USA Today: 10Best Spas in Los Angeles: Part 1

 

USA Today Spa BHHidden Gems and High End Treatments: The Best of Los Angeles Spas

by Lisa Niver

Many times in the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, Stars need a place relax and hide-away. Whether you are a famous celebrity or just want to be treated like a VIP, here are 10 of the best places to find spa serenity. Ready to feel like royalty? Have a massage at the Hotel Bel Air in a room with a private outdoor patio and Spa tea. Having a luxury hotel experience that feels like a sanctuary is perfect at The Ritz Carlton, Beverly Hills Hotel, Sunset Marquis, InterContinental Hotel and Luxe Sunset Boulevard. After just one Spa Massage at these hotels, you may feel that you have had a multi-day vacation. If you want to stroll in the sand immediately after your treatment, choose Casa Del Mar. If you prefer your celebrity moment to be in a private hideaway, choose Skin and Body Retreat where you will be the only client luxuriating in Los Angeles. To steal a relaxing spa hour during the daytime downtown, enjoy The LA Mart Day Spa at the Reef. For one of the best professional massages available in Los Angeles, experience bliss at Bechtel Physical Therapy. You can be a star in your own life with your choices. Enjoy ten of the best places in Los Angeles for treatment tranquility and choose to put your need to relax in the hands of these caring spa specialists.

3 Beverly Hills Hotel Spa by La Prairie
Enjoy the lush, tropical gardens and exotic flowers at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The Pink Palace has luxurious rooms, spacious suites and secluded bungalows. Bar Nineteen12, The Cabana Cafe and the Polo Lounge welcome you for your eating pleasure and the experience at The Beverly Hills Hotel Spa by La Prairie is remarkable. The Spa in partnership with Yada Yada Yoga provides an opportunity to transform your life with pilates, yoga with AJ, fitness assessment with Russell, a private healthy cooking session with executive chef Kaleo Adams, and finished with a world class spa treatment with Brian. As Chef Kaleo says, “People think about what they wear, and who it is designed by, what car they drive, and who they associate with but don’t always give as much thought to what they put in their mouth for sustenance.” Spend your day choosing carefully! ((310) 887-2006)

VIDEO: Beverly Hills Hotel Spa Day

2 The Ritz Carlton Spa
The golden tiles of The Ritz Carlton Spa encourage you to relax, rejuvenate and restore. Wondering where to prepare for your red carpet experience or just want to feel like you belong on the red carpet? Choose to indulge at this urban oasis. From the signature Champagne to unparalleled personalized service, each of the nine treatment rooms will allow you to unwind from the moment you begin to smell the eucalyptus in the steam room to your time in either the co-ed Sanctuary, or private men’s and women’s relaxation rooms. While the NEST at WP24 offers garden to table herbs from the rooftop garden, the spa offers Garden to Glamorous treatments featuring fresh ingredients grown on site. The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles, is a luxury hotel located downtown in the vibrant center of the city’s emerging L.A. LIVE Entertainment District. (213 743 8800)

VIDEO: #DTLA: LA Live, Ritz Carlton Spa, WP24, The Nest

1 Hotel Bel-Air Spa by La Prairie
After spending a day at the Hotel Bel Air, you might believe you had a much longer vacation. As you walk over the bridge, the swans are immediately visible in the water and it seems like a pristine oasis. The grounds are beautiful and the spa feels like its own resort. The sanctuary waiting area has an outside patio and the snacks are plentiful and divine. The couple’s treatment room opens up to an outside patio where you can enjoy a special spa tea after your treatment and bath. Enjoy the Hollywood style and 12 acres of gardens in the Bel-Air Estates neighborhood. Originally built in 1922, the hotel currently has a restaurant operated by Wolfgang Puck. ((310) 472-1211)

VIDEO: La Prairie Spa at Hotel Bel Air

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Lisa Ellen Niver

Lisa Niver is an award-winning travel expert who has explored 102 countries on six continents. This University of Pennsylvania graduate sailed across the seas for seven years with Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and Renaissance Cruises and spent three years backpacking across Asia. Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel. On her award nominated global podcast, Make Your Own Map, Niver has interviewed Deepak Chopra, Olympic medalists, and numerous bestselling authors, and as a journalist has been invited to both the Oscars and the United Nations. For her print and digital stories as well as her television segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and been a finalist twenty-two times. Named a #3 travel influencer for 2023, Niver talks travel on broadcast television at KTLA TV Los Angeles, her YouTube channel with over 2 million views, and in her memoir, Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty.

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