Spas

Exceptional Destinations Around the World

Eloise Napier (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2003
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7892-0798-2 (ISBN)

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A beautifully illustrated book featuring fabulous, healthy resorts across the globe. This dream book of incredible places to be pampered and unwind unveils the worlds twenty-five best vacation spas. Each is a traveler's haven set in a stunning location and surrounded by breathtaking scenery. And each one offers a memorable experience and, to varying degrees, a combination of indulgence, adventure, health, and relaxation. Some of these spas are life-changing, while others will rejuvenate you in the short term so that you can return to your normal life feeling refreshed and re-energized. Dip into these pages and visit the Beauty Farm in Megeve, France, where you can lie on a bed of warm rounded stones in a treatment cabin. There, a therapist, using hot basalt pebbles, will ease your tense muscles. Or travel to the Himalayas, the ultimate destination spa, where the sights, smells, sounds, and therapies are probably closer to what was practiced 5,000 years ago than anything else in the world today. The spas featured range from exotic paradise retreats to alpine resorts, including the holistic sanctuary of Therme Vals in Switzerland.
Set among the Graubunden Mountains, seven pools are offered from the steamy "fire" pool to a scented flower pool, each naturally formed by water springs. Inside there is a health center providing a combination of acupressure and massage using oils blended from twenty-two carat gold. In contrast, the Delphi Mountain Resort & Spa in Leenane, Ireland--a location so remote that the Romans never managed to reach it--offers the opportunity to spend your days cocooned in the spa or pursuing such rigorous activities as kayaking through sea caves or rock climbing on vast walls. Information about how to contact these spas is also provided. Whatever your preference: tropical paradise, mountainous retreats, thermal springs, or wilderness escapes, this book will help you find your perfect spa destination.

Eloise Napier is a freelance journalist and travel writer, who regularly contributes to several publications in London. She is the author of Abbeville's Walking: The World's Most Exceptional Trails.

Table of Contents from: Spas Introduction Agua at the Delano, Miami Beach, USA Babington House, Somerset, UK Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, Iceland Canyon Ranch, Tucson, USA Chiva-Som, Hua Hin, Thailand Clinique La Prairie, Clarens-Montreux, Switzerland Daintree Eco Lodge Spa, Queensland, Australia Delphi Mountain Resort Spa, Leenane, Ireland The Hotel Gellrt Spa, Budapest, Hungary Les Fermes de Marie, Megeve, France The Legian Hotel Spa, Bali, Indonesia LeSport, St. Lucia, West Indies The Mansion Hotel Spa, Werribee, Australia The Mayr Health Spa, Lake Worth, Austria Palazzo Arzaga, Brescia, Italy Sanctuary Zara Spa, Dead Sea, Jordan Les Sources de Caudalie, Bordeaux, France Spa Village, Pangkor Laut, Malaysia El Tamarindo, Manzanillo, Mexico Thermae del Parco, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Sardinia Therme Vals, Vals, Switzerland Ulpotha, Ulpotha, Sri Lanka Wellness Center at the Ananda, Himalaya, India Wild Fitness, Watamu, Kenya Wyndham Peaks Resort, Telluride, USA Acknowledgments

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 246 mm
Gewicht	998 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schönheit / Kosmetik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Reisen ► Bildbände
	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	0-7892-0798-2 / 0789207982
ISBN-13	978-0-7892-0798-2 / 9780789207982
Zustand	Neuware