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A men's neighbourhood hammam where a plain Moroccan bath costs about AED 100 and it stays open until midnight every day.
A ladies' salon in Tourist Club where a basic Moroccan bath is AED 60, about the cheapest scrub in the city.
Each hammam room has its own heated marble table and steam chamber, so the scrub is private, and the sauna, steam and cold mist shower are yours before or after.
Run by two Emirati sisters, it pairs yoga and sound healing with a vegan cafe, so you can walk out of class into lunch on Reem.
Three minutes in a whole-body cryotherapy chamber is the coldest thing you can do in the city, and the Sunlighten infrared sauna is in the same villa.
Cold-water pods by the Zayed Sports City running track, set at either 14C or 5C, so beginners can start mild after a run.
Saadiyat's first dedicated yoga studio, in the St. Regis shopping arcade with big windows onto the resort, mixing yoga, mat and reformer.
A Khalifa City villa spa where an hour-long Moroccan bath is AED 130, and you can bolt a 50-minute massage onto it for AED 180.
A two-hour pass to the resort spa's hydro pool for AED 150, in a spa that also has a sauna.
A private hour switching between a sauna and a 5-8C plunge, which you can book for one or share with up to five friends.
A guided 15-minute ice bath for AED 120, with an infrared sauna next door to pair it with for AED 199.
A neighbourhood studio at Al Zeina where AED 95 buys any regular class, from hatha and vinyasa to sound healing, and swing yoga is AED 115.
One of the city's oldest studios, in a villa off Hazza' Bin Zayed Street, with mat yoga, reformer and treatment rooms under one roof.
It has a proper hammam suite and an herbal steam room, so you can do a 30-minute self-applied mud Rasul rather than a full ritual.
A community-run studio inside a Corniche hotel whose three-classes-in-a-week intro costs AED 150, less than two drop-ins.
Abu Dhabi's best-known Turkish hammam, a domed marble room where the hour includes steam, sauna, a kese mitt scrub and olive-oil foam, then ayran and Turkish delight.
The only YogaOne branch with infrared hot yoga, heated to 37-40C, plus aerial silks classes, including ladies-only aerial.
A beginner-friendly studio out in DIP, where there's little else, with classical, power and restorative classes.
A waterfront studio on the Marina promenade with showers, so it works before work.
A Marina studio where a 90-minute class costs less than the 60-minute one, at AED 100.
Private suites pairing an infrared sauna with a cold plunge, so you're never queuing behind strangers.
A dedicated men's hammam rather than a barber with a bath room, with a basic hammam and a 90-minute royal version.
Single cold-plunge sessions in a recovery club that also runs breathwork and sound healing, so you can stack them.
A women's club that does an hour-long Moroccan bath for about AED 150, well below the Jumeirah salons.
A sunset Kundalini class on the sand capped at seven people, so it's closer to a private session than a beach crowd.
A women-only studio where the sauna, plunge pool and ice bath come with your class credits.
Group ice baths by the pool at Zabeel House, a social version of the plunge rather than a private suite.
Two central studios that lean into recovery-focused yin and restorative classes as well as vinyasa.
A 15-minute in-and-out ice bath in a private suite, close enough to the DIFC towers to do before work.
A full hour of infrared sauna and ice bath for AED 130, or unlimited for AED 1,200 a month if you plunge often.
A men's Moroccan bath with exfoliation and scrub for about AED 100, near Oud Metha metro.
A busy women's salon with nearly 2,000 reviews that does an hour-long Moroccan bath for about AED 100.
One of Dubai's longest-running studios, with prenatal and postnatal classes alongside the usual hatha, vinyasa and yin.
Free daily yoga on the beachfront promenade for the whole month of the Dubai Fitness Challenge, with no booking.
The studio that started Dubai's contrast craze, with private sauna rooms and a 30-minute ice bath slot for about AED 95.
A warehouse studio in the Alserkal arts district, so you can pair a class with the galleries and cafes next door.
Ajman's cheaper option for a deluxe Moroccan bath, from about AED 150.
Six different hammam rituals in one spa, from a plain Turkish scrub to a gold one.
A Social Contrast Room with a big Finnish sauna and two ice baths, built for going with a group of friends.
A ground-floor studio in Masdar City that is the nearest proper yoga room for Khalifa City and the airport side of the city.
Private hammam rooms inside a restored old-town house, with separate ladies' and men's spas.
A full one-hour traditional Moroccan hammam in RAK for about AED 180, with hundreds of reviews.
The cheapest well-reviewed Moroccan bath in RAK, about AED 130 for 45 minutes.