{"id":490930,"date":"2025-10-11T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490930\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:07:18","slug":"i-went-to-a-bristol-sauna-tucked-away-in-a-garden-in-the-inner-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490930\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I went to a Bristol sauna tucked away in a garden in the inner-city’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has a homely feel\"Estel<\/p>\n

Estel is a Content Editor for Bristol Live. She joined Bristol Live in December 2019 after working at WalesOnline. She was a finalist at the 2019’s Regional Press Awards as well as the 2019’s and 2020’s Wales Media Awards. Born in Barcelona, Estel loves the countryside, yoga and a good bath.<\/p>\n

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As I continue to explore Bristol’s new-found love for saunas, last weekend I went to check out the one closest to home; the one at the Pickle Factory in Easton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have now been to quite a few of the saunas in the city, from the one in a car park<\/a> to one by an ‘abandoned’ seal pool<\/a>, and even a bit further out – such as the one by a disused quarry with a lakeside sauna and wild swimming<\/a>. I love relaxing in a hot sauna after a work-out at the gym, especially after a long week at work.<\/p>\n

I seem to have developed a soft spot for the one everyone is raving about at St Anne’s House<\/a> in South Bristol, but I felt it was about time I visited the one a ten-minute walk from my house.<\/p>\n

Open on a Thursday and Friday evening, as well as Saturday and Sunday mornings, this sauna is hidden at the back of the garden of the Pickle Factory, a community space. It is smaller than other saunas in the city – having a capacity of eight – and it is definitely quieter and more peaceful than some of the other ones I have visited.<\/p>\n

The sauna itself felt a bit cooler than some of the others; I could easily manage 20 minutes which I would normally struggle with. For some, this might be a good thing while some may prefer a hotter temperature.<\/p>\n

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There are three barrels where you can cold plunge, and try and relax as you look at the bit of wildlife around you.<\/p>\n

The changing area also felt a bit more clumsy than in some of the other saunas, having two cubicles outside. I have to admit my impression may have been tainted by the fact it was a windy day which made things more awkward.<\/p>\n

However, in comparison to other saunas in the city, this sauna is a more affordable one if you are someone keen to get a membership; for \u00a320 a month, you get four hours in the sauna which is a very good deal when most of them seem to charge at least \u00a310 per hour.<\/p>\n

The same group also runs a sauna down at Clevedon, by the marine lake, and I can definitely see the appeal in that. I am so happy we have all these saunas to enjoy in our city now – long may it continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has a homely feel Estel is a Content Editor for Bristol Live. She joined Bristol Live in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,10296,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-490930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-east-bristol","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115355454679578271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}