Agua Spa at the Delano, 1685 Collins Ave., Miami Beach (tel. 305/673-2900), is sublimely situated on the rooftop of the hotel, overlooking the Atlantic, and features stellar treatments such as the milk-and-honey massage that make it popular with celebs and laywomen alike. Lose yourself in a tub of fragrant oils, algae, or minerals for a 20-minute revitalization, or try the collagen, mud, and hydrating masks.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Key Biscayne, 415 Grand Bay Dr., Key Biscayne (tel. 305/648-5900), is a sublime 20,000-square-foot West Indies-colonial style Eden in which you can treat yourself to over 60 treatments, including the Key Lime Coconut Body Scrub and the Everglades Grass Body Wrap. For a real splurge, the Fountain of Youth treatment is a 6-hour indulgence featuring a facial, massage, manicure, pedicure, shampoo, styling, and lunch served on the ocean terrace.
Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, 19999 W. Country Club Dr., Aventura (tel. 305/932-6200), offers a sprawling 25,000-square-foot spa with a massive menu of treatments, Finnish saunas, Turkish steam rooms, turbulent whirlpools, and bracing cold plunge tubs that are sure to give you an uplifting jolt.
Spa Internazionale at Fisher Island, 1 Fisher Island Dr., Fisher Island (tel. 800/537-3708), is the city’s poshest spa, known for its picturesque setting and the Guinot Paris Hydradermie facial–a 75-minute moisturizing and cleansing facial that leaves the skin silky smooth.
Spa of Eden at the Eden Roc Resort, 4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach (tel. 304/531-0000), offers salt glows, chamomile polishes, seaweed wraps, and Swedish and shiatsu massages in a spectacular setting overlooking the ocean.
Away Spa at the W South Beach, 1701 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, (tel. 877-WHOTELS). At press time, we were still awaiting the grand opening of Away, but it will no doubt offer stiff competition to South Beach neighbor Agua. The spa will offer eight different facials, numerous styles of massage (including Hot Stone), and three body scrubs and wraps. There are also alternative healing services like Reiki and craniosacral therapy, herbal mineral baths, and exotic body treatments such as the Star of India (a 90-min. facial-massage-wrap combo), and, for the truly indulgent, the nearly 2-hour Javanese Lulur, which originated as a prewedding service for the princesses of Java.
