While maintaining the same luxe standards as the ornate hotel, the spa offers a soothing, more modern atmosphere, done up in dark and light Argentine Caob and Lapacho woods and structural columns embellished with glass Bisazza mosaic tiles. Water is the theme here, with a hydromassaging Ludic pool tiled in the mosaic glass, and a Water Sensations Pathโguests who walk it will experience a range of water temperatures on the skin and a massaging, pebbly terrain underfoot. Those who prefer to stay dry might try the Exclusive Radiant Treatment, a firming and lightening facial designed specifically for the spa by top-notch skincare line La Prairie.
The Spa at the Carneros Inn, Napa, California The owners of this famed inn gave visitors the perfect finish to a day of winery touring when they installed outdoor Huichica baths on their property. The custom-designed, stone-decorated hydrotherapy tubs are inspired by the nearby Huichica Creek, believed to possess supernatural powers by the Native Americans who once inhabited the area.
Carneros, long a favorite retreat for wine aficionados, has recently completed a major update, adding an indoor-outdoor pool, a motion studio and outdoor treatment rooms.
And, befitting a spa set in a top foodie destination, even the treatments here sound delectableโwraps, facials and massages are based on wine traditions and incorporate local ingredients like Chardonnay oil, hand-pressed olive oil, goat milk and goat butter, which is used in the decadent if slightly odd-sounding Warm Goat Butter Massage.
Guests stay in private villas where personal butlers take care of everythingโfrom checking in and unpacking to running a bath. The spa is divided into four areas devoted to regional healing and stress-relieving techniquesโAyurvedic, Jamu-Jamu Indonesian , Thai and Traditional Chinese Medicineโso a visit can be health-focused or just sublimely sybaritic.
