1 centre · Scotland
Floating weightless in skin-temperature salt water, in silence and dark. Edinburgh mixes old-fashioned bathing with a newer, outdoor wellness culture.
One centre currently offers floatation therapy in Edinburgh, verified by our team. Listed prices run from £45 to £80, with an hour typically around £60. Visits are priced for 30 minutes, 60 minutes or 90 minutes. It welcomes guests on its own premises. It is in New Town. Besides English, the team also speaks Dutch.
Floatation therapy takes place in a pod or room filled with about 25cm of water containing several hundred kilos of Epsom salt, heated to skin temperature. The salt makes the body float effortlessly, and with lights off and earplugs in, sensory input drops almost to nothing. Sessions last 60 minutes, and the private float room includes a shower for before and after.
People book it for deep rest, stress and muscle relief, and some studies have found reduced anxiety and improved sleep after floating, although the research base is still small. First floats can feel strange; most people find it easier from the second session, when the mind stops monitoring the novelty. You can leave the light on or the lid open if you prefer.
A 60-minute float costs about £45 to £70, with introductory offers for first-timers and packs for regular floaters. Avoid shaving or waxing on the day, as the salt stings. Floating is not suitable with open wounds, uncontrolled epilepsy or certain skin conditions; pregnant clients can often float after the first trimester with a centre that welcomes them.
Read the full guide to floatation therapy — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as float tank, sensory deprivation tank and floatation pod.
New Town holds the established day spas and the Georgian-terrace clinics, where facials, acupuncture and reflexology are booked by people who have been going to the same practitioner for years. The Old Town's hotels have the city's largest thermal suites, used mainly by visitors. Leith and the waterfront have the newer arrivals: social saunas facing the Firth of Forth, cold-water dipping groups and yoga studios in converted warehouses.
More on spas and wellness in Edinburgh as a whole — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.
For floatation therapy specifically, the centres listed here are in New Town . You can also browse everything in Edinburgh .
Listed prices run from £45 to £80, depending on the length of the visit and what is included. An hour typically costs around £60.
Not at the moment. The one centre offering floatation therapy in Edinburgh welcomes guests on their own premises only.
The one centre here is in New Town.
