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Saunas, steam rooms and cold plunges in Egypt

Heat rooms and cold water built for Egyptian summers — a cabin on a New Cairo roof terrace, a bathhouse in a Sheikh Zayed basement, a full thermal suite for a Red Sea resort. Each room is drawn for its site, made and dry-assembled in our Istanbul factory, shipped to Alexandria, Port Said or Sokhna and installed by our own crew, with a specification that allows for forty-degree heat, khamsin dust and Red Sea salt.

Egypt — Cairo
Since 1987manufacturing saunas, steam rooms and hammams — 2026 is our 40th year
220hotel spa projects delivered, out of 1,450 in more than 35 countries
40 ‰Red Sea salinity, above the Mediterranean — so the coastal specification changes
24 monthswarranty on every room, with service contracts sized to dust and salt
Why it is different here

Three things that decide whether a room survives Egypt

Forty-degree summers beat undersized machinery

A chiller fights the gap between the water and the air, and in a Cairo July that gap passes thirty degrees. An uninsulated tub in the sun cannot be rescued with a bigger compressor, so our cold plunge tubs in Egypt start with insulation, a lid and shade, and the machine is sized after that.

Red Sea salt is not Mediterranean salt

The Red Sea runs around 40 parts per thousand, above the Mediterranean and well above the ocean average. A cabin that ages gracefully in Alexandria corrodes in Hurghada, so coastal rooms get A4 stainless, sealed plant enclosures and a corrosion check at every service.

Hard water and a resort market

Mains water across much of Egypt scales steam generators within two years unless it is treated, and the market is dominated by hotels: roughly 235,000 rooms with a record 46,000 in the pipeline (Travel And Tour World). That means softeners, duplicated plant and documentation somebody signs.

What we build here

9 rooms, specified for Egypt

Saunas
from EGP 150k

Saunas

Building a hot room in a country that is already hot sounds absurd until you use one. The trick is not the heat — it i…

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Roof & garden cabins
from EGP 195k

Roof & garden cabins

The flat roof is the most under-used room in an Egyptian building, and after sunset it is also the coolest place in th…

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Infrared cabins
from EGP 70k

Infrared cabins

In Maadi, Zamalek or a Fifth Settlement compound flat, a Finnish sauna usually meets three problems at once: no three-…

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Steam rooms
from EGP 235k

Steam rooms

Egyptian mains water is hard and often high in dissolved solids. That single fact kills more steam generators here tha…

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Bathhouses
from EGP 440k

Bathhouses

Egypt has its own bathhouse tradition, and most of what is built for tourists today is a decorated steam room with a m…

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Alabaster & stone
from EGP 95k

Alabaster & stone

Egyptian alabaster is translucent. Light a slab from behind and the stone itself becomes the lamp, warm and banded and…

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Cold plunges
from EGP 95k

Cold plunges

In Egypt the cold plunge is the room people use most, and the one most often bought wrong: a tub from a listing, a chi…

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Hotel & resort spas
from EGP 1,250k

Hotel & resort spas

Egypt is a resort market. Roughly 235,000 hotel rooms with a record 46,000 in the pipeline, national occupancy above 8…

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Gym & club zones
from EGP 320k

Gym & club zones

The FIP World Padel Report 2025 counts about 1,500 padel courts and 380,000 players in Egypt, and many of them sit ins…

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Bands are indicative, in thousand EGP, supplied and installed. Full price guide →

The range

Other rooms we build for Egypt

Sauna interior, benches and heater — Egypt
Sauna interior, benches and heater
Hammam with alabaster benches — Egypt
Hammam with alabaster benches
Commercial cold plunge pool — Egypt
Commercial cold plunge pool
Home wellness suite: sauna, steam and plunge — Egypt
Home wellness suite: sauna, steam and plunge
Halotherapy salt room — Egypt
Halotherapy salt room
Snow room for a resort spa — Egypt
Snow room for a resort spa
Large commercial sauna, three tiers — Egypt
Large commercial sauna, three tiers
Löyly: water on hot stones — Egypt
Löyly: water on hot stones
From the sauna door to the cold plunge — Egypt
From the sauna door to the cold plunge
In the sauna — Egypt
In the sauna
Chest-deep in cold water — Egypt
Chest-deep in cold water
The first seconds of a cold plunge — Egypt
The first seconds of a cold plunge

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Where in Egypt

Sauna and cold plunge installation across Egypt

Three regional pages: Greater Cairo from New Cairo and Katameya to Sheikh Zayed, Zamalek, Maadi and Heliopolis; the Mediterranean coast from the Sahel and New Alamein to Alexandria; and the Red Sea and the Nile, from El Gouna and Hurghada to Sharm, Sokhna, Luxor and Aswan. Each covers power, climate, delivery and an indicative budget in pounds.

New Cairo & Greater Cairo
Greater Cairo

New Cairo & Greater Cairo

Saunas, steam rooms and cold plunge tubs for New Cairo, Sheikh Zayed, Katameya, Maadi and Zamalek homes. Factory-built…

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Red Sea & the Nile
Red Sea

Red Sea & the Nile

Saunas, steam rooms and cold plunges for El Gouna, Hurghada, Soma Bay, Sharm and Sokhna resorts and Nile lodges: salt-…

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How we work

Factory-built in Istanbul, specified for the Egyptian coast

We have manufactured saunas, steam rooms and hammams since 1987: 1,450 completed projects in more than 35 countries, including 220 hotel spas for brands such as Hilton, Hyatt, Sofitel, Rixos and Kempinski. The quality system is ISO 9001:2015, and heaters carry CE / EN 60335, TÜV and GS marks.

Every cabin is dry-assembled and checked in the factory, then numbered and crated with its fixings, seals and a spares allowance. Our own crew installs, tests and commissions on site and trains the people who will run it. The warranty is 24 months, and service contracts follow the Egyptian intervals: three months on the coast and the desert edge.

We change the specification by location rather than selling one product everywhere. A cabin for Alexandria and a cabin for Hurghada are not the same cabin, and the itemised quote shows where they differ. Our guide to sauna and cold plunge cost in Egypt explains the lines.

Sauna cabin panels being fitted and checked at a factory bench before crating
Dry-assembled in our Istanbul factory, then crated for Alexandria or Sokhna
Journal

Written for people building in Egypt

Questions

Egypt: asked before every project

Do you work on the Red Sea?

Yes — El Gouna, Hurghada, Soma Bay, Sahl Hasheesh, Sharm El-Sheikh and Ain Sokhna, plus Luxor and Aswan. Crates for the Red Sea come in through Sokhna, and service visits are grouped so several properties share the travel.

Is a sauna sensible in an Egyptian summer?

With a cold plunge beside it and the session in the evening, yes. Without cold water it is a hard sell from June to September, and we would rather say so than sell a room you will not use.

Why is the service interval three months?

Dust and salt. A condenser on the desert edge blankets in weeks, and Red Sea salt attacks fixings continuously. Six-monthly service is a European interval that does not survive here.

What does hard water do to a steam generator?

Scales it solid, usually within two years on untreated mains. We specify a softener or a documented descaling routine as part of the room — the detail is in our note on hard water and steam generators in Egypt.

How long does a project take?

A single sauna or steam room takes 6–10 weeks from drawing approval to commissioning, including the factory build and shipping; a complete villa spa takes 12–16 weeks; hotels follow their construction programme.

Which currency do you quote in?

The bands on this site are in thousands of Egyptian pounds for orientation. Contracts and invoices are in USD or EUR, itemised position by position, and a project manager replies within one business day.

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