Arasan Spa Almaty: prices, steam rooms and rules at the Arasan Baths

Arasan Spa in Almaty, also listed as Arasan Baths or Arasan Wellness & SPA, is a large public bath complex at 78 Tulebaev Street, corner of Aiteke Bi. It is open daily from 06:00 to 23:30. Men and women bathe separately, swimwear is banned, and the standard adult ticket started at 3,000 ₸ on 6 November 2026. This site is an independent guide and sells nothing, so confirm prices with the complex.

What Arasan costs: the full ticket grid

Your ticket depends on the day, the hour you arrive and how long you stay. These adult prices come from the operator’s list, opened on 6 November 2026.

The same trip can cost nearly twice as much. Two hours on a weekday morning costs 3,800 ₸, and the same two hours on a Saturday evening costs 6,700 ₸. If your dates are flexible, go before 16:00 on a weekday.

The children’s ticket for ages 4 to 11 runs from 1,000 to 1,300 ₸ for an hour. A pensioner rate exists from Monday to Wednesday, but the list limits it to citizens of Kazakhstan with a pension card.

You get 20 free minutes for the changing rooms on top of your ticket. After that the clock runs per minute. The rules page quotes 60 and 80 ₸ a minute while the price list says 65 and 90 ₸, so assume the higher figures.

What you will pay on top if you bring nothing

Rental adds up fast if you arrive empty-handed. Bring a towel and flip-flops from your hotel and you save most of it.

A worked example: two hours on a weekday evening with a rented towel, sheet and flip-flops comes to 8,000 ₸ (4,500 + 1,500 + 1,200 + 800). Shampoo and shower gel in the showers are free.

Three steam rooms, three very different heats

Pick your first room by humidity as well as temperature. The figures below are the operator’s own.

The hammam is the mildest place to start. The operator’s page on the men’s section adds that pools of cool water and tubs of cold water sit near the steam rooms for contrast. Attendants there offer steaming with bath whisks, and you can buy a whisk there or bring your own, though whisks are not allowed in the Turkish room.

Rules that surprise first-time visitors

Most of these rules come from the operator’s visitor page, and staff can remove you without a refund for breaking them.

1. No swimwear. Swimsuits and underwear are banned, including sports shorts and trunks. In the pool you wear disposable underwear or nothing.
2. Footwear by zone. Bring rubber slippers for wash areas, showers and pool. Leave them at the door of the Finnish room.
3. Valuables go to the storage room. Phones and cash go to the first-floor reception. Key deposit is 500 ₸, returned at the exit till.
4. Leave these outside the steam rooms: jewellery, watches, glasses, food, soap, scrubs, oils and masks.
5. Sober only. You cannot enter wash rooms, steam rooms or the pool drunk or hungover. Alcohol is limited to the bars and set areas.
6. No DIY grooming. Dyeing hair, shaving and trimming nails yourself are not allowed.

The operator advises seeing a doctor first. Its list of reasons to skip the pool and steam rooms includes pregnancy, menstruation and heart disease. Do not steam within 30 minutes of hard exercise, on an empty stomach or within 1.5–2 hours of a heavy meal.

Getting to Tulebaev 78, and when sales stop

Arasan stands in the city centre, about 0.35 km in a straight line from Zhibek Zholy metro by Wikipedia and Wikivoyage coordinates. The station entrance is at Gogol and Panfilov streets, which also serves Arbat and Panfilov Park. The metro guide covers fares and hours.

Do not leave it too late. Ticket sales end at 20:10 for three hours, at 21:10 for two and at 22:10 for one. Wikivoyage prints 07:00–22:30, but the operator’s 06:00–23:30 is what we rely on. Questions go to +7 (727) 390 10 10.

Why the building is worth a look anyway

Arasan went up between 1979 and 1982 on the site of a 1935 bathhouse. Wikipedia says it was planned for 2,500 visitors a day, with 12 pavilions and 6 precast concrete domes, and built with the city’s earthquake risk in mind. The operator says repairs finished in 2016.

Sources disagree on its heritage rank. The operator claims republican status, while Wikipedia cites a 2010 local list. The city owns the building and a private company has managed it in trust since 2008, BES.media reported on 27 April 2026.

If you came for a natural pool, Arasan is the wrong stop: try Alma-Arasan and other hot springs outside the city instead. For an evening after a mountain day, it fits into things to do in Almaty.

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