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Spa Resort: 7 Must Visits
If you're looking for the best spa resort, check out our annual "best of" spa lineup, where we share specifics on spa treatments, spa massages, prices - and special discounts you get thanks to this Shape article.
Spa Savings
6 ways to get pampered on the cheap! Use these tips to cash in on the best deals going.
Best Summer Spa Treatments
Check out this wide range of sea-based treatments spas nationwide are offering.
Favorite Fitness Retreats
Nine retreats to rejuvenate body and soul.
Equestrian Experience
For an equestrian experience like our cover model Sheryl Crow, try one of these ranches or spas.
Retreats That Help Take the Pounds Off
Check into one of these five spas and you'll lose weight, learn to eat and cook healthier, and reduce stress.
Realistic & Relaxed
Visitors often describe the low-key atmosphere here as hopeful. The staff focuses not on diets but on no-deprivation eating habits. Choose a one- to four-week plan and take advantage of daily lectures designed to identify roadblocks and develop maintenance strategies.
Top 10 Best Places to De-stress
Need a break? Check into one of these spas and rediscover your inner glow.
More Than A Beach Vacation
There's a Southern charm to the rooms and staff here that makes the one- to six-week Healthy Lifestyle Program appealing. You'll start off with a work-up that includes a cholesterol check, then meet with a lifestyle coach to evaluate your health and weight-loss goals and choose education classes for your stay.
Indulgent & Healthy
Luxurious Cal-a-Vie in sunny southern California is the ideal place to establish healthy eating and exercise habits without feeling even the least bit deprived. The fitness team will help you design a workout schedule for your stay, and a dietitian offers nutrition lectures throughout the week.
Classic & Proven
The Pritikin Program offers plush surroundings for women who want access to the latest body and beauty treatments in addition to a proven health and weight-loss approach. You'll start the week with a physical, blood work and stress tests, then meet with a trainer to set fitness goals. Exercise physiologists, nutritionists and psychologists offer several classes, workshops and counseling sessions daily.
Medically Driven
The desert setting here provides that calming "aah" feeling so you can focus on getting healthy with the seven-night Life Enhancement Program. In addition to a physician visit and blood work-up, guests get $625 in allowances to use for consultations with behavioral therapists, nutritionists and exercise physiologists as well as spa and sports services.
Fitness Leader
Founder Kenneth Cooper, M.D., is considered the father of aerobics, and his fitness and health research forms the foundation for the six-day Wellness Program. It kicks off with a fitness evaluation with a personal trainer who designs your workout program. A dietitian dines with you during several meals to illustrate smart eating choices.
Nature's Haven
Tobago is 100 square miles of mountainous green.
Park Paradise
Fans of this densely rain-forested island (with 365 rivers!) love that it has remained unspoiled and hotel-chain-free.
Welcome Seclusion
With a population of 11,000 and few developments, you'll see more island than islanders on this 36-square-mile island.
Snorkel + Spa Escape
Just off the east coast of Puerto Rico (and only a $2 ferry ride) sits the island of Vieques, home to the largest wildlife refuge in the Caribbean: nearly 18,000 acres on a former U.S. Navy practice base.
Get Away To...Be Pampered
Aloe and coconut milk, papaya-pineapple scrub. The native ingredients used in the 26 treatments...
Most Outstanding Hotel Spas
There's nothing cookie-cutter about these tranquil spas.





