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Afterward, bask in the pleasure of the spa's state-of-the-art exercise equipment, including an Aveda Spa Pool, hot tub and Pilates and yoga classes.
The staff will customize treatments to a visitor's particular needs and will show guests how to maximize the benefits of the spa's water circuit.
Switch it up by taking in the view from one of the spa's outdoor hot pools.
Two of the spa's treatments are only available in its new "Ritual Suite, " which features a private lounging area.
Raikkonen may have to rely on Spa's unpredictable weather to help his cause.
My powerful massage from the spa's Maya therapist, the granddaughter of a shaman, proved that "energy work" isn't always just a catchphrase.
While there are some day treatments, only overnight guests can take full advantage of the spa's many programs, including guided hikes and wellness classes.
Andrew Stembridge, managing director of Chewton Glen, a manor hotel nestled in England's Hampshire countryside, says he's had visitors unscrew all types of furnishings, including the big bottles of Molton Brown lotion affixed to the spa's walls.
From 2002 to 2005, Cal-a-Vie, in Vista, Califonia, underwent renovations spearheaded by owners Terri and John Havens that include touches like antique clocks, Portuguese tile, Italian chandeliers and a huge Louis XVI tapestry in the spa's great room.
For instance, Exhale spas in New York, Boston and Chicago offer the Acu-Lift, which consists of the spa's signature facial followed by a consultation with an acupuncturist, who sizes up your needs, wants and general health and then goes to work.
And if the spa's gem associations are a stretch, they're comparable to what others are doing, like using diamond dust in anti-aging body treatments and here, for obvious reasons, sapphire dust as well (which felt great in a body cream but didn't have any discernible effect).
Many spas offer that kind of traditional hydrotherapy, and in fact some hotel spas, like the one at The Plaza in New York, find the whirlpool being used more and more by spa clients who just want a way to relax after they've worked out in the spa's gym.
Arrange for a detoxifying mud bath (for an additional fee) at Parador's Pacifica Spa with the area's mineral rich soil.
The goal is to "try to attract our guest to come and visit the spa every day, " says Angel Stewart, the resort's spa consultant.
Anne Bramham, who developed the Surrender program with Montage's spa director, Barbara Schultz, worked my weary feet over good.
Lake Austin was the spa world's Buffalo Bills: the perennial contender that never quite made it to the top.
He was accused of gaining an advantage by cutting the Spa circuit's Bus Stop chicane in a late-race battle with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Felixstowe's Spa Pavilion found that lead flashing had been taken and they ended up with buckets on the stage to catch the rainwater.
The accommodations, located adjacent to the resort's spa, will also get healthier minibar snacks and room-service menu items, says Tom Voss, the resort's president.
On a hot, blue-sky afternoon last month, the three were touring Mukul's spa, which occupies six buildings, some with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean below.
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Afterward, I glided back to the women's spa area and spent time rotating between the sauna, steam room, "Ice Fountains" and "Experience Showers" with both warm and cool mists--sort of an ecosystem sampler.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts now has spa suites in about 60% of its hotels and it is including them in all new properties, says Simon Casson, chairman of the company's Spa Task Force.
After dining or drinking by the pool, a visit to Bulgari's spa might be in order, not only for its Balinese therapies and hot-stone treatments, but to experience the building itself, a centuries-old house of richly carved teak that has been transplanted from its original home in Java and reassembled here.
Impress other suntanned pupils with your bilingual abilities when you balance duel half-off discounts on treatments at the resort's spa alongside tours and activities provided by Vallarta Adventures: zipline over the lush Sierra Madre Mountains or snorkel in the clear Banderas Bay, and then recuperate with a calming full-body massage.
Lake's my lake hotel and spa opens 15 April on Austria's southern Alps.
Run by Ginny and John Lopis, spa industry veterans who helped establish such venerable properties as Canyon Ranch in Arizona, Bacara in Santa Barbara and the Doral Saturnia in Miami, it's been dubbed the first destination spa to open in the U.S. in more than a decade.
It's close to a perfect setting for the region's best spa, ESPA at Acqualina.
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