Saturday morning, I went to the Canyon Ranch Day Spa. It spans the Palazzo and Venetian and is the most amazing spa I've ever been to!!! It's approximately 140,000 square feet and is the largest spa in the world.
http://www.canyonranchspaclub.com/las_vegas_nv/
If you ever have the opportunity to go, make sure to save a LOT of extra time for all of the different extras the facility provides. They call the extras the Aquavana Experience, which is European inspired. Fancy! It's free once you get in. The highlights (from the brochure):
Crystal Steam Room - A large natural natural crystal and optical effects provide a meditative focus as you soak up steam enhanced essential oils.
Experiential Rains - Invigorating, multisensory cooling rains - select from Polar Mist, Atlantic Storm or Caribbean Monsoon with thunder and lightning effects. This looked fun and relaxing. There were separate shower-type rooms for each one.
Finnish Sauna - A classic, wood-lined dry-heat sauna. The usual fancy spa sauna area.
Herbal Laconium - A warm, misty ceramic-tiled room with heated individual seating thrones and a color-changing fiber optic ceiling. Everyone looked so relaxed in here.
HydroSpa - A variety of body jets provide gentle massage to the body at the optimal temperature for rebalancing and release. Ahhh... soothing...
Igloo - Cool air and three Arctic Mist experiences - your choice of menthol, mint or eucalyptus - enhanced by twinkling fiber optics. Brrr... but interesting.
Thermal Heated Loungers - Keep your muscles warm and relaxed as you lie back between thermal experiences.
There was a co-ed conservatory with lots of cushy chairs that had a wave room and salt grotto. If I had had the time and could only do two things, I would have hung out in the wave room for hours and would have tried the experiential rains. Those are two things (of many) I hadn't seen at spas previously and both looked incredibly relaxing. Being away from Eliana for the weekend, relaxation was what I needed!
I had an 80-minute deep tissue massage, including a peppermint head and scalp massage - fantastic! This guy was great! My only complaint was he didn't spend enough time on my legs and feet. I guess that's my fault for not requesting it at the beginning. At the salon, I had an ice cream pedicure (you get to choose your own flavor - chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry) with a parrafin dip (done in booties, not where you dip your foot into a tub of hot wax). They put an "ice cream scoop" in the water that immediately fizzed up. There was a vanilla salt scrub used to exfoliate and a chocolate lotion and leg & foot massage after (yay!). The salon was in it's own area at the spa, where you pay separately for your services. I unfortunately only had time for the massage, a quick shower (also fantastic), and the pedicure.
Two important things to know:
1) Even though you pay for your spa service before you start, and there are no pockets in the provided robe, tip is not included. If you want to tip, you need to bring cash to the service.
2) There are many ways to relax at the Canyon Ranch Spa. Make sure to save enough time to use the included "free" services. You more than paid for it in what you paid for your services.
It was a quick trip! I had to meet Jeff for lunch!
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