Marquee Experience

Sauna & Cold Plunge

A wood-fired sauna and a cold plunge sit in a quiet corner of the property — Latvian in spirit, traditional in build, and part of the estate. Anyone renting the Main House has them, no extra charge and no schedule. The sauna fires on request; the cold plunge runs all the time. Heat for fifteen minutes. Plunge. Rest under the sky. Repeat. Herbs from the property — eucalyptus in winter, mint and lavender in summer, cedar through the year, oak leaves in autumn — make their way onto the bench.

The Latvian ritual

Heat for fifteen minutes — the wood-fired stove brings the room up over eighty. Step out. A cold plunge if the body is ready; a cold rinse if not. Rest under the sky for as long as you need. Then return. The sequence repeats three or four times. The Latvians have been doing this for centuries; the body remembers something it never knew.

The cold plunge

A glass-walled cold plunge sits a few paces from the sauna, framed to keep the view. After fifteen minutes of heat, thirty seconds in the water is enough — the body reorganises itself. Then back to the deck, or back into the sauna, and the cycle repeats. The mountain stays where it was.

Herbs from the slope

Whatever is in season on the property goes onto the bench. Mint and lavender from the herb garden in summer. Cedar and eucalyptus through the year. Oak leaves in autumn. The heat releases the oils; the room fills with it; the skin carries it home.

After

A cold rinse, or the lap pool, depending on weather and how the body feels. Then back under the pergola, or onto the deck, or back to the room. Most guests reach for the first round after sunset and do not surface until breakfast.