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Do you prefer your massages seaside or snowbound? Jane Larkworthy checks out Six new spa getaways that are worth the trip.
December 2012
SPA BOTANICO AT DORADO BEACH, A RITZ-CARLTON RESERVE, DORADO BEACH, PUERTO RICO
This 1,400-acre oasis has many lures: History buffs will dig that back
in the fifties, Laurance Rockefeller developed this spot into one of the
Caribbean’s first eco-resorts; foodies will love that Spanish superstar
chef José Andrés is heading up the Caribbean cuisine; and sybarites will
swoon over the five-acre outdoor spa, which has private baths behind
each of its treatment villas and two treehouse massage pavilions.
(doradobeachreserve.com) GO FOR: The ManosSantas Apothecary Ritual.
Created by a local healer, the treatment begins with a warm herbal
compress tailored to each client’s skin to encourage lymphatic drainage,
followed by a mud-and-plant-extract mask to help regenerate skin cells.
DON’T FORGET: Salt Optics sunglasses, $390, saltoptics.com
December 2012
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