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Last autumn Conde Nast Traveller UK asked Readers to nominate their favourite
spas in 10 categories, ranging from Hotel Spas to Spa Retreats. Readers
responded and named
Anantara
Resort Hua Hin, Thailand, in the ‘Overseas Hotel Spa” category.
 The
announcement recognizes Anantara Spa as one of the best spa experiences in the
world, placing at number 12 out of the 15 selected spas. The award-winning spas
were chosen by the readers according to a number of experience criteria such as
ambience, spa treatment and service.
Anantara Resort Hua Hin General Manager, Ivan Casadavel, said the Resort was
proud to have been recognized with the Conde Nast Traveller award. “We believe
that through our commitment to service, unique philosophy and unparalleled
luxurious setting we are able to provide guests a truly distinctive and
indigenous spa experience. The Anantara Spa echoes the elegance and unique
experience and ambience found throughout this exceptional and beautiful resort”
he said.
From ancient Ayurvedic massage therapy and dosha-balancing colour therapy
steam baths to body butter skin nourishing and hydrating facials that use
ancient Thai herbal recipes, the renowned Anantara Spa menu has something for
every body.
Designed to be a garden spa and set amidst the beachside resort's lagoon
pools and bounteous tropical foliage, the Anantara Spa was created by
award-winning landscape architect Bill Bensley.
Each of the Spa's seven suites is set in its own individual garden courtyard,
three with a deep terrazzo bath designed for two and all with dual alfresco
'rain' showers suspended in bronze cages modeled on traditional Thai fish-traps.
The Spa was designed in harmony with the resort's gardens and lotus-covered
lagoons. Three of the spa suites are accessed via a wooden jetty, lit at night
by flaming oil lamps, which runs around the edge of the lagoon. From here guests
enter their spa suite via huge wooden doorways topped with decorative stone
lintels, behind which is their private courtyard and treatment room.
The spa’s signature treatment is the three-hour Culture of Anantara, which
starts with a Shirodhara massage often referred to as the ‘massage of the third
eye’ and considered one of the most powerful Ayurvedic treatments available.
This is followed by a relieving Back Massage therapy in which strong massage
strokes are applied on areas of the back that carry stress to release and relax
tensed muscles. The treatment culminates in the luxuriantly timeless Honey and
Milk-infused bath.
Massages at Anantara Spa range from Shirodhara and Ayurvedic to Shiatsu,
traditional Thai and aromatic oil massages.
The 187-room Anantara Resort Hua Hin is a distinctive Thai village-style
resort located on the sunrise coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Hidden amidst 14
acres of luxuriantly landscaped mature gardens and lagoon pools, the picturesque
resort enjoys a beachfront location at the quiet end of Thailand’s historic
royal seaside town.
Anantara is taken from an ancient Sanskrit word that means 'borderless
water', a name chosen for this element’s association in many Asian cultures with
wealth and good fortune. Inspired by local architecture and sensitive to the
indigenous culture, Anantara Resorts are currently located in the seaside town
of Hua Hin (220kms south of Bangkok), on
Koh
Samui in the Gulf of Thailand and in the
Golden Triangle in the country’s north. Anantara Resort Maldives opened in
September 2006. |
Anantara
Resort & Spa Hua Hin
