The Best Spas in Spain
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The best spas in Spain, according to the experts: the Forbes Travel Guide, The 50, and Vogue have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Madrid comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Barcelona and Madrid.
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The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona and Abadía Retuerta hold the next two places. The Forbes Travel Guide and Vogue show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Five Star
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Madrid (this place) 91.392
- #1 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona 91.392
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The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Five Star
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Madrid 91.392
- #1 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona (this place) 91.392
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The awards
- The 50 #38 · The World's 50 Best Vineyards
Why #3, not #1
Both places show 91. This one's exact Score is 90.8 and the one above is 91.4, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #1 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona 91.4
- #3 Abadía Retuerta (this place) 90.8
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SHA is less spa day, more full diagnostic workup with better lighting. Expect intake testing, a roster of onsite doctors, and a multi-page menu of IV drips and hyperbaric chambers before anything resembling relaxation appears. The premise is cellular-level optimization, the kind where "longevity treatments" means intermittent hypoxia, not a hot stone massage. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world, which is one way to describe it.
The awards
- Vogue 100 Best Spas in the World
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 SHA (this place) 88.536
- #4 Six Senses Spa Ibiza 88.536
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RoseBar, the longevity clinic inside Six Senses Ibiza, runs on the premise that aging is more of a suggestion than a rule. The setup is minimalist cream and jute, the equipment decidedly less serene: hyperbaric oxygen chambers, automated ice baths, red-light panels, and genetic screening sent off to an actual lab. It's biohacking with a five-star thread count, and Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world.
The awards
- Vogue 100 Best Spas in the World
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 SHA 88.536
- #4 Six Senses Spa Ibiza (this place) 88.536