It’s Limin’ Time: Check Out a Caribbean Spa
by Nancy TerrellThe guests have gone, the yacht has been cleaned, the captain is catching some shuteye and you have a day off. You’re tired and irritable and the next charter is coming sooner rather than later. What to do? Find the closest Spa. The best way to feel in really top shape is to spend a day pampering yourself. A good massage or facial in a beautiful location is just the thing for a new lease on life. Here are three excellent spas in the Caribbean—to find others closer to your yacht’s current position, check online tourism resources.
PETER ISLAND RESORT AND SPA - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Peter Island Resort’s new spa is absolutely gorgeous and has a knowledgeable and courteous staff that really knows how to spoil you. The 10,000 square foot spa facility has 10 indoor treatment rooms, outdoor bohios (thatched huts), manicure stations, and pedicure thrones. Highlights are an ocean-side Jacuzzi, an infinity lounge pool, a tranquility garden and a private one mile long beach. Massages on the menu include: Custom, Aromatherapy, Deep Tissue, Prenatal, Thermal Sand Bundle, Sea Stone and a Seaside Bohio Massage. www.peterisland.com.
GOOD LIFE SPA – ST MAARTEN
The Good Life Spa, one of the leading spa facilities in the Caribbean, has been voted St. Maarten’s #1 Spa for the past five years and is a member of the Day Spa Association and ISPA. The spa’s design aims to integrate all the elements of nature through the use of color, plants, music, lighting and aromatherapy. While the beauty rooms are created in a Moroccan setting, the massage rooms are designed with the themes of the five elements or "building stones" of creation: earth, fire, water, air and ether. Choose one of the classic massage therapies or experience one of the five unique wellness massages. Also available are transformational energy sessions, body readings and adjustments. They have a large assortment of body and beauty treatments which include body scrubs, body wraps and seaweed wraps, personalized facials, manicures, pedicures and waxing. www.thegoodlifespa.com (download a discount coupon for your massage.)
DISCOVERY AT MARIGOT BAY, ST. LUCIA
The Lapli Spa at Discovery is a true place to get away from it all. You have a choice of body pampering in one of the Bali thatched cabanas outside, with a lovely Zen garden and ofuru wooden soaking tubs, or within the interior luxurious spa.
Their treatments use a mix of all-natural products with local treatments employing aloe vera, hibiscus, cactus, sea moss, banana products and other island-grown fruits and herbs. There is also a separate beauty and hair salon with stylists providing coloring as well as manicures and pedicures. Emphasis is on mind and body programs, ranging from retreats that involve meditation, stress management, exercise and spa treatments, to ‘Guest Guru’ events, where renowned personal development experts share their wisdom. www.discoverystlucia.com.
When you know you may have enough time off to fit in a spa visit, make the appointment as soon as you can—most spas book early, especially during the Caribbean’s winter high season. Then get ready for your next charter by pampering yourself first. You’ll be delighted you did.