Gyms in Europe

If you are going to London, try Soho Gyms (check their website). They offer a pay per visit option.

You might also check the Golds Gym site. They have gyms in a number of European cities.

If you know your itinerary, I would suggest you ask your question on the appropriate city forums on tripadvisor where locals may be able to direct you to a gym.

Alternatively, ask at your hotel. Most business class hotels can direct you to a local gym. Alternatively, the hotel will probably be able to locate a gym on the web or in a local phonebook. Call the gym and ask about a daypass.

Finally, you might try this website. I've never used any of the gyms listed on it myself, but stumbled upon it recently when I was looking for pools.
http://www.gymvisit.com/

I found they were tougher to locate than in the States -- but it is possible I wasn't looking for them correctly.

Also, the ones I found fell into one of two categories -- sporting, or powerlifting. The 'sport' gyms mixed a few machines with tennis courts, basketball or similar, saunas and other spa treatments -- -- then there were hardcore powerlifting places with nothing but free weights, bad lighting, and no niceties. I never found a place that mixed spa / aerobic / freeweights like we have here -- I'm sure they exist (I think), but I couldn't locate them.

I'm hoping someone else weighs in saying I'm all wet -- I'd love to learn what I was doing wrong.

Hey Josh, Post the cities you will be going to. There are folks on here with GREAT reseach powers and might be able to help better.

Rob

Good idea, Rob.

The places I'll be going to are London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Paris, French Riviera, Normandy,
Rome, Venice, Tuscany, Florence, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich,and Berlin.

I'll check out the Gold's Gym website, Laura.

Dang Josh! Can I go with you? LOL!