Spa




'Solus per Aqua' - wondering what this might be! Well, this is Spa for you... Any Honeymooning couple out there? Interested in a wine bath in a couple suite with orchids and rose petals all around? Till 10years back people scoffed at the idea of natural healing; in fact they were skeptical about its benefits. Today people are looking at alternate healing solutions to cope with the stress of one’s daily life. Who doesn’t want to get destressed? And if one has the money to feel good – what else do you need to wait for? This growing middle class does it in style to ensure ‘they live in style’. Spas are no longer confined to the rich and the famous. It has started percolating downwards, even to the middle class segment.

Which are the luxurious ones to be in but? India's southern-most states have particularly embraced the spa phenomenon with a mix of Ayurveda. In these areas, where Ayurveda is the main form of medical treatment, hotels, resorts and hospitals design packages ranging from a weekend to a month to introduce Americans, Europeans and East Asians to ancient Indian massage, medication and yoga.

The options available are varied. The different kinds of spa treatments available are -


Categories

  • Destination Spa - Destination spa is set up in a manner to make you feel refreshed at all levels, giving the fitness of body and mind, as well as making you practice healthy eating, which in a way guarantees complete relaxation. This is not a one-day ecstasy that you experience, rather takes you to a whole new beautiful world, for at least two to three nights, making you totally de-stressed where no troubles or botherations tend to give you tensions.
  • Resort Spa – This one is described as one of the hotel facilities meant for comforting and giving convenience to the tourists. It gives you spa services, couples with fitness classes and a usual spa cuisine. After a lot of travel, this happens to be the apt treatment for business travelers and families.
  • Day Spa - A day spa offers services on a one-day basis. This is availed on a daily basis. Spa manicures and pedicures, facial and body massage are some of the treatments people and avail from a day spa.
  • Health Spa – It looks after the overall health needs of a person. The location is usually a very peaceful one with adept advice from practitioners.
  • Medical Spa - Medical spa focuses mainly on cosmetic treatments like laser resurfacing and Botox injections. Not only these medical facilities, they have spa treatment facilities as well. All the treatments are rendered to individuals under the close supervision of a doctor.
  • Mineral Springs Spa – Characterized by its name, a mineral springs spa uses natural mineral, thermal or seawater to give to offer hydrotherapy treatments to the spa users.
  • Cruise Ship Spa – This service is available aboard a cruise ship. Barring the usual spa treatments, it comprises fitness and wellness components and varied spa cuisine menu choices.
  • Airport Spa – It is provided at the airport, to give short duration treatments to the tired travelers. The most common treatments are the 15-minute chair massage and oxygen therapy.