OUR FEATURED SPA DESTINATION
DESERT SPAS IN THE SOUTHWEST

Hotels and spas in the desert are even hotter. Hot tubs, hot stone messages and adobe mud wraps are the way to cool down after a day of slope hopping and gallery shopping. For good food, beautiful and relaxing settings and views that will amaze your eyes, spend some time out of this world - in the desert southwest!

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
in Santa Fe, New Mexico

This resort's 159 adobe style casita rooms and suites are located on six landscaped acres in the heart of historic Santa Fe. The resort facilities include a restaurant, heating outdoor pool and whirlpool and the Avanyu Spa, with five private treatment rooms, two facial rooms, one wet room, a beauty salon and fitness room.

The spa offers an arrant of massages, body treatments and facials including an adobe mud wrap, the Avanyu custom massage and an anti aging facials.

Through the spring, the resort is offering a number of packages complete with accommodations. The "Anti Stress Relaxer" package features a one night stay, one 50 minute aromatherapy message and a one 50 minute anti stress facial.

The "Mid Week Spa Getaway" includes a tow night stay, two 50 minute Avanyu custom massages and two 50 minute Avanyu custom facials.

There is also the "Southwest Spa Cleansing" package which two 75 minute adobe mud wraps and one pedicure or manicure.

Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain
in Paradise Valley, Arizona

This new boutique resort is rerraced high on Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. Private mountainside and spa casitas offer guests stunning views of the sourrounding mountains and provide the ultimate secluded getaway.

The 12,000-square-foot Sanctuary Spa is a relaxed, luxurious retreat. The spa experience begins in the men's and women's lounges, where guests can relax while preparing for exotic body glazes and polishes, revitalizing facials, invigorating massges and theraputic Watsu treatments.

Outside, a Zen meditation garden with flowing water and a reflecting pond presents the ideal opportunity to ease into a calmer frame of being.

For the ultimate in private pampering, the Sanctum, an open-air treatment area can be reserved hourly or daily. Along with its 16-foot yin/yang wall, Sanctum boasts a vitality pool, deluge shower and a fire pit.

For those who want an active spa experience, the fitness center is equipped with the latest in cardio and strength-training equipment. The movement studio offers classes in Pilates, yoga and other Eastern disciplines. Tennis courts, hiking trains and shaded lap pool provide additional choices for recreation.