Miraj Hammam Spa

Miraj Hammam Spa occupies a storefront at 1495 W 6th Ave in the South Granville district of Vancouver, British Columbia, a short walk from the Granville Street shops and galleries. It is an urban day spa built around the hammam, the traditional steam-bath ritual of the Middle East and North Africa, adapted to a Canadian city setting. The mood is calm and unhurried, with warm stone, steam and low lighting taking the place of the busier retail street outside.

The signature experience is the hammam and gommage. Guests are steamed to soften the skin, then scrubbed with a coarse exfoliating glove in the gommage, a practice rooted in Moroccan and wider Maghrebi bathing tradition, and then rinsed. The menu also includes massage, with a 60-minute session priced at about CAD $235 (US $164), and facials. A hammam and gommage session costs about CAD $135 (US $94). Prices change, so the current menu on the spa website is the reliable reference.

Treatments are delivered by trained spa therapists, and the spa has built a reputation among Vancouver residents as one of the few places in the city focused specifically on the hammam tradition rather than on a general hotel-style menu. Facilities centre on the steam room and treatment rooms rather than on large pools or thermal circuits, so the experience is intimate and scheduled by appointment.

Booking is by reservation. Visitors can telephone the spa on 604-733-5151 or use the details on mirajhammam.com. Walk-in availability is not something to rely on, particularly on weekends and in the evenings, since each ritual is timed and paired with a therapist. Combining the hammam and gommage with a massage makes a longer session suited to a rest day in the city, and the South Granville location makes it easy to pair with a visit to nearby Granville Island or the shops along Granville Street.