Russian Banya · Arambol, Goa

Fire, ice & the quiet between.

A wood-fired banya of Goan earth and timber — steam that softens, ice that wakes, evenings that refuse to hurry.

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From₹500per session
Heat + Ice75–90minutes
OpenDaily6 PM – midnight
WhereArambolNorth Goa
Hidden Oak mud-and-wood banya at golden hour among palms

Golden hour under the palms

Not a spa. A small world of earth, steam, and cold water.

Walk the gallery

Made for this landscape

Clay walls. Ice water. Green all around.

Laterite earth holds the day’s warmth. Timber darkens with steam. Outside, the garden stays loud and green — a Goan home for a centuries-old cycle of heat and cold.

Our story
Garden greenery surrounding the banya
Garden quiet
Cold water surface of the ice plunge
Ice surface
Hand-finished clay wall detail
Earth & texture

The session

How a visit unfolds.

You are never rushed. Two or three rounds of heat, with rest — and ice if you want it — is the classic rhythm.

Steam rising in the wood-fired sauna
01

Heat

Settle into the steam. Soft light, hot stone, and the quiet weight of warmth on your shoulders.

Cedar ice bath cold plunge tub
02

Ice

The cold plunge — sharp, brief, clarifying. Optional always. Remarkable, usually.

Quiet rest area between banya rounds
03

Rest

Tea, stillness, and time between rounds. This is where the body finishes what heat began.

Venik birch branches for the ritual
04

Repeat

Two or three rounds at your pace. Leave lighter than you arrived — that is the whole point.

Why Hidden Oak

An old practice, kept honest.

We have not reinvented the banya. We have given it a home — fire and ice under the palms — and let the place do half the work.

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Authentic ritual

Steam over hot stone. Venik. Heat, cold, rest — the same cycle Russian villages have kept for centuries.

02

Jungle setting

Earth walls, local timber, palms overhead. You hear birds, not traffic. The quiet does half the work.

03

Ice plunge

The part everyone remembers. Optional always — guided for first-timers. Heat opens; ice resets.

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Made for regulars

Memberships for locals and long-stayers. Better rates, a place that starts to feel like yours.

Walk-in

From ₹500

per session · ~75–90 min

  • Sauna & steam room
  • Ice plunge available (+₹500)
  • Shower, towel & tea
  • No joining fee
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Membership

Full Reset

₹7,000/ month

  • 8 sessions with ice bath
  • Sauna, steam & shower
  • No lock-in · pause any time
  • Built for regulars
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Steam curling through warm light inside the sauna

Ready when you are

Step into the heat. Meet the ice.

First-timers always welcome. We walk you through every step — the steam, the plunge, and the long quiet rest in between.