Places8 October 2026
Why the Modern Day Spa Is Having a Moment
A spa used to be a birthday treat. Increasingly it is a regular hour in the week, booked the way a training session is booked.
Peninsula Hot Springs
Day Spas & Bathhouses • Fingal, Victoria
Thermal mineral pools and bathing terraces on the Mornington Peninsula, an hour and a half from Melbourne.
A large bathing destination built around naturally heated mineral water, with terraces of pools, a hilltop pool, sauna and cold plunge areas, and a treatment menu of massage and body therapies. Busy at weekends, and best visited early or late in the day.
We would send a first-time visitor here for the range of bathing rather than for privacy. Book ahead, bring your own towel if you are happy to, and give yourself longer than you think you need.
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