The demand for everything spa-related has spurred manufacturers and architects to add spalike elements to their home-design offerings.
You could pull into Calistoga and get yourself a mudbath (you still can), but that whole spa-day thing?
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And not just in the spa--throughout, there's a subtle Asian accent, but it never overtakes the Caribbean patois.
With the backing of the local salt 'magnate', John Corbett, the town became the only salt-water spa-town in Britain.
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But the spa -- London's largest -- is the real game changer.
There's even a private entrance from street level, so spa-shy guys don't have to worry about anyone seeing them get their nails buffed.
As a bonus, spa-goers get to sip on both types of leftover beer after the treatment, ensuring a relaxing experience one way or another.
But for a long time it had looked as if the Englishman had tossed away his chance of victory on the daunting Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
The result is that for the affluent and spa-addicted, the idea of a home spa is becoming less a pipe dream and more an indulgent reality.
Lemington Spa-based Mr Lomas told BBC Alba's Eorpa programme that he had done his best to bring investment into the area and work with the community.
"But at the moment I'm obviously looking to the immediate future and preparing for Spa this weekend, " he added, referring to Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
The high-speed track suits the Red Bull car and there remain questions about the Brawn car's ability to be competitive in the lower ambient temperatures that are usual at Spa-Francorchamps.
Do not let the lack of spa-like ambience turn you off, though: the clean, warm and unchlorinated waters are soothing and invigorating, and soaking in them is more about the experience than the surroundings.
The MS Society said there was a "new ray of hope" for the centre and it was now working with Leamington Spa-based Castel Froma to agree "precise terms and discuss detailed transfer arrangements".
Its guests will not only enjoy typical amenities--like a gourmet restaurant, plasma televisions and a full-service spa--they'll also get to sleep in the first resort in the country to feature only villas with private pools.
Non-spa-goers are likely to feel comfortable, since every activity, talk or treatment is presented as an option, not an obligation, and it's up to the client to seek out and sign up for what he or she is interested in.
Each suite is a totally self-contained wonderland, with multiple tiered outdoor terraces, spa-like shower towers armed with multiple heads, and each has an ornately tiled private infinity pool cantilevered out over the azure blue sea, featuring jaw dropping views of the famed Piton mountains.
There's a definite psychotherapeutic element running through Miraval's presentation, and for a decade, spa-goers have been raving to each other about programs such as "Desert Journey, " in which, among other things, you may be called upon to balance an upright peacock feather in the palm of your hand.
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Always ahead of the spa-industry curve, especially in matters health-related, Canyon Ranch recently began offering a comprehensive biomarker exam, the Biophysical250, to clients at its Tucson and Lenox, Massachusetts locations. (Its Miami Beach residential community, Canyon Ranch Living, will start offering the test in July.) For more than two decades, Canyon Ranch's physicians have principally worked as "preventive health consultants, " according to corporate medical director Mark Liponis, M.
Enter the Surrender Retreat, a four-day program at Montage in which clients let the experts--the spa staff--determine the best treatments and services for them, rather than cherry-picking from some strange-sounding names on a menu.
Along with a seafood menu including Atlantic lobster and seafood chowder that Laing says was tastier than Nobu sushi, the couple played the Graham Cooke-designed golf course, eight-room spa and 63-foot luxury cabin cruiser for private sightseeing tours.
New York has never been considered the mecca for innovation by the spa world-that title has long belonged to California.
With 32 rooms, an excellent restaurant and brand-new spa, the flower-strewn terraces, twisting stairways and verdant courtyards of this Mediterranean villa are strol- ling distance from the main drag.
Travaasa Hana, the second in the ground-breaking new Travaasa Spa Resort mini-chain, is about as retreat-like as you can have and still have all the cushy comforts of a five-star resort.
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The sleek, sexy Blue Bar makes a mean martini, and for a healthier indulgence, the superb 22, 000-square-foot spa offers 16 harbor-view treatment rooms, an extensive hydrotherapy suite, and a menu that dips a toe into Chinese medicine.
Dissolve your weary body into the saline pool for an energizing swim at The Spa at Rancho Bernardo Inn - named the best outdoor spa in the area by San Diego Magazine - followed by a deep-tissue massage with a botanical scalp treatment or a kiwi-pineapple body wrap to invigorate you.
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