cwojo99

I want to go on a girls weekend with friends and my sister for her birthday.

We want to book a spa weekend...massages, facials, pool, bar, view...

Totally open to any place in the continental US!

Where would you pick for a weekend???

8-)

starrsville

The spa (and the grotto pool) at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC are amazing.

Enchantment Resort in Sedona.

Hotel Del Coronado - San Diego, CA

cwojo99

WOW! Enchantment looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

Ike

My wife loves a spa. I think she's had 1,000 massages. Here are some of her favorites.

http://thephoenician.com/templates/index.php


http://www.theboulders.com/

These two resorts are right outside Phoenix, AZ. The Enchantment Resort is a short drive North of Phoenix.

She also loved The Ritz Carlton @
Amelia Island, FL.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/amelia_island/

Laguna Beach, CA.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/laguna_niguel/

Half Moon Bay, CA.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/half_moon_bay/ and


Naples, FL.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resorts/naples/

I like small resorts that are like B&B's with 15/20 rooms, good food and a great spa. Soome of the best that we have visited that had a spa were.........

Blackberry Farm in Walland, TN.

http://www.blackberryfarm.com/

Keswick Hall @ Charlottesville, VA.

http://www.keswick.com/web/okes/okes_a1a_splash.jsp


Little Palm Island, FL off the coast near Key West was fantastic.............

http://www.littlepalmisland.com/

In Canada we found some great places.....

Wickaninnish Inn on Vancouver Island........

http://www.wickinn.com/

The Aerie Resort just North of Victoria...........

http://www.aerie.bc.ca/

Chateau Lake Louise North of Banff, Canada..........

http://www.fairmont.com/lakelouise/

Jasper Park Lodge just North of Banff, Canada.........

http://www.fairmont.com/jasper/


Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City......the food is outstanding in QC........

http://www.fairmont.com/frontenac/


Check Out The Wauwinet on Nantucket. They are opening a new spa. It was not there when we visited.

http://www.wauwinet.com/

Woodlands Inn and Resort outside Charleston is nice...........

http://www.woodlandsinn.com/

The Willcox is nice and the owners also own Inn of Five Graces in Santa Fe, NM and The Lake Placid Lodge in Upstate NY.........

http://www.thewillcox.com/

The White Barn Inn in Kennebunkport, ME was outstanding and the food was as good an any place I've ever been.

http://www.whitebarninn.com/


Triple Creek Ranch just South of Missoula, MT is one of the finest resorts I have been to in the U. S. Stay in Castle Rock Cabin, go on a snowmobile ride, ride horses, cross country ski, fish for trout, rest, relax, eat, drink and enjoy yourself.

http://www.triplecreekranch.com/


Auberge Du Soleil is one of my wife's all time favorites just outside Rutherford, CA in Napa Valley an hour north of SF.

http://www.aubergedusoleil.com/

Try out their sister property Calistoga Ranch just north near Oakville, CA..........

http://www.calistogaranch.com/

And their new property near Savannah, GA.....Palmetto Bluff Resort overlooking the low country..........

http://www.palmettobluffresort.com/

I will try to refresh my mind and post more later. Good luck.

starrsville

OMG Ike! I've never been a fan of polygamy, but if you need a second wife to buy massages for.....

What a guy! Congrats to both of you.

cwojo99

Oh my!!!

IKe...that is alot of spa's!!!

Thank you so much! Now you have given me so much to research!

Love it!

I, by the way, had no idea how many spas and how beautiful they were! I am not a spa gal, but my sister is and so is my SO!

8-)

Ike

What part of the U. S. are you from CWOJO99..........My hobby is travel. I have been to over 30 Relais and Chateaux properties in the U. S. and about that many Four Seasons and Ritz Carltons. Give me a starting point and I might find you a place close to your home.

My wife's all time favorite spas were in Bermuda....

http://www.cambridgebeaches.com/

Bahamas.....One and Only Ocean Club.....

http://www.oneandonlyresorts.com/flash.html

San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico......One and Only Palmilla.........

http://www.oneandonlyresorts.com/flash.html

Virgin Gorda......Little Dix Bay.........

http://www.littledixbay.com/


St. John.....Caneel Bay..........

http://www.caneelbay.com/

Maui.........Four Seasons.........


http://www.fourseasons.com/maui/


And She Really Loved Lanai.....I May Have To Take Her Back to Manele Bay.....

http://www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/


If I had a choice and it was convenient I would go to Blackberry Farm near Walland, TN which is a Relais and Chateaux property. The weather is nice in the Smokie's and the resort is fantastic. The spa is in a farmhouse on the property that was once a country estate for a wealthy family. There's the main lodge where there's a great restaurant, new cabins nearby, horses, hiking, trout fishing, and lots of peace and quiet. Senator Lamar Alexander has property next door. It's my favorite hide a way. We have been there three times.

Ike

CWOJO99 here is Travel and Leisure's Top 25 Spas in the U. S. I forgot my wife and I visited Jackson, WY and stayed at The FS Jackson Hole. It was fantastic. You can see where Little Palm Island is rated high. I think my wife liked it about as much as any in the U. S.


http://www.travelandleisure.com/worl...m?cat=spasusca

Notice that the Wick Inn is there and I forgot about the Greenbrier. We can drive there in a long day's drive. We visited the GB 3 times.............The GB has just about anything you could wish for like 3 golf courses, tennis, ice skating, movie theater, health clinic, hose back riding, quail hunting, skeet shooting, great food, beautiful property and lots of fun.

http://www.greenbrier.com/site/



Top 25 Hotel Spas Continental U.S. and Canada

Rank Name 2006 Score

1 Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, Florida 93.36

2 Mandarin Oriental, Miami 90.46

3 Park Hyatt, Toronto 89.80

4 Four Seasons Resort, Jackson Hole,
Wyoming 89.58

5 Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, Colorado 89.58

6 Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Little Torch Key, Florida 88.99

7 Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina 88.94

8 Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico 88.79

9 Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Florida 88.72
10 St. Regis Resort, Monarch Beach, Dana Point, California 88.71

11 Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina 88.69

12 Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, Asheville, North Carolina 88.53

13 Enchantment Resort, Mii Amo, Sedona, Arizona 88.36

14 Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas 88.26
15 Auberge du Soleil, Spa du Soleil, Rutherford, California 88.10

16 The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia 88.04

17 St. Regis Resort, Aspen, Colorado 87.76

18 American Club, Kohler, Wisconsin 87.50

18 Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia 87.50

18 Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, Houston, Texas 87.50

18 Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, California 87.50

22 The Peninsula, Chicago 87.28

23 Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Florida 87.25

24 Four Seasons Resort Aviara, North San Diego 87.16

25 Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, Vancouver Island 87.04

* "N/A" means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.