Are
you looking for a romantic spa? A little corner of paradise
for a sexy weekend getaway? Here are the top ten romantic
spas in the United States . They range from big cities
to island getaways, but all the spas have an intimate
scale, a sense of privacy, and sensual surroundings to
inspire romance. If you want a sexy spa, these won't disappoint.
Secluded
in a forest just east of the Silverado Trail in Napa Valley,
Calistoga Ranch is a sleek, sexy hideway for lovers. Private
cedar-shingle guest lodges on a 157-acre compound were
built to disturb with nature as little as possible. The
Ranch Bathhouse overlooks Lake Lommel and offers buttermilk
baths, mud baths, outdoor massages with walnut oil and
a natural thermal mineral pool.
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Royal Palms Resort & Spa is a Spanish Mediterranean
estate with an original 1929 mansion and 117 casitas and
guestrooms decorated in jewel-tones. The Alvadora Spa
has fountains, fireplaces, a Watsu massage pool, and a
seductive, spacious indoor/outdoor Acqua Dolce couples’
compound.
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Located
on the 35th floor of the luxurious Time Warner center,
The Mandarin Oriental in New York City is just an elevator
ride away from world class restaurants and shopping. The
soothing rooms are very sexy. So is the seductive couples
suite with an antique Chinese bed, private steam shower
and fireplace, tucked away in the Asian-inspired spa.
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One
& Only Palmilla is a 172-room resort in Los Cabos
that can arrange a Latin guitar trio to serenade you on
the beach. Or in the Casa Gardenia suite, a personal butler
serves dinner on the moon-lit patio. A favorite of celebrities,
couples and honeymooners. The 22,000-sq. ft. spa features
13 spa villas that are the ultimate in privacy and intimacy.
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Designed
in charming Low Country style, the Inn at Palmetto Bluff
has 42 large, comfy cottage rooms with water views, fireplaces
and porches. The Spa treatment rooms have verandas and
even outdoor baths. The Golf Course darts in and out along
the May River shoreline.
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Mauna
Lani Resort has just 335 rooms, most overlooking the ocean.
But for complete privacy, try one of five butler-serviced
bungalows just a short walk from the beach. The spa is
a small village of thatched roof huts, with exotic treatments
like the Ginger Honey Body Therapy and an open-air lava
sauna.
Sanctuary
on Camelback Mountain is small and intimate, with sleek
modern rooms. The spa features The Sanctum, a stone-wall
hideaway couples can rent for the hour or half-day and
enjoy the vitality pool, deluge shower and fire pit.
Little
Palm Island is a hidden treasure in the Florida Keys,
accessible only by boat or seaplane. Just 28 private bungalows
decorate in English Colonial style look out to sea through
leafy palms. Kids club? Forget it. The resort draws the
line at 16 years. Canoeing, diving, sailing and fishing
await the adventuresome, and Spa Terre specializes in
luxurious Indonesian treatments.
MacArthur
Place Inn & Spa is a Victorian inn on 300 acres with
its own gardens and orchards. Suites and cottages offer
two-person hydrotherapy tubs, fireplaces, sitting areas,
and patios or balconies overlooking the gardens. The Garden
Spa features treatments inspired by wine country, like
grapeseed scrubs.
Mirbeau
has 34 chateau-style rooms overlooking gardens, each with
a fireplace and a bath big enough for two. Located in
the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, this intimate
retreat has treatments like the Orange parfait – a milk
bath scented with orange blossoms.
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