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So near, Do you know where the word SPA comes from? We’ll tell you. It’s from the Latin Sanum Per
so Spa Aqua, which roughly means to be healed by water. Given that some of the region’s best SPA’s
...ahhhhh
operate in Macau, we thought we’d give you a rundown on the rubdowns
Six Senses Spa
at MGM Grand Macau
As one of the world’s most renowned Spa’s,
everything is designed to make you think somehow
you will leave boosted with health. We believe
that if you can make it at least once a week, this
could very well happen. We chose a fusion of body
massages that lasted for 90 minutes. Try to arrive
early, you won’t regret it. The MGM Grand’s flotation
pool, with its soft light changing every few seconds
and under-water music makes it one of the most
incredible places to be – like in the Dead Sea,
perhaps. Next to it, the vitality infinity pool opens to
a sea view and offers massage style in-pool seats.
These are a must. These are mixed-gender facilities,
great for a few hours of escape with a loved one.
Just for ladies, you can find the herbs infused
steam room – with a strong smell of herbs, very
relaxing; and the Laconium room – the signature
sauna equipped with a soft light that changes
imperceptibly. There’s also a snow room – if you’ve
never seen real snow, they say it looks and feels just
like the real thing! We did leave invigorated and
slept through most of the treatment.
Comments: The unique Snow Room was out of order. Perhaps a discount was in order but apart from at the reception, the
staff hardly spoke any English. They did however have a great attitude which kind of negated the need for words. Once
taken to change into the Spa robe, a few floors under the reception area, where the pools are, you have to go back to the
reception area in order to enter the massage rooms. That could be uncomfortable given the fact that men and women
in ‘civilian’ clothing are either hanging around or seated waiting for their treatment to start while your head is already
wrapped in a towl and the rest just covered by a robe.
Massage prices range from MOP 1,950 for an 80 minute ‘Sensory Journey’ to MOP 900 for a 50 minute ‘Swedish Massage’
The SPA at Wynn Macau
Once in the ‘hands’ of the SPA hostess we felt we had
been transported inside a cocoon of warmth. This place
is all about smiles and noiseless steps. Invited to take a
bath before the treatment and encouraged to ease our
muscles in the steam room or relaxation pool, we found
ourselves in the treatment room and seconds later inside
a heated massage station. It all started with a warm cotton
cloth on both feet and a warmed under-the-neck pillow.
The Macanese Massage, the Spa’s signature treatment,
is a deep tissue palm pressure approach that gives you
a sensation of floating. We started calculating how many
of these we could afford in a month and dreaming about
living a life of massages and spa treatments. Wouldn’t
that be perfect? Oh yes, and one of the nicest details we
came across in our, er, gruelling SPA sessions – after the
90 minute massage, the ever-silent therapist gave us the
remaining oil in a little bottle. Ah, the little things in life...
Comments: It may not be as impressive as Six Senses Spa at MGM Grand, or as perfectly designed and decorated as
Crown Macau’s SPA, but the SPA at Wynn’s is so very discreet and well balanced. It also offers the best quality-to-price
ratio we found.
Macanese Massage – MOP 1,000
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