Top Destination Spas

In 2005, Travel and Leisure magazine rated many international spas based on their service, ambience, treatments, and value. The ten spas with the highest overall ratings were then named the World's Best Destination Spas. This article will list the top ten spas as decided by Travel and Leisure and offer information about their services, location, and specialization:

10. Lake Austin Spa Resort

Lake Austin Spa Resort, located in Austin , Texas , was ranked tenth best in the 2005 awards. Specializing primarily in the areas of fitness and self-awareness, Lake Austin Spa Resort offers classes in fitness, water sports, gardening, cooking, self-awareness, special interests, relationships, and arts and crafts. They've been voted among the top ten U.S. spas by many sources over the course of the last four years.

9. Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires Health Resort

Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires Health Resort, located in Lenox , Massachusetts , was voted ninth best in the 2005 awards. The 100,000 square foot spa contains yoga studios, indoor swimming, indoor jogging track, indoor tennis, racquetball, and squash courts, spa rooms, and 126 hotel rooms and suites. Some of the activities offered at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires Health Resort are hiking, biking, tennis, canoeing, kayaking, sculling, snowshoeing, and skiing. Canyon Ranch specializes in health-related spa visits, and therefore they offer stress management, pain management, and smoking cessation packages, among others.

8. Terme di Saturnia

Terme di Saturnia, located in Grosseto , Italy , was voted eighth best in the 2005 awards. Staff members speak many languages in order to cater for their guests of many nationalities. Terme di Saturnia is a fitness, health, and pampering spa, offering exceptional spa services, fitness classes and diet menu items, and cosmetology and dermatology services. The spa is built around a large thermal pool that, 3000 years ago, Etruscan warriors bathed in, to help their wounds heal.

7. Golden Door