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metronews.ca Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Putting the ahh back into the spa New trends. Feeling meh about massages? Try some of these one-of-a-kind pampering treatments Emma E. forrest
Metro World News
Rejuvenate your skin in a Japanese booze bath. photos: metro World news
Soak in booze in Japan Visibly transformed: You don’t have to ditch wine altogether for a ‘new you’ at this Japanese hot spring spa resort, but do bathe in it rather than drink it. How: Hakone Kawakien Yunessun, traditional Japanese thermal spring “onsen” baths are offered alongside more unconventional treatments: You can soothe your muscles in a toasty tub of skinbeautifying sake, or soak in a bath of rejuvenating red wine, poured from a 3.6 metre-tall wine bottle. Need a pick-me-up? Take a dip in thermal waters boosted with green tea or coffee. Admission from $18. yunessun.com.
Mexico
cancun
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The beloveD hoTel playa Mujeres
Be ‘farm to fabulous’ in the U.S.
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Visibly transformed: You’re already on the case with farm-to-table dining, now you can have your spa treatments farm-to-fabulous, too.
Mon, Jan 7 • + $345 txs/fees
riviera Maya
1549
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Luxury Collection
excellence riviera cancun HHHHH
Wed, Jan 9, 16, 23 • + $345 txs/fees
cancun
1899
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Pick your own herbs for a farm-to-fabulous spa treatment. Luxury Collection
excellence playa Mujeres HHHHH
Mon/Wed, Jan 9, 14 • + $345 txs/fees
DoMinican republic
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excellence punTa cana
All-you-can-spa in Vietnam
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sun/tue, Jan 6, 8 • + $392 txs/fees
Visibly transformed: What’s not to like about having unlimited spa treatments? At Asia’s first all-inclusive spa, Fusion Maia, you can have as many treatments as you can fit into the day, all included in your room rate.
Flights are from Toronto via Air Transat or CanJet. Prices shown are per person, based on double occupancy in lead room category. Space and prices are subject to availability at time of booking and subject to change without prior notice. Taxes and fees are extra and noted above. For full descriptions and terms and conditions, refer to the Transat Holidays 2012-2013 Sun brochure. Transat Holidays is a division of Transat Tours Canada Inc., and is registered as a travel wholesaler in Ontario (Reg#50009486) with offices at 191 The West Mall, Suite 800, Etobicoke, ON M9C 5K8.
transatholidays.com An all-you-can-spa day in Vietnam will leave you wanting a nap. toronto metro • november 28, 2012
How: At a range of JW Marriot resorts, guests at the spa are invited to join their therapists raking hotel roof gardens for herbs and flowers that will be used in their treatments. At their spa at Orlando Grande Lakes, there’s a scrub bar. Guests help the spa’s mixologist to pick herbs in the hotel’s rooftop garden to mix with essential oils before exfoliating their skin. Treatments from $35. grandelakes.com.
How: This glamorous 87-pool-villa resort in Da Nang, central Vietnam, is the country’s biggest spa,