performance
  • Cleanses the skin
  • Helps burn calories.

Saunas generally use a temperature of around 80°C, and temperature adjustments are usually due to the amount of water thrown into the heater, the time spent inside and the positioning in the sauna.

What is a Spa?

"Spa" is an abbreviation of the Latin expression "salus per aquam" and means health through water. Spa is a kind of health and wellness centre that aims to rest, relax, heal and increase the overall health of the body.

The spa is designed to reduce stress and anxiety, relieve muscle aches and pains, increase blood circulation, improve sleep quality and increase overall well-being.

Spa centres offer many different types of services to help people maintain healthy lifestyles. 

These include facilities such as sauna, steam rooms and Jacuzzi, and services such as massages, facials and other body treatments are provided.

casa giallo sapanca spa and sauna
Casa Giallo Sapanca Spa & Sauna

Spa and Sauna Differences

  • Spa is primarily used as a therapeutic tool and its main function is to soothe sore muscles. Repeated spa use can relax the muscles and restore them to health. The purpose of the sauna is to remove toxins and impurities from the body. By heating the body, these chemicals are sweated out through the skin.
  • Saunas use heat, spas use water.
  • Saunas are used to cleanse the body, reduce stress and burn calories. Spa hydrotherapy is used for relaxation or pleasure.

Spa Hotels Sapanca: Casa Giallo

Hotels with spa and sauna services have become an indispensable part of any travel plan. During their travels, holidaymakers look for many options to not only relax, but also to rejuvenate their body and mind. Therefore, hotels with a spa are a popular accommodation option in high demand.

Casa Giallo Sapanca offers its guests a relaxing and healthy accommodation experience with its spa and sauna services. To view our room options hotel rooms page, for booking Communication page for more information.

Magnificent nature full of oxygen.

Located just 3 kilometers from the Sapanca Lake, Casa Giallo offers a serene, intimate and rejuvenating vacation experience. Surrounded by untouched natural beauty and oxygen-rich environment that never loses its charm. We only serve guests who are 12 years old or older.

The rooms of our hotel are designed to meet the needs of comfort and relaxation, and have luxury features. A terrace overlooking forest view, a Jacuzzi and a fireplace are featured in the rooms.

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