Jan 23, 2009

Do you love spas?



Do you honestly think that there is nothing better than going to a beach and enjoy the views? If I were you I would think twice now that spas are getting even more extras that will easily make us feel in heaven!

How do you make The Plaza Hotel, already famous for its decadent Oak Room, its caviar-stocked Champagne Bar, and its vaunted, glass-ceilinged Palm Court (where precocious Eloise once took tea among white-gloved ladies) even more over the top? How about adding an 8,000-square-foot vinotherapy spa, where guests can soak in wine casks, get scrubbed with crushed Cabernet seeds and indulge in sommelier-led wine tastings in between regimens?

Yes, even in today’s tricky economic climate, opulent new spas are opening up everywhere — and the Plaza’s new 14-room sanctuary from CaudalĂ­e of Paris is just one of them.

If it seems like a strange time to be touting outrageously luxurious — and often outrageously priced — pampering palaces, Susie Ellis, the President of Spa Finder, sees things differently.