Tuesday, July 5, 2011

World's best spas


Indian Springs Resort & Spa
Calistoga, California (indianspringscalistoga.com)

After a strenuous day of wine tasting in Napa, be content to cool your heels here. Wapoo Indians praised the area's therapeutic thermal geysers 8,000 years ago, and today, fatigued Hollywood execs still swear by them.
  
Espa at The Istanbul Edition
Istanbul, Turkey (espaonline.com )
 The traditional Turkish hammam — where topless women scrub you down — can get a little "too real" for some. Happily, Espa's new resort marries old-world traditions with modern upgrades (marble slabs, clothed employees!). We're obsessed with their novel take on a cold plunge: Post steam, close your pores in a snow-filled cabin. Yes, please!

The Aman Spa at Amangiri
Canyon Point, Utah (amanresorts.com)
 I don't blame Brangelina for hiding out in this remote desert valley off-duty.  Loving the chic white-stone suites with insane views of mesas, dunes, and towering plateaus