SPA RESORT, SPA RETREAT
SPA VACATIONS FOR
BODY-MIND-SPIRIT

Before choosing a spa resort, spa retreat, or spa vacation, it is of the utmost importance to decide what you want from a spa. Do you want to transform your body, renew your spirit, increase the fitness of your mind, or just relax and get away from all stress? It is better to learn what a spa has to offer and set priorities about what you would like to accomplish before you make a reservation.

Some health and well being retreat owners say it is better not to try to do everything on the same visit because you need to relax as well as do activities. Some spas set up a program to transform your body and renew your spirit before you arrive. Others may let you pick and choose after you arrive. Some will invite you to roam their vast spa and fitness facility, or play a game of tennis. They may also invite you to an early morning aerobics class or hike and to end of day massage and treatments.

For body, mind, or spirit, enhancement, a spa resort offers great unique and private self indulgent and self discovery experiences.

For the body, in the sites that follow, you will see spa resorts with many enticing treatments and massages such as:

• Treatments and Massage. An array of cleaning exfoliation techniques, personalized body massages, and soothing body wraps.
• Oriental or Mid East baths
• Reflexology
• Special cosmetic products and techniques

There are many other reasons to visit spa resorts, health spas, or spa hotels. You may want a superior skin and body or a customized sports massage. You may be seeking a cure for the cause of a feeling of emptiness, depression or stress. You may want to take control of your health and gain long lasting positive body and soul changes that last long after your spa experience.

UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA


Personalized spiritual retreat, spa resort vacations, & artisan spa in Ojai, CA
Ojai Soul Arts is a very customized spiritual and artful spa resort where you are given the special honor of a solo retreat with deep personalized attention, pampering, and artful guidance. You might call Ojai a spa resort for one. Your private retreat is set up for you with only you in mind. Several visitors to Ojai are high profile professionals and celebrities who require a destination that is private and anonymous with custom designed guidance to rejuvenate and reconnect to their insight and wellbeing.

Some visitors are healers, doctors, nurses, and life coaches who want to deepen their intuition and use it in practice. Some visitors who apply feel that they are on the brink of something new emerging in their life or feel it is time for a positive change.

The people who visit Ojai say that they have acquired more insight and positive life changes than from years of other group workshops or healing methods. These unique self discovery retreats are restorative, relaxing, deeply engaging, insightful, and freeing. Author and spiritual guide, Rhonda LaRue, has gained an increasing visibility as a spiritual teacher with people who travel from around the world to spend a 3/12 day spa getaway with her in an inner vision quest and transformational spiritual retreat.

Ojai Soul Arts is highly rated among spa resorts and has received top ratings as follows:

• Top 10 Spiritrual Retreats in the World – Asia Spa Magazine Jan/Feb 2007
• 10 Best Spiritual Resorts in the West by SoulsCode.com (June 2008)

UTAH

Red Mountain Resort & Spa Packages and Getaways, in Utah
Red Mountain Resort & Spa in St. George, Utah offers spa packages, getaways, and 4 night or 7 night spa vacations and wellness packages. The 4 or 7 night stay packages include 3 meals a day at the Canyon Breeze Restaurant which received the “Top Spa Cuisine” award from Conde Nast Traveler in 2007. This health spa retreat also offers 4 spa different spa packages with value and special discounts for groups.

This relaxation spa getaway won several awards from Spa Magazine in 2007 including ”Favorite Destination Spa.” The Red Mountain Spa treatments and products incorporate the use of salt and clay found in Utah and the cherished Resurrection Plant which is indigenous to the Arizona desert. Inspired by diverse cultures, this spa retreat west features a wide variety of health, beauty, and wellness spa treatments and rituals that are favorites in diverse cultures from around the earth.

SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA
SEDONA
Mii Amo at Enchantment Resort, a Top 10 Spa Retreat in America │Sedona, Arizona Destination Spa
Mii Amo Spa at Enchantment Resort is a Top 10 spa resort in America. Among spa retreats, it is a destination spa located in Sedona Arizona in Boynton Canyon amidst the Red Rock Mountain Wilderness. Native Americans consider this place their “Garden of Eden” and believe the first woman gave birth to the human race here.

Mii amo means one’s path or journey in Yuman, the traditional Native Language of North America. Mii Amo offers many paths or journeys for retreat vacations with “balance and life enhancing harmony of body, mind, and spirit.” The “paths,“ are a synergistic blend of Eastern and Western health and “science of life.”

Specialized Services -Mii Amo is a top choice spa resort for best self-discovery vacations. Learn self-discovery from master therapists of the world with very unique and intuitive skills.

TEXAS
Lake Austin Destination Spa, Day Spa, & Private Weekend Spa – in Austin, Texas
Relax for a day, half a day, or weekend at Lake Austin Spa Resort, destination spa, day spa, & private weekend spa retreat in Lake Austin, Texas. Enjoy a luxurious spa menu of over 100 spa resort services in couple’s suites, outdoor cabanas, and screened Treatment Porches. Separate Men and Women’s locker rooms, showers, hot tubs, & saunas are provided.

Lake Austin Spa vacation activities include Cardio and dance, Balance and Flexibility, Meditation, Pilates, Yoga, Strength, Water & Outdoors, and several Discovery Programs.

Choose from several getaway vacations such as:

• Girlfriend Getaways
• Family Retreats
• Bridal Parties
• Corporate Retreats
• Group Retreats
• Book Clubs



Enjoy private group activities together such as yoga, boat cruising, team building workshops, and cooking demonstrations. Enjoy the gourmet spa lunch at the Aster Café with beverage bar for tea, fruit juices.etc. Dine alone or with friends.

Lake Austin Spa Resort has received Awards from the following:

• #1 Destination Spa – North America, Conde Nast Traveler Reader’s Poll 2008
• Best Vacation Spa, Allure Magazine 2008
• Top 10 Spa. Celebrated Living Magazine 2008,200, & 2006
• Top 5 Spa, Zagat Survey 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
• Top 15 Spa, Travel & Leisure World’s Best Award’s 2007, 2006, & 2005
• Top Spa in six categories – Spa Finder, 2006
• Top Spa in seven categories, Luxury Spa Finder 2004
• Top 10 Destination Spa, Departures 2004
• Top 5 Spa, Ambience, Travel & Leisure 2004

NORTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS
CAPE COD
Chatham Bars Inn: Luxury Seaside, Spa, Hotel, and Wedding Destination
Get back to tranquil and luxurious settings at the Cape Cod Chatham Bars Inn spa resort and day spa, a luxury seaside resort, spa retreat, hotel, and wedding destination. There is much to enjoy at this spa resort such as: the oversized treatment rooms with private steam showers, a Vichy shower, hydrotherapy tub, couples massage room, landscaped Japanese Zen gardens, outdoor treatment cabanas and an outdoor relaxation pool. >

These are some of the spa services that you will enjoy at The Chatham Bars Inn. Click on this site and Spa for more services, or Resort Activities, Weddings, Dining, or Cape Cod Attractions. The Chatham Bars Inn has been an important luxury ocean resort for vacations and a loved Cape Cod landmark since 1914. New cottages with luxurious bathrooms, decks or terraces with views of the Atlantic Ocean have been added throughout the property. New spa suites have been added to enable in room treatments and provide an all adult sanctuary with easy access to the adjacent Spa and outdoor relaxation pool.

“Chatham is considered the most picturesque and desirable town on Cape Cod.” The Chatham Bars Inn is the only luxurious seaside resort in the town of Chatham and has received more awards than any other resort on Cape Cod. Its awards include:

• AAA Four-Diamond Award
• One of the Top Resorts in the World – Travel & Leisure
• Best Hotel on Cape Cod – Boston Magazine
• One of the Top Resorts in the World – Conde Nast Gold List
• Best Family Resort – Family Magazine

VERMONT


Vermont Spa Retreats and Vacations for Health and Wellness
Vermont is popular for affordable spa and wellness retreats. This free online guide offers detailed information about spa resort, spa services, and women retreats. This directory offers many options for relaxing and healing body and spirit, plus recreation and nature based retreat vacations.

MID ATLANTIC
NEW YORK


Top Spa Retreat for Body, Mind, & Soul │ Mohonk Mountain House , Hudson Valley , New York
Discover the top spa retreat for body, mind, & soul located in the Hudson Valley of New York perched on top of spectacular cliffs above a pristine mountain lake. The new 30,000 sq. ft. Spa resort will bring a new dimension with a remarkable path for you to health, well being, your inner self, fitness and beauty. Mohonk Spa features 16 treatment rooms, a solarium, outdoor heated mineral water pool, inside heated swimming pool, comprehensive fitness center, and yoga. Spa and salon services feature massages and body treatments for complete tranquility; hair, skin, and nail treatments, couples treatments, spa packages, meditation and stress reduction, and water cures.

As a distinguished hotel resort of the Hudson Valley in New York, Mohonk Mountain House features a comprehensive menu of outside recreation with 85 miles of hiking trails, tennis, midweek golf, lake swimming, boating, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, children’s programs and much more – for an inclusive rate. Experience relaxation and rejuvenation of body, mind, and spirit in an incomparable retreat vacation atmosphere.

Mohonk Mountain House Full American Plan rates include accommodations, three meals a day, afternoon tea, and most activities. Meals are prepared by award winning chefs. The menu also offers alternative health conscious, kosher, or vegetarian choices. Enjoy special menus such as Spectacular Sunday Brunch, Theme Banquets, Outdoor Cookout, Day Meals, Picnic lodge, & Special Holiday Meals and more.

Choose from several spa getaway vacations, resort special offers, and year round vacation packages such as Children’s Specials, Super Specials, Spa-tacular Package, Day Specials, New Year New You Spa Getaway, & Group Specials. Mohonk Spa has received several honors as a spa resort as follows:

• Conde Nast Traveler Magazine – Top 25 Spa Resorts in North America – 2008
• National Geographic Magazine – member of esteemed “Stay List.”
• Spa Magazine – “Best Eco/Green Spa” – 2007
• Global Spa Finder Magazine – Readers Choice Award – “Best for Hiking” - 2007

Mohonk Mountain House Resort is located six miles west of the New York State Thruway, 90 mile north of Manhattan. This spa resort is 25 miles west of Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, or 80 miles from Albany International airport.

PENNSYLVANIA

A Top 10 Luxurious Destination Spa, The Lodge at Woodloch outside Scranton, Pennsylvania
Experience a personalized top 10 spa resort at the luxurious destination spa, The Lodge at Woodloch in Honesdale, Pennsylvania outside Scranton, PA. Take the opportunity to relax, renew, and rediscover your essential self. This luxury spa is dedicated to inspiring your mind, nurturing your body, and uplifting your spirit in every way. The ambiance of The Lodge at Woodloch helps you to relax with soaring glass walls looking out at waterfall and scenery, protected porches with rocking chairs, cozy fireplaces, and sunny terraces.

The Woodloch is great as a weekend spa retreat in PA. It features private Men’s and Women’s Retreats, extensive spa facilities, 15 acre lake for boating and fishing, nature trail, tennis courts, Fire Circle, and choice opportunities to learn and grow, strengthen and beautify, relax and reflect. The Spa concierge is available to help you create the perfect retreat by personal consultation, helping you choose the best body workout, body and face treatment, creative discovery programs, culinary explorations, mindful meditation, stress management, longevity, nutrition, championship golf, etc. and by helping you schedule your activities. Enjoy the Chef’s kitchen and Chef hosted dinners. Your spa package vacation includes three gourmet meals a day plus snacks, treats, juice bars, and lounge. Reservations are recommended for dinner.

The Lodge at Woodloch is a spa and resort with cooking classes and has won honors for it.

This is just a glimpse of what The Lodge at Woodloch offers.

• BODY
• Cardio pump, Pilates, fitness Yoga, golf, hike, line dancing
• MIND
• QI gong, gentle yoga, watercolor painting, photography

SOUTH
GEORGIA

Sea Island Spa Retreat Getaway in Georgia
Bask in the luxuries of the Sea Island Spa Retreat Getaway in Georgia. For many decades, the Cloisters at Sea Island, Georgia has been a spa resort with legendary luxury and hailed around the world as a secluded retreat. Discover the legendary setting, southern hospitality, extraordinary style, and tradition of excellence which has won this spa resort the following spa awards:

• Best of the Best for Luxury - Luxury Spa Finder 2007
• Best Spa Fitness Programs – Mobil Travel Guide 2007
• Top Spas in North America for 2007 – Mobil Travel Guide
• Hot List: Hot Spas, Conde Naste Traveler- 2007
• #14 The Hot 100, Spa Magazine - 2007

SOUTH CAROLINA

Health Spa Retreat Vacation and Golf Resort at Palmetto Bluff (Bluffton, Coastal South Carolina)
The Inn at Palmetto Bluff is a health retreat vacation and golf resort at Palmetto Bluff (Bluffton, Coastal South Carolina. The Inn at Palmetto Bluff was ranked No. 1 by Conde Nast. This peaceful retreat is a top-rated full service spa plus the new jewel of South Carolina golf resorts. The beauty of this spa retreat is created by the flowing serene waterways, verdant sprawling countryside, ocean and air, and lush gardens. This spa getaway fills guests with a healthy state of balance and relaxation. It is “garden for the senses, where minds, bodies, and spirits receive the bounty of nature, and beauty is cultivated.”

The Spa at Palmetto Bluff offers the “Amazing Grace Body Work and Spa Massage”, “High Cotton Body Therapies”, “Resurrection Facials”, plus revitalizing body treatments for lovers and golfers.

The Inn is located on a 20,000 acre nature reserve and features cottages that are exquisite, spacious, comfortable, and luxurious. There is much to do at the Palmetto Bluff such as cycling, kayaking, bicycling, walking trails, golf, boating, swimming, sunbathing , & gym. Enjoy their “Southern Hospitality”.

CHINA
BEIJING
Best Asian Spa Retreat – Zenspa Spa│ Beijing, China
Spoil yourself with attractive spa packages at the truly luxurious best Asian spa retreat in Beijing, China, the Zenspa Spa. Enjoy the unique ambiance and setting of a tranquil spa resort in the midst of Beijing. Experience a sanctuary for the senses that provides holistic inspiration and rejuvenation for physical and spiritual well-being. With luxurious surroundings of Beijing’s traditional courtyard houses and beautiful interiors by award winning David Ng, Zenspa has been featured in many magazines such as Elite Decoration.

And Zenspa has divine spa treatments and highly trained staff members to match. Staff members undergo updating training to maintain the highest standards of knowledge and professional expertise from knowledge of ancient traditions from centuries ago to the latest health and skincare remedies. Using natural therapies and their skills, Zenspa therapists concentrate on the physical and spiritual well-being of spa guests. Some of the treatments and therapies of Zenspa Spa are as follows:

• Bath
• Cleopatra (24 hour advance booking required, offered as package only) Zen Spa is one of the few spas in China that features a true milk bath, others offer a milk powder solution bath. Find out the secret of the milk bath success.
• Herbal-bath with special ingredients will create a sense of meditation and relaxation.

Zenspa Spa is located right off East Fourth Ring South Road. It is located off exit 15 of Dongsihuan South Rd. in the Chaoyang district. It is 30 minutes from the airport and is conveniently located by taxi from any major hotels of CBD Beijing. See map on website for further directions.

THAILAND

Best Spa Wellness Retreat Asia │ Kamalaya Koh Samui, Thailand
The Best Spa Wellness Retreat Award was presented to Kamalaya Koh Samui, Thailand by the Spa Asia Crystal Awards. Kamalaya is a destination spa resort and transformational spa getaway that offers guests inspired healthy cuisine and personalized experience of holistic treatments that deliver wellness of body, mind, spirit, and heart. Kamalaya offers a beautiful natural environment, holistic fitness practices, group retreats, and individual wellness programs.

Kamalaya Koh Samui is a Wellness Sanctuary and Holistic Spa resort located in a tropical landscape on the southern coastline of Koh Samui, Thailand. Kamalaya offers an extensive menu of over 70 therapies and treatments from a team of skilled specialists who practice Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Thai herbal healing, Tibetan and Taoist philosophies, Naturopathy, Conventional Medicine, Homeopathy, Nutritional Guidance, Diagnostic Procedures, and Holistic Therapies.

Kamalaya is from two words (kamal) meaning Lotus and (alaya) meaning Realm. It is in a location that once served as a place for meditation and spiritual retreat for Buddhist monks. Kamalaya is a spa resort that has been highlighted in many magazines such as:

• English Articles
• Sunday Mirror – Homes and Holidays Supplement – “Thais that Unwind.”
• The Times – “It’s a Jungle Out There.”
• Spa Secrets Magazine – “Kamalaya Experience”.
• FACE Magazine – “Renew You”.
• Indulgence – “Gimme Shelter”.
• Tropical Living Thailand - “Soul Food for the Senses.”
• Times Online – “Top 5 Detox Retreats.”
• German Articles
• Lebendig Sein – “Der Geist von Kamalaya.”
• Destinationen – “RELAX AND STYLE.”

AUSTRALIA
DAYLESFORD
Samadhi Spa & Wellness Retreat – Top Health Retreat near Daylesford, Australia
Samadhi Spa & Wellness Retreat is a top health spa resort and day spa near Daylesford, Australia. It has been voted The Best of the Best, Australia. and Top Ten Health Retreat from many spa resorts. Samadhi Spa is a peaceful sanctuary operated by health practioners offering group, couples, or individual focus for rejuvenation, relaxation, and healing. Samadhi is a luxury spa resort with choices of natural and organic spa treatments plus additional dynamic interventions.

Samadhi Wellness retreat can be used as a weekend spa getaway or simply a private retreat vacation for relaxing and unwinding. It was built to Feng Shui principles to enhance healing experiences. Samadhi is also a day spa featuring massage and body treatments where you can leave your stress behind, revitalize, and re-energize.

EUROPE
IRELAND

Enjoy Spa Hotel Killarney, Spa Packages Killarney, Spa Vacation Killarney
Enjoy a spa resort in Killarney, spa packages in Killarney, and spa hotel at the five star Muckross Park Hotel and Cloisters Spa in Ireland. The Muckross Park Hotel and Cloisters Spa is situated in the heart of 25,000 acres of the majestic Killarney National Park with mountain, moorland, woodland, waterways, parks, and gardens. The Cloisters Spa is a health and well being spa and day spa resort with state of the art equipment and state of the art luxurious facilities and services. Enjoy the ultimate spa resort experience with a higher level of relaxation and rejuvenation. You are invited to create your own spa package which is tailor made for you.

Choose from a range of sensations while you relax in total luxury.

The excellence of the Muckross Park Hotel and Cloisters Spa has generated several awards among spa resorts such as:

• Five Star Accreditation
• Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards – Best Bath Soaks -2008 – Aromatherapy Associates Review Morning Bath & Shower Oil
• Member of the Preferred Group of Hotels – with the Preferred Boutique Hotel rating. It is included in the ranks of the world’s finest hotels such as The Lanesborough in London, The Sandy Lane in Barbados, The Tremoille in Paris, and in Ireland – the Dromoland Castle, the Dylan, and the K Club.

For the mind and spirit there is Na Plai Recovery Neck and Hand Massage which focuses on vital energy points for a complete mind & spirit experience. Visit the Cloisters Spa resort for an experience that will harmonize your body’s subtle energy.