Top 10 Spas
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1. Four Seasons Resort Aviara
With impeccable service and a superb setting, this hotel is one of the most highly rated in Southern California. Choose between indoor and outdoor treatment rooms, or a couple’s suite with a whirlpool.
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2. Golden Door
Modeled after the ancient honjin inns, Japanese gardens, streams, and waterfalls make a glorious backdrop to a week of fitness and meditation. For most of the year, the spa is a women-only domain.
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3. La Costa Resort & Spa
The Spanish-Colonial complex contains two PGA championship golf courses, a tennis center, a spa with 42 treatment rooms, and a fitness room.
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4. Loews Coronado Bay Resort
The“Sea Spa” at this self-contained resort includes Watsu, which combines the buoyancy of water and the pressure techniques of Shiatsu massage. For an ultimate splurge, check into one of the bayside villas with views across San Diego Bay.
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5. Rancho Valencia Resort
Bougainvillea cascades over the Spanish casitas in this stunning resort. Many rooms feature cathedral ceilings, private terraces, and fireplaces. Rejuvenation treatments include reflexology, aromatherapy treatments and various massages.
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6. Cal-a-Vie
Exhilarating programs focus on fitness, nutrition, and personal care. The Mediterranean-style villas provide the most luxurious accommodation.
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7. L’Auberge Del Mar Resort & Spa
Join the list of Hollywood notables who relax at this boutique hotel and spa near the Pacific. The rooms feature marble baths and many have private balconies and fire-places.
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8. Rancho Bernardo Inn
Two-story, red-tile-roof adobe buildings and bougainvillea-adorned patios evoke images of early California at this gracious resort. Life here revolves around the adjoining golf course, spa or tennis courts.
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9. Paradise Point Resort & Spa
At this Indonesian-style spa, jasmine-scented or hot stone massages can precede a soak in a rose petal bedecked tub. The brightly decorated cottage rooms have private lanais .
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10. Rancho La Puerta
Since 1940, guests have pursued body and mind fitness at this beautiful Mexican-Colonial style resort. Lodgings are in casitas decorated with folk art and bright fabrics. The dining room specializes in homegrown organic food.
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