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Spas of California
by Laurel Cook
383 pages
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Updates Cook's California Spas & Urban Retreats adding new facilities.
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Category: Travel
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About the Book
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In
SPAS OF CALIFORNIA Cook gives readers her personal,
behind-the-scenes look at 65 facilities from ' 70s-style day spas
(Kiva Retreat House in Santa Cruz) to beloved country retreats (Harbin
Hot Springs in Middletown) to posh resorts (Marriott's Desert Springs
Resort & Spa in Palm Desert) and, of course, the grandfather of them
all, Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Baja. Includes sections on the wall-to-wall
spa towns of Calistoga and Desert Hot Springs as well as glossaries,
informative tips on massage, her own "spa finder," and Web addresses.
Cook reminds
readers that they need not plan an elaborate trip by air or ship
to get away from it all: every spa listed is a drive away. Whether
traveling single, with friend or significant other, or as a family,
there is the right spa for every taste, mood, and budget. Cook insists
that the spa experience-whether for an hour, a day, a week, or a
month-will "stop the mind's endless chatter and iron out the wrinkles
in your soul."
Laurel created
her own spa finder to clue you in to the best places to go for:
- a romantic
getaway (start with Kenwood Inn & Spa in Sonoma County)
- something
unique (the enzyme bath at Osmosis-prettier, lighter than mud)
- a no-holds-barred
southern California wonderland (Marriott's in Palm Desert)
- Native American
healing grounds in real country (Stewart's Mineral Springs, Weed)
- a family
vacation (housekeeping cottage and swimming pool at Indian Springs,
Calistoga)
- the toughest
fitness program in the state (The Ashram, Calabasas)
- something
hip and pricey (Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs)
- Most bang
for the buck for the week for everyone (Rancho La Puerta, Tecate)
- Mellow nudity
(Kiva Retreat House, Santa Cruz)
- RV accommodations
next to "the ultimate day spa" (Glen Ivy, Corona)
- the most
pools for wading, soaking, swimming (Desert Hot Springs Spa Hotel)
- a gemutlich
community, a communal kitchen, dorms/private rooms (Wilbur Hot
Springs in Williams)
What most people
appreciate about Laurel's guidebooks to spas, in addition to her glossaries,
health information, and tips to newcomers, is her personal style --
she visited or spent time at every one and her descriptions make the
information you're given on a Web site come alive.
In alphabetical
order, here are the profiles you'll find in the book:
- ALBANY SAUNA
& HOT TUBS
- THE ASHRAM
- BERKELEY
MASSAGE & SELF-HEALING CENTER
- THE BERKELEY
SAUNA
- BODY, MIND
and SPIRIT
- CAL-A-VIE
- CALISTOGA MASSAGE
CENTER & DAY SPA
- CALISTOGA RANCH
- CALISTOGA
SPA HOT SPRINGS
- CALISTOGA
VILLAGE INN & SPA
- THE CARNEROS INN
- CENTER FOR
MASSAGE THERAPY
- CHEEK t'
CHEEK
- THE CLAREMONT
RESORT & SPA
- DESERT HOT
SPRINGS SPA HOTEL
- ESPIRIT,
Inc.
- ESSENTIALS
- FAIRMONT
SONOMA MISSION INN & SPA
- GLEN IVY
HOT SPRINGS
- THE GOLDEN
DOOR
- GOLDEN HAVEN
HOT SPRINGS
- HARBIN HOT
SPRINGS
- HARMONIE
European Day Spa
- HEALTH SPA
NAPA VALLEY
- HEARTWOOD
SPA
- INDIAN SPRINGS
NAPA VALLEY
- ISIS OASIS
RETREAT CENTER
- KABUKI SPRINGS
& SPA
- KENWOOD INN
& SPA
- KIVA RETREAT
HOUSE
- LA BELLE
DAY SPAS
- LAVENDER
HILL SPA
- LIDO PALMS
SPA
- LINCOLN AVENUE
SPA
- THE LODGE
AT SKYLONDA
- MARRIOTT'S
DESERT SPRINGS RESORT & SPA
- MISTER LEE'S
BEAUTY, HAIR & HEALTH SPA
- MOUNT VIEW
HOTEL & SPA
- NANCE'S HOT SPRINGS
- NOB HILL
SPA
- THE OAKS
AT OJAI
- ORR HOT SPRINGS
- OSMOSIS ENZYME
BATH & MASSAGE
- THE PALMS
AT PALM SPRINGS
- PIEDMONT
SPRINGS
- PRESTON-WYNNE
- RANCHO LA
PUERTA
- RIVER VILLAGE
RESORT & SPA
- ROSE MARI'S
RUSSIAN RIVER SPA & MASSAGE
- SHIBUI GARDENS
- A SIMPLE
TOUCH
- SONOMA SPA
ON THE PLAZA
- SPA AT MACARTHUR
PLACE
- SPA HOTEL
HEALDSBURG
- SPA NORDSTROM
- SPA RADIANCE
- STELLAR SPA
- STEWART'S
MINERAL SPRINGS
- SYCAMORE
MINERAL SPRINGS RESORT
- TEA GARDEN
SPRINGS
- TWO BUNCH
PALMS RESORT & SPA
- VICHY HOT
SPRINGS RESORT & INN
- VINEYARD
CREEK HOTEL, SPA & CONFERENCE CENTER
- WATERCOURSE
WAY
- WELL WITHIN
- WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS INN & SPA
- WILBUR HOT
SPRINGS HEALTH SANCTUARY
- DR. WILKINSON'S
HOT SPRINGS
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| About the Author |
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Laurel Olson Cook has published three previous guides to California spas. When she is not writing on this topic, she is running her home-based editorial services business, A Way with Words, and working on a memoir inspired by the 1916 urban farmhouse she bought in 1996. |
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