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Indoor spa pool with rain ceiling, Finnish sauna and marble steam room — custom wellness design by Sauna Dekor Abu Dhabi

[ Abu Dhabi, UAE · Served from Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre ]

Custom Sauna, Hammam & Spa Contractor in Abu Dhabi

Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions is a sauna, hammam and spa manufacturer and turnkey contractor working across Abu Dhabi — Saadiyat, Yas, Al Reem and the wider emirate. Founded in 1987 and now in its 40th year, the company builds every cabin, hammam and steam enclosure in its own Istanbul facility, has delivered in 41+ countries, and serves the UAE from its office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre. Our project register lists at least 16 projects in the UAE, from private villa saunas on Palm Jumeirah to a salt room for a five-star resort in Downtown Dubai.

Served from Dubai · Latifa TowerUAE Office — Latifa Tower5,000+ projects · 41+ countries · since 1987

Design, in-house manufacturing and turnkey installation of saunas, hammams, steam rooms, pools and complete wellness facilities — delivered across Abu Dhabi and the UAE since 1987.

40thYear — manufacturing since 1987
ISOTS EN ISO 9001:2015 certified
41+Countries across four continents
19People — manufacturing in Istanbul
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Local Presence

Engineered Across Europe.
Delivered in Abu Dhabi.

Every project is designed, engineered and manufactured in-house, with production at our own facility in Istanbul (İkitelli OSB) — then delivered in Abu Dhabi and supported locally from our UAE office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre.

AED

UAE Representative & Quotations in AED

Our UAE representative, Al Parimar, holds a Dubai trade licence — consultations on-site in Abu Dhabi or at our Latifa Tower office, quotations in AED, and a single local point of contact throughout your project.

UAE

UAE-Compliant Engineering

Every installation is engineered to the requirements of TAQA Distribution — the unified utility brand that replaced Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) in January 2025 — the Department of Municipalities and Transport and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority — including island and investment-zone developments such as Saadiyat and Yas.

SD

In-House Manufacturing

From 3D design and technical documentation to custom marble and sauna timber in ayous and pine — one team from concept to handover, backed by a 24-month warranty on workmanship and manufacturing; 24-month manufacturer's warranty on electrical and mechanical equipment; 5-year warranty on structure and waterproofing.

Private villa hammam in Dubai with a marble massage slab, kurna basins and a backlit onyx panel
Hammam · private villa · Dubai

Scope of Work

From −10 °C to +95 °C — One Contractor, the Full Thermal Range

Entrance to a private villa hybrid sauna in Dubai with the infrared cabin visible through the glass
Hybrid sauna · private villa · Dubai

Contrast therapy is our craft. Every temperature on this spectrum is a facility we design, manufacture and install in Abu Dhabi.

Snow Rooms−10 °CTurnkey snow & ice cabins
Cold Plunge Pools+5 °CIce baths · chillers
Pools & Hydrotherapy+30 °CIndoor · outdoor · vitality
Steam Rooms+45 °C100% humidity · marble
Hammams+50 °CTurkish bath · göbektaşı
Custom Saunas+95 °CFinnish · infrared · outdoor

Plus salt rooms, ice fountains, shower systems, treatment rooms and complete hotel wellness floors — for villas, developers, hotels and design consultancies across Saadiyat Island, Yas Island, Al Reem, Al Bateen, Khalifa City and the wider UAE. For fitness clubs and hotel gyms the cabin has to be specified for continuous commercial duty rather than family use — the numbers are in our gym sauna specification guide.

Track Record

Institutional in Abu Dhabi, Residential in Dubai — the Honest Split

Our completed Abu Dhabi installation work to date is institutional; in 2026 we also delivered the specialist spa design sub-consultancy — thermal suite, cold plunge and wet-area MEP coordination — for a private beachfront estate in Abu Dhabi, engaged by EDGE Architects. Our private-villa portfolio is 90 minutes down the road in Dubai. We would rather set that out plainly than blur the two.

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Abu Dhabi · UAE

Republic of Türkiye Embassy

Diplomatic-mission spa and wellness package delivered in Abu Dhabi — institutional-grade scope, security-cleared site working and documented handover.

02
Dubai · 2024–2025

Private Villas in Emirates Hills

Full private spa packages — sauna, steam room, hammam and hydromassage pool, with custom marble and BMS coordination. The residential benchmark we would bring to a Saadiyat or Al Bateen villa.

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Dubai · 2024–2025

Private Villas in Al Barari

Multiple commissions across one development — useful as a reference where a client wants to see consistency across repeated villa typologies rather than a single showpiece.

04
Montenegro · Azerbaijan

One&Only Portonovi · Four Seasons Baku

Hotel pool work at a resort in Montenegro and a flagship hotel in Baku — the hospitality reference behind an Abu Dhabi hotel or members' club enquiry.

Private villa clients are never named; projects are described by community and scope. Additional UAE references, including institutional facilities, are available on request under NDA.

Villa sauna in Dubai seen lengthwise, with continuous LED lines, a corner heater and ayous benches
Sauna · private villa · Dubai

Track record

Projects we have delivered in the UAE

The projects below are on our project register; each row links to the project page.

Private client names are withheld for confidentiality; those projects are listed by city.

Local Engineering

How Does a Spa Build in Abu Dhabi Differ From Dubai?

Abu Dhabi has its own permitting chain and its own numbers, and one of the names most contractors still print on submittals no longer exists. Here is the current position.

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The utility name changed in 2025

Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) and Al Ain Distribution Company were brought under a single brand, TAQA Distribution, applied to customer-facing services from January 2025 — a submittal that still says "ADDC" is out of date. Fire and life safety approval sits with the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority (ADCDA), which publishes its own fire-safety guidance rather than simply deferring to the Dubai route. Building permits are issued through the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT), established by Law No. 30 of 2019, via Abu Dhabi City Municipality, and the DMT-published planning instrument is the Abu Dhabi Capital Development Code (September 2022).

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The hottest design day of any market we serve

ASHRAE's 0.4% summer design dry-bulb at Abu Dhabi International is 45.1 °C — nearly two degrees above Dubai — with a 30.6 °C design wet-bulb. For a wellness floor that means two things at once: the cold-plunge chiller and any ice machine must be selected on a high-ambient basis, and the pool hall and steam lobby have to be dehumidified against a latent load that a temperate-climate calculation badly under-reads. We size the plant at concept stage, before the layout is frozen, because plant rooms discovered late are the single most common cause of a redesign.

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We measure the water rather than quote a number

Abu Dhabi is on desalinated supply, so the same physics applies as in Dubai — soft, low-TDS, weakly buffered water that is more likely to attack pipework than to scale it. But TAQA Distribution does not publish a delivered hardness or TDS figure the way DEWA does, so we will not print one. On Abu Dhabi projects — and particularly on island sites such as Saadiyat, Yas and Al Reem, where coastal exposure adds its own corrosion duty on outdoor cabins and plant — we take a sample from the actual supply and specify against the result, not against a regional assumption.

Sources: Abu Dhabi Media Office announcement of the TAQA Distribution brand (16 September 2024, effective January 2025); Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority; Department of Municipalities and Transport, Abu Dhabi Capital Development Code (September 2022); ASHRAE Handbook—Fundamentals, Climatic Design Conditions (2021 ed.), Abu Dhabi Intl, WMO 412170. Where a figure is not published by the responsible body, we say so instead of estimating.

Private villa steam room in Dubai in book-matched marble with an LED-lit bench edge
Steam room · private villa · Dubai

Delivery Method

From Concept to Commissioning

01

Consulting & Design

Site survey in Abu Dhabi, 3D visualisation, material selection, full technical documentation.

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Manufacturing

In-house production at our Istanbul facility (İkitelli OSB) — custom marble, selected woods; heaters and steam generators carry their manufacturer's CE / TÜV / GS certification (EOS, Harvia, Condair).

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Delivery & Customs

Door-to-door logistics with UAE customs clearance handled end-to-end.

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Installation

Our own teams on-site in Abu Dhabi — TAQA Distribution / DMT-compliant commissioning, BMS integration, staff training.

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After-Sales

24-month workmanship and equipment warranty, 5 years on structure and waterproofing, maintenance contracts and support via our UAE office.

Dark timber door set into the travertine wall of a private villa hammam in Dubai
Hammam door · private villa · Dubai
Workshop floor of the Sauna Dekor manufacturing facility in İkitelli OSB, Istanbul
[ İkitelli OSB · Istanbul ]

Cabin frames, joinery and control panels are made in our own facility; the site receives a tested set.

Room by room

The four rooms we build most

Each room has its own temperature and humidity range; the layout follows those ranges.

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Turkish hammam

Room air 40–50 °C, heated navel stone surface 40–45 °C. Marble or travertine cladding, a dome or sloped ceiling, kurna basins and the navel stone. Floor and bench heating go into the substructure; the liquid-applied waterproofing goes on in two coats and is closed with a 24-hour water test.

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Finnish sauna

80–100 °C, relative humidity 5–15%. Timber: ayous, aspen and pine; alder on request. Ceiling height 2.10–2.30 m; any higher and the top bench stays cold.

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Steam room

40–50 °C, humidity close to 100%. The ceiling slopes at least 3° so condensation runs down the walls. The steam generator is a Condair unit. Cladding in glass mosaic or stone; no return air, a separate extract.

04

Cold plunge pool

2–15 °C, depending on the chiller capacity. Placed at the exit of the heat rooms, three to five steps away, not across the room.

Hospitality Pedigree

Hospitality Projects Delivered Since 1987

Hotel and resort wellness projects across 41+ countries since 1987

One&Only◆Four Seasons◆Ritz-Carlton◆Kempinski◆Emaar◆Hilton◆Hyatt◆Radisson Blu◆Sheraton◆Le Méridien◆One&Only◆Four Seasons◆Ritz-Carlton◆Kempinski◆Emaar◆Hilton◆Hyatt◆Radisson Blu◆Sheraton◆Le Méridien◆

From our UAE projects

Rooms we have delivered

Spa contractor, designer and developer · Abu Dhabi

Who designs, builds and develops spas in Abu Dhabi, and where is the team based?

We have no office in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi spa projects are coordinated from our Dubai office at Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre, designed and manufactured in our Istanbul facility, where we have built since 1987, and installed by our own teams. Al Parimar is our representative in the UAE.

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Spa contractor in Abu Dhabi

One contract for the sauna, steam room, hammam, cold plunge and pools: manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning, the same scope we deliver as a spa contractor in Dubai.

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Spa designer in Abu Dhabi

Zoning, room specification, MEP loads and tender drawings, from the same team that builds the rooms. See spa designer in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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Spa developer in Abu Dhabi

Brief to handover with design and build in one hand; the spa developer page explains the sequence.

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Spa fit-out in Abu Dhabi

Interior builds inside an existing shell follow our spa fit-out scope; the approving authorities differ from Dubai's, and we confirm them on the drawings' cover sheet before submission.

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Villa hammam in Dubai seen towards the backlit onyx panel, with twin kurna basins
Hammam · private villa · Dubai

Abu Dhabi & UAE

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you serve Abu Dhabi?

Yes. Abu Dhabi projects are delivered and supported through our UAE operations — authorised representative Al Parimar Trading L.L.C., Latifa Tower, World Trade Centre, Dubai (Trade Licence No. 1457128, Dubai Chamber member). Consultations are available on-site in Abu Dhabi or at the office.

How much does a custom sauna or spa cost in Abu Dhabi?

We quote per project rather than publish a range, because the same specification lands at a very different total from one building to the next. What moves the figure is the size of the cabin or wet room, the timber and stone grade, the heater or steam generator selected, how much of the enclosure is glass, the waterproofing, tanking and drainage the room already has, and how far power, water, drainage and ventilation have to be brought to it. Send us the room dimensions, the ceiling height, the access route and the services already reaching the space, and we return an itemised, position-by-position quotation covering equipment, construction and installation.

How long does a spa project take in the UAE?

A single sauna or steam room typically takes 6–10 weeks from design approval to commissioning, including manufacturing at our Istanbul facility and installation in Abu Dhabi. Complete villa spa packages run 12–16 weeks; hotel projects are scheduled per the construction programme.

Are your installations compliant with Abu Dhabi regulations?

Yes. All UAE installations are engineered to the local electricity and water authority's requirements (TAQA Distribution, which replaced ADDC in January 2025), municipal wellness-facility guidelines, Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority (ADCDA) fire-safety standards and ESMA conformity — including island and investment-zone developments such as Saadiyat and Yas.

Can you invoice in AED?

Yes. AED-denominated invoicing is available through our UAE representative, Al Parimar, alongside the international invoicing options of our parent company established in 1987.

Which areas of the UAE do you serve?

All seven emirates. Recent work includes an institutional project delivered in Abu Dhabi, plus private villa spa packages in Emirates Hills, Dubai Hills and Al Barari. We also deliver across the wider GCC, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Next Step

Start Your Abu Dhabi Project

Book a consultation at our Latifa Tower office, request a position-by-position quotation, or send us your architect's drawings — we respond within one business day.

UAE Office

Sauna Dekor — UAE

Latifa Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road,
World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE

Last updated: 4 November 2026

+971 58 558 1295
info@saunadekor.com

Monday – Friday · 09:00–18:30
Saturday · 09:00–13:30

In short: For Abu Dhabi projects, Sauna Dekor designs saunas, hammams, steam rooms and cold plunge pools, manufactures them in its own Istanbul facility and installs them with its own teams, coordinated from our Dubai office at Latifa Tower. We have built since 1987, with 5,000+ projects in 41+ countries.

Related pages

Our institutional work in the Gulf includes the sauna, steam rooms, spa hot tub and pool areas of the Diplomatic Club in Doha (2022), part of 577+ hotel and resort projects since 1987.

Offices

Abu Dhabi projects are run from our Dubai office in Latifa Tower. The rooms are made in our own facility in İkitelli OSB, Istanbul.

Dubai

Latifa Tower Dubai, World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

+971 58 558 1295

Istanbul · head office and manufacturing

Ziya Gökalp, Metal İş Sanayi Sitesi Yolu 20. Blok No:17-19, 34490 İkitelli OSB / Başakşehir, Istanbul, Türkiye

+90 532 215 64 78

Representative offices in Doha (Qatar) and Haarlem (Netherlands). Email info@saunadekor.com.

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Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions

Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions was established in 1987. In order to spread the use of Spa & Wellness, it introduced its products in many international fairs and followed the innovations abroad and examined the Spa & Wellness culture on-site, and made perfect applications with quality materials and correct manufacturing techniques.

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