When you’re ready for some me time, nothing does the trick quite like a spa day or weekend. From massages to manicures, body treatments and facials, there’s nothing better than treating yourself to a little pampering.
Throughout the Northeast, you’ll find plenty of spas offering a wide array of services to set your soul at ease. These are just a car ride away and offer overnight stays. So, start scheduling those appointments, pack your bags and get ready for a spa-tacular time.
Find Your Calm in Cape Cod
Not surprisingly, Cape Cod is a prime locale for rest and relaxation. You will find serenity in excess at The Beach House Spa at the Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club along the shore of Cape Cod Bay. While the spa offers a menu of massages, facials and other services, it’s the property’s wellness retreats that will elevate your experience. These vary from traditional yoga and meditation retreats to those focused on cold plunges and health-specific issues such as nutrition, bone health, grief and more.
Another option on Cape Cod, the Spa at the AAA Four Diamond designated Chatham Bars Inn invites you to kick back and relax in your own adults-only spa suite. Featuring either a king bed or two queen beds, these specialty rooms include hydrotherapy tubs, saunas, steam showers and fireplaces. When you’re ready for more pampering, head downstairs to the main spa for a service in one of the five treatment rooms. Choices include massages, facials, body treatments and nail services. Available seasonally, you can book an outdoor treatment in one of the five private cabanas in the Zen garden.
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In the Finger Lakes, the Willowbrook Spa at The Lake House on Canandaigua takes its cue from the natural surroundings. You can start your day with a lakeside sauna barrel ritual, a one-hour service incorporating contrast bathing therapy with a variety of topicals and tonics. Then, follow up with your choice of massage, body treatment, facial or nail service. Afterward, you can relax in the sunroom with Himalayan salt feet warmers.
Another option in the Finger Lakes region is the Inns of Aurora Resort & Spa that sits by Cayuga Lake. The spa’s goal is to promote healing and harmony in your body and mind, and the staff does so with some interesting treatments. In addition to a traditional menu of services, you can opt for the spa’s signature Aurora Ritual. This head-to-toe treatment starts with a hot oil scalp massage followed by hand and feet treatments, all accompanied by guided breath work and vibrations from a therapeutic singing bowl.
Just 90 miles north of New York City in New Paltz, the Spa at Mohonk at Mohonk Mountain House features a full menu of services, including massages, mindfulness and meditation sessions and yoga. As unique as the 1869 Victorian castle resort it’s in, the spa’s Lakeview Summerhouse treatment room was created to blend in with its surroundings, providing gorgeous views of Shawangunk Ridge and Sky Top Tower along with the lake below.
Float On in Connecticut
Head to the AAA Three Diamond designated Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, where you’ll find Ripple Float & Wellness Center. As the spa’s name implies, you can book some alone time in one of the float tanks. Filled with just 10 inches of warm water and more than 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt, you’ll effortlessly float, letting the outside world go so you can enjoy 90 minutes of relaxation. You also can opt for cold and warm therapies thanks to the center’s cryotherapy and infrared sauna services.
Relax in Rhode Island
Discover Goat Island and The Spa at Newport Harbor Island Resort. This spa leans its coastal location with appropriately themed services. There’s the Sand & Sea body wrap, which features a full body exfoliating sugar scrub followed by a body mask for extra hydration. Or you can choose the Warm Himalayan Salt Stone massage, a twist on a traditional hot stone massage. For hours of relaxation, go with the Island Retreat, which brings together a shoulder-to-shoulder massage, a pure hydration facial and a seaside scrub.
No matter which spa road trip you choose, you’re sure to be relaxed, rejuvenated and ready for the trip back home.
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