WELLNESS
SPA
here’s no doubt that spas and holistic activities like yoga are becoming an increasingly mainstream part of a
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Caribbean holiday. Spas are becoming ever more sophisticated, both in design and the scope of treatments offered. In some cases well-being is the entire raison d’etre for the holiday. Spa goers are increasingly looking for a more therapeutic experience with a greater focus on the health benefits of a stay. Many spas are learning how to integrate treatments with special diets and nutritional advice, alongside a choice of activities.
As Misia Lina, Wellness Manager at Aman Resorts’ Amanyara in the Turks & Caicos says: “Therapeutic spa treatments with a focus on detoxification are becoming more important. On a Caribbean island, we can also utilize the natural rhythm, beauty and space for introspection into our current state of wellness. Here at Amanyara Spa we are focused on new signature journeys that address specific needs including detoxification, relaxation, nurturance, energising and hydration.”
WELLNESS Wellness through nature, where environment is an aid to treatment is becoming key in the Caribbean. There is a demand for resort spas to offer indigenous treatments and ingredients and a rejection of air-conditioned, windowless treatment rooms playing nature music on an iPod. The Living Spa at Strawberry Hill in Jamaica is a good example of bringing nature in, as too is the island’s Rainforest Spa at The Jalousie Plantation, Sugar Beach. Viceroy Anguilla also has an impressive spa housed in a two-storey luxury villa overlooking the Caribbean. It addresses ‘whole-person health’ through curated wellness experiences founded on the fundamental principles of balance, breath and beauty.
NATURAL St. Vincent & The Grenadines is home to some notable spas that make use of the natural environment. At St. Vincent’s Buccament Bay guests can enjoy an outdoors massage in a Thai
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COCOA BEAN FACIALS AND AYURVEDA MAY NOT IMMEDIATELY SPRING TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CARIBBEAN BUT THESE ISLANDS HAVE SOME OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST SPAS IN THEWORLD!
pavilion or under a beach gazebo. One of the most popular wellness breaks of all across the Caribbean is The BodyHoliday at Le Sport, Saint Lucia which has carved out a highly successful niche by offering holidays that promise to rejuvenate body and mind. The resort had a £10 million renovation last year. Antigua has a number of highly-rated spas across the island including Galley Bay’s Indulge Spa with tree house treatment rooms and Blue Spa at Carlisle Bay. Located in its own two-storey pavilion it may be set in the Antiguan rainforest but its interior is fiercely contemporary; it is designed by Mary Fox Linton. Peter Island in the British Virgin Islands reports a 25% increase in guests coming to the spa (April – June 2012) with demand from not only female guests, but male guests and couples’
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“There is a demand for resort spas to offer indigenous treatments and ingredients and a rejection of air- conditioned, windowless treatment rooms playing nature music on an iPod”
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