Scottsdale, Arizona is known for its golf courses, hiking and biking trails and beautiful parks. When you’re done doing all that hiking, biking and golfing, the city is also known for its spas, where you can kick back and let the pampering begin.

Spa Avania: If you’ve ever wanted a spa experience that is totally in-tune with the inner workings of the body, then Spa Avania is right for you. Focusing on the “science of time” – aka the body’s internal clock – the spa offers unique treatments such as a French Celtic mineral pool, a Desert Essence body wrap, and a dip in the lotus pond. They also offer hot-and-cold plunge pools, garden treatment rooms, and a modern fitness center, all stretched out on their three-acre property.

Well & Being Spa: Located at the Fairmont, this spa offers a blend of physical well-being and mental well-being treatments, giving a little something for everyone. If you de-stress through exercise, the spa offers amenities like fitness training, aerial hammock yoga, and nutrition assessments. If you are more into luxury and pampering, then enjoy the Swiss showers, mud bars, hydrotherapy baths, eucalyptus inhalation rooms, and a rooftop pool.

Jurlique Spa: Do you have any specific allergies, or maybe like to pay attention to where the products you use come from? Jurlique Spa, located at The Scott Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, offers products and treatments that are hypo-allergenic, environmentally-friendly, pH-balanced, free of animal byproducts and testing, and come from organic herbs and plant treatments. This makes for a very green, animal-friendly, and holistic spa experience.

Joya Spa: Morocco is the inspiration for this resort at the foot of Camelback Mountain. Located inside the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia, you will begin your journey under the stimulated night sky as you walk by a 57-pound quartz crystal from Granada, Spain. Treatments inside include typical facials and body massages as well as hypnotherapy, tarot card reading, astrology readings, private meditations, acupressure, acupuncture, and even a lip print reading. Take a break in the Whisper Room or the adult’s only roof-top pool for even more relaxing.

Waldorf Astoria Spa: This spa center is a retreat away from the world, located in the desert landscape, surrounded by ancient boulders. The treatments and themes of the spa focus on the healing and culture of various Native American cultures. Visitors can commune with a shaman, meditate in an example of a traditional Native TiPi, and be treated to a turquoise wrap – many Native Americans believed turquoise to be a source of self-confidence and protection. The spa also offers chakra balancing and astrological soul reading that traces your soul’s journey through your astrological chart.

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