The massage. The facial. The steam bath and sauna. Standard features of most spa hotels. But for the discriminating traveler, only the most unique spa treatments can dazzle and delight.

Gran Estanplaza
São Paulo, Brazil 

You’ve just finished your  rejuvenating massage at the Nuno Cobra Life Quality Center Spa, and on your slow walk to yoga class, you may catch a glimpse of the breathtaking views of the surrounding area. The Gran Estanplaza is situated between the Berrini and Nacoes Unidas Avenues and within easy walking distance of the World Trade Centre.

The Gran Estanplaza hotel is the perfect place to stay if you want outstanding facilities in a good central location in Sao Paulo. 

Gran Hotel Guadalpin Marbella Spa
Marbella, Spain

In the morning you swim in the Mediterranean, after lunch you nap on your own private sun deck, and then indulge in the famed Winetherapy or Chocotherapy treatments, which involve wine or chocolate infused body peeling, body wrapping and moisturizing.

Try getting that exotic recipe somewhere other than here. The Gran Hotel Guadalpin Marbella Spa hotel also boasts a Dynamic pool where aquatic massage is focused on different areas of your body. Now you are finally ready for that evening cocktail at the poolside bar. Make it a Marbella.

Apex City Quay Hotel and Spa Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom

London is for the regular tourists. The Apex City Quay Hotel, 2006 Scottish Hotel of the Year, is for you. Here you will be too busy in the Ozone pool for Big Ben.

In the Japanese-inspired Yu Spa, you will receive an Elemis SOS Purifying Facial that uses an exotic Japanese sulfur mask. Enjoy a deep-tissue massage, recline in wooden hot tubs, and luxuriate in a steam room scented with rare herbs. And you will soon wonder why anyone even bothers with Buckingham Palace.

Fujairah Rotana Resort and Spa
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Gentle hills, playful waterfalls, and crystalline lakes surround the Fujairah Rotana Resort and Spa. At this magnificent spa hotel, you can walk to a deluxe tent on the beach for an invigorating ginger and rosemary massage surrounded by sounds of the Indian Ocean just steps away. Or, after scuba diving, you can get a special diver’s massage that uses eucalyptus to clear the head and ears.

After either massage, have your body wrapped in creams of damask rose, evening primrose and neroli. Your skin will thank you in ways you’ve only fantasized about.

The Harbour Hotel & Residence
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Lose yourself in time at the Timeless Spa. Located on Dubai’s most glamorous development, the Dubai Marina, here you can truly escape what is otherwise a busy and exciting destination.

The Timeless Spa offers a heady mix of international healing practices drawn from cultures the world over capturing the true international essence of the Dubai spirit. Signature products have been developed by beauty professionals especially for the Timeless Spa and are complimented by an extensive range of spa treatments and products by the globally-renowned Sodashi and Babor.

Choose from a wealth of treatments, including the signature Desert Hot Stone therapy, a Marine Body Wrap or the After Sun Soother - for those that have underestimated the strength of the Dubai sun.

Relax and lose yourself in time amongst the indigenous flora, relaxing water features and inspiring views at the Timeless Spa.

Oriel House Hotel Leisure Club and Spa
County Cork, Ireland

Here is the spa hotel where cowrie shells are used to massage luxuriant Sea Creation elixir into the skin. Here is where you can cover yourself in the signature Oriel Eifel Fango Sauce, a vivifying concoction of fango mud, cleansing salt and mineral oils.

Here is where you can retreat to an 18th century building in one of the most beautiful corners of Ireland and delight in a Scandinavian sauna complete with mood lighting and background music. Here is where even a four-leaf clover considers itself lucky to be.

Grand Rotana Resort and Spa
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

That you can get the Double Mud Detox Extravaganza or Hydro-Aroma Chill Out is one thing. That you can get it in a place that has its own private beach on the Red Sea would make even Cleopatra pant.

In addition to the milk baths, facials and body wraps, you can also get an incredible rhythmic four-hand massage or traditional Thai treatment from internationally trained specialists. Surrounded by flourishing gardens, and offering VIP couples suites and cabanas, the Grand Rotana Resort and Spa is the perfect spa hotel for you to share with that special someone.

Grande Real Villa Italia Hotel and Spa
Cascais, Portugal

Every terrace, every restaurant and every swimming pool on the site of this former Italian Palace overlooks the sea. To the north are hills and castles straight out of your childhood dreams. The indoor pool is filled with seawater, there is a Thalasso circuit pool, and you can revitalize your body with thermal baths and an ice fountain.

So treat yourself to a trip to the Grande Real Villa Italia Hotel and Spa in this charming town where colorful boats bob in the harbor and the catch of the day is still auctioned in the town square.

Warwick Fiji Resort and Spa
Fiji

Imagine twenty-eight unadulterated acres of tropical gardens situated on a postcard-perfect white sand beach. This is the Warwick Fiji Resort and Spa, a lavish spa hotel with divine treatments and superb accommodations.

How fabulous is it? The treatment rooms have ocean views. The oil elixirs so deftly rubbed into your body are made from native flowers and oils. The vast range of treatments combine modern innovations with ancient Polynesian rituals and techniques. If you can’t fulfill your every fantasy here, you’re not trying.

Warwick Ibah Luxury Villas and Spa
Ubud, Indonesia

Because here you stay in a distinctive wooden villa filled with bamboo furniture and Javanese art. Because here the spa, housed in a thatched-roof villa, is filled with the scent of frangipani. Because here the large Jacuzzi overlooks the tropics, and the oils, lotions, scrubs are made with organic ingredients drawn from Bali’s natural landscape – the chocolate scrub from the cocoa beans, the salt scrub from the sea, and the incomparable green tea scrub from the fresh mountains nearby.

These are just a handful of reasons why this Balinese spa hotel is the most exotically and luxuriously unique in the world.

True spa hotel connoisseurs expect not only the very best, but also the most unique spa treatment experience. A stay at one of the enchanting spa hotels on our top ten list ensures you will receive just that.