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Ten Great Holiday Spa Treatments From Coast To Coast

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spas, Holiday Guides

The holiday season kicks one's stress drives into high gear. Whether you're hosting a holiday with the immediate family or a soiree for you and 250 of your closest friends. Spa treatments - even those that aren't as luxurious as the ones we've selected below, have been shown to reduce stress, boost immunity and oh yeas - get you at least a few hours of much-needed peace and quiet.

Book one of these for yourself or a loved one (or spa together for a great holiday experience!). We've selected a variety of treatments offered coast to coast. Al of the treatments listed below are available through the holiday season, and many are also bookable into the spring.

Hot Toddy for the Body at L'Auberge de Sedona
Spa in the splendor of nature at Sedona resort L'Auberge when you book their special "Hot Toddy for the Body," a spirit-lifting holiday cocktail for the whole system. The treatment begins with a cornmeal body scrub rich with clove, organic orange and cinnamon with a warming body wrap of sweet soy, calendula and orange oil. $130

Peace, Joy and Harmony at Qua Baths & Spa
We could all use a little peace, joy and harmony this holiday season, and even better when those relaxing moments come at a spa. Try Atlantic City's Qua Baths & Spa holiday treatments for whichever feeling you hope to inspire. Joy comes in the form of a European facial featuring a frangipani sugar hand exfoliation and paraffin wax treatment. Find Peace in a back and foot ritual with a Ginger, Rosemary & Lemongrass foot exfoliation preceded by a pressure reflex point massage of your feet, followed by an Arnica & Shea Butter exfoliation of your back and a relaxing Marine Oil Swedish neck, shoulder & lower back massage. If it's Harmony you're after, balance your Chakras with a stone massage and exotic milk hair mask followed by the same Marine Oil massage. $180 each.

Bindi Rebirth at The Boulders
Want to enter 2011 looking and feeling like a new person? Book The Boulders' Bindi treatment. Based on the ancient Ayurvedic arts, this herbal exfoliation, aromatherapy massage and comforting body wrap is bound to make you feel fresh and new. $205.

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