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Twelve acres of canyon greenery swallow the Hotel Bel-Air so completely that the spa visit feels less like a city errand and more like a disappearing act. The grounds are famously labyrinthine, with tucked-away paths and canopy cover that make it easy to lose track of both time and, apparently, fellow Beatles. A Forbes Five Star spa in a setting that does most of the work before you even lie down.

The rooftop cold plunge pools look out over the Santa Ynez Mountains, which is a strong argument for skipping the beach one afternoon. Sense is a spa tucked into the second floor of the Rosewood Miramar Beach's Manor House, all gauzy curtains and plush lounge chairs, with six private treatment rooms and the kind of hush that costs what it costs. Forbes Five Star and on Vogue's list of the world's top spas.

A 31,000-square-foot Spanish-style villa tucked among cypress, oak, and olive trees, this spa leans into Ojai's reputation as a healing vortex while keeping things cream-and-white minimalist rather than patchouli-soaked. Treatment rooms, hot tubs, fireplaces, an apothecary, and an artist cottage make up the complex, alongside guided hikes and, yes, GPS-led treasure hunts. It holds a Forbes Five Star and a spot on Vogue's 100 Best Spas in the World.

The spa at this storied Surfside property holds a Forbes Five Star and a spot on Vogue's list of the world's top spas, which tracks once you're inside: hushed, unhurried, a few miles north of South Beach's particular chaos. It's the kind of place where the treatment rooms feel genuinely removed from everything, and the taupe-toned quiet is, against all odds, exactly what you wanted.

Floor-to-ceiling windows on the 35th floor frame Central Park and the Hudson River, which is either a calming backdrop or a reminder of how far you'd fall if you weren't so relaxed. This is a full spa, Forbes Five Star, with Asian-influenced treatments, a vitality pool, an amethyst steam chamber, and an Oriental Tea lounge. The staff consults before treatments rather than just handing you a menu, which makes the difference.

Waikiki has been pulling people in since Hawaiian royalty claimed it as a retreat, and SpaHalekulani is where you go when the tourist squall gets to be too much. The spa holds a Forbes Four Star and a spot on Vogue's 100 Best Spas in the World list, and it carries both without making a fuss about it. Treatments lean into Pacific traditions, and the whole operation is quiet in a way that Waikiki, bless its heart, generally is not.

The ivy-clad château and its Bordeaux-inspired Cabernet Sauvignons have landed Jordan on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list, at number thirteen. You visit by touring the 485-acre estate, then settling in for wine and food pairings in the vineyard or the library. The "Paris on the Terrace" experience leans hard into the French fantasy, with charcuterie, bread, estate olive oil, and music included, which is either charming or a lot, depending on your relationship with themed dining.

The tasting room's camera-aperture architecture, all dramatic angles and floor-to-ceiling glass, was designed to pull your eye toward the vineyards outside, which is a neat trick given what's in the glass. Aperture Cellars pours Bordeaux-inspired Sonoma wines across a few tasting tiers, from introductory blends up to a private gallery session with limited releases. A rotating photography exhibition runs throughout. It holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list.

Half of this 532-acre Oregon estate is left deliberately wild, which tells you most of what you need to know about how the Momtazi family thinks about farming. Maysara is a biodynamic winery in the Van Duzer Corridor where Persian philosophy, specifically a 7,000-year-old Zoroastrian framework about nature's elements, shapes every decision in the vineyard. Visits center on five-wine tasting flights from Momtazi Vineyard, and it holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list.

Life-size Buddhas, glowing gold lanterns, and blossoming orchids set the mood at this Forbes Five Star spa inside Encore, where the aesthetic leans more luxury hotel lobby than hushed treatment center. Separate men's and women's wings each come with saunas, steam rooms, and the kind of locker room that makes you forget you're in a casino. The onsite salon covers cuts, color, and full barbershop services, and a day pass unlocks everything without booking a treatment.

A 400-year-old oak grove shades the estate, and somewhere nearby, the former landowner is buried after losing a duel over livestock. This Hill Country winery outside Hye takes its Texas setting seriously, growing estate Tannat vines and running tastings from barrel room visits to guided food and wine pairings. Ranked 31st on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list, it draws everyone from serious collectors to families with dogs in tow.

The oldest vines here went into the ground in 1973, and the estate has been Demeter Biodynamic Certified ever since the current team took the reins. This Willamette Valley winery in the Eola-Amity Hills pours flights and hosts guided vineyard tours, monthly tasting menus, and cooking and gardening classes. Dogs are welcome, which says something about the general vibe. It landed at number 35 on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list.

Insignia, the estate's flagship Bordeaux-style blend, is the reason most visitors make the turn onto Taplin Road. Joseph Phelps is a hillside Napa winery with panoramic vineyard views and several tasting formats, from a current-releases pour to a library session that pulls older vintages of Insignia alongside the newest ones. The World's 50 Best Vineyards ranks it at number 37, which tracks with the crowd, who tend to arrive having done their homework.

The winery that taught Napa Valley it was allowed to take itself seriously, Robert Mondavi sits inside the To Kalon vineyard in Oakville, where cabernet sauvignon and fumé blanc have been the whole point for decades. Tastings, tours, and culinary pairings fill the recently renovated estate, and the place has been doing winery tourism longer than most. It lands at number 39 on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list.

The sand here is 99% quartz carried down from the Appalachians, which means it stays cool underfoot in full Florida sun and squeaks when you walk on it. Siesta Beach lands at #28 on the World's 50 Best Beaches list, and it's easy to see why the crowds make the pilgrimage: the water is shallow and glassy, the shoreline wide, and there's no resort wall blocking the view.

A spa on the 25th floor of the Crown Building, where the city noise that's been eating at you all week simply ceases to exist. The Aman New York Spa trades in total immersion: hammered metals, warm stone, and the kind of hushed calm that feels less designed than inevitable. One of Vogue's 100 Best Spas in the World, it draws the quietly wealthy crowd that considers a pool and steam ritual a reasonable Tuesday.

A spa on the ninth floor of 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay, with the kind of views over the Na Pali coastline that make it hard to close your eyes during a treatment. Bamford, a Cotswolds-born wellness brand, landed on Vogue's 100 Best Spas in the World list, and the program leans into Kauai's outdoor culture rather than pretending you came here to stay inside. Useful when the hiking and beaching have finally caught up with you.

Bardessono's spa built its reputation on a simple but unusual idea: the treatment comes to your room. Each suite has a massage table tucked discreetly away, and the lighting, temperature, and sound are all adjustable before the therapist arrives. Products are sourced from the property's certified-organic garden. Vogue named it among the 100 Best Spas in the World, and the unhurried post-treatment wind-down is treated with the same seriousness as the treatment itself.

A château-style health spa and retreat less than an hour from San Diego, built with actual French structures shipped over stone by stone, including a centuries-old chapel. The 32 private villas and manicured grounds lean hard into the Provençal fantasy, while the programming runs from interval training to trapeze yoga. Notably, they feed you real bread and real coffee. Vogue named it one of the 100 Best Spas in the World, and Oprah's a regular.

Set on 150 acres at the foot of the Santa Catalinas, Canyon Ranch is the wellness resort that most other wellness resorts quietly studied. The crowd here skews toward repeat visitors who come to actually disconnect rather than document it, which keeps the energy refreshingly free of performance. Vogue named it among the 100 Best Spas in the World. Five mountain ranges frame the sky, and the architecture is designed around all that contemplative staring into the middle distance.

A spa that sits above the Dior boutique on 57th Street, which tells you everything about the aesthetic before you've booked a treatment. A handful of rooms, every surface predictably plush, and a vibe calibrated less toward transcendence than toward walking out looking like you have somewhere important to be. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world, which the clientele already assumed.

The Self-Centered Garden, a canopied outdoor oasis of draped cabanas, sets the tone for this full-service resort spa perched at the edge of the Atlantic in a blink-and-miss-it township between Palm Beach and Boca. Sauna, steam, jacuzzi with a waterfall shower, bottomless bubbles before and after your treatment, plus a terrace cafe for fresh-pressed juices when you're ready to pretend you're healthy. Vogue named it among its 100 Best Spas in the World.

Hanging off a cliff above the Pacific, Esalen has been an incubator for seekers, skeptics, and the occasional celebrity since forever. It's a holistic retreat and workshop center, not a spa, though the cliffside hot baths alone justify the drive up Highway 1. You come for a weekend or week-long program, yoga to Gestalt therapy to breathwork, and leave either transformed or at least well-soaked.

Twenty-five miles of private hiking trails wind through the property before you've even booked a massage, which tells you something about the scale of this all-inclusive wellness retreat outside San Diego. The Golden Door has been doing the spa week thing since before it was a thing, and it carries that history lightly: think summer camp for people whose summers cost considerably more. Vogue named it among the 100 Best Spas in the World.

The Guerlain spa occupies the fifth floor of the newly reopened Waldorf Astoria, a quietly secluded floor above one of the more theatrically gorgeous hotel lobbies in the city. Treatments come with optional makeup touch-ups, a detail that makes more sense once you've seen the Art Deco grandeur waiting downstairs. Vogue named it among its 100 Best Spas in the World, and the hotel's pull is clearly part of the pitch.

A 12,000-square-foot wellness circuit at Stanly Ranch in Napa, Halehouse Spa is designed for people who bring the same intensity to recovery that they bring to everything else. The setup runs in three parts: a movement studio, a recovery space using heat, cold, and steam, and the spa itself. Vogue named it among its 100 Best Spas in the World, which tracks given that the surrounding valley treats well-being less like a weekend treat and more like a performance metric.

The spa at Grand Wailea takes its name from ancient Hawaiian stargazers, and the reference is not decorative. Kilolani's treatment menu shifts every ten days to follow the lunar cycle, folding in native botanicals and indigenous healing practices that change with the moon's path. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world. At 50,000 square feet, it's a serious commitment, which suits Wailea's crowd perfectly.

The spa at Kona Village looks away from the bay and toward the lava fields instead, which tells you something about its personality. Named Asaya under Rosewood's recent revival of the resort, it sits where black volcanic rock meets jungle softness, a contrast that's hard to manufacture and impossible to ignore. Vogue named it one of the 100 Best Spas in the World, and the setting does a lot of the convincing before anyone even lights a candle.

A 20,000-square-foot wellness center at a rambling New England inn two hours from New York, Mayflower Spa sits on 58 wooded acres at the Berkshires' foothills and has landed on Vogue's 100 Best Spas in the World list. The spa mixes Eastern and Western treatments, so alongside the standard facials and bodywork you'll find reiki, acupuncture, and Tarot readings, which is either refreshing or alarming depending on how you feel about your future.

The spa Oprah sold to daytime America is now available to East Coasters without flying to Arizona. The Life in Balance Spa at Miraval Berkshires goes well beyond hot stones and cucumber water, offering treatments so elaborate they're called rituals, including a guided stretch-massage where the therapist hangs from silk ceiling drapes and uses her feet on your shoulders. Vogue named it among the 100 Best Spas in the World, and the forested Lenox setting gives the whole thing a very convincing "I've done the work" atmosphere.

The spa at Blackberry Mountain sits at 2,800 feet in the Great Smoky Mountains, which Vogue named one of the 100 best spas in the world, and the elevation does half the work before you even walk in. The 5,200-acre property is deliberately underdeveloped, so treatments unfold against a backdrop of rolling clouds and ridge lines. Come expecting a full mountain-resort spa, not a quick in-and-out.

Floor-to-ceiling windows frame lodgepole pines and snow-capped peaks from inside the treatment rooms, which means the Montana wilderness does half the therapeutic work before anyone touches you. This standalone spa covers 17,000 square feet within One&Only Moonlight Basin's vast stretch of protected Rocky Mountain land, and the programming leans into that setting rather than pretending you're somewhere tropical. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world.

The bouncer-doorman at the entrance of a spa is either performance art or proof that downtown Flatiron runs by its own logic. Rescue Spa is a boutique day spa with a small retail edit, a following among beauty editors who treat their facials like a standing appointment, and a reputation for scented washcloths that provoke an almost suspicious consensus. Vogue named it among the 100 Best Spas in the World.

The steam room runs so thick with vapor it reads as sensory deprivation, and the experiential shower has a tropical-storm setting that does exactly what you'd expect. This full-service spa at the Salamander resort in Virginia horse country covers the full range, from salon blowouts to soaking tubs to a private outdoor pool, with tepidarium chairs for the aftermath. Vogue named it one of the 100 Best Spas in the World, which the riding-boot crowd already knew.

Larry Ellison's Palm Springs compound is the backdrop, but the spa at Sensei Porcupine Creek runs on a different philosophy than most desert retreats. The pitch is data-driven wellness, with guides who are actual behavior-change scientists rather than people in linen who hand you cucumber water. You can go deep on biometrics, or fill the day with treatments and pool time and call it research. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world.

A bamboo crosshatch ceiling, dismantled in Japan and reassembled beam by beam in a Tribeca basement, sets the tone at Shibui. This spa inside the Greenwich Hotel is modeled on the Japanese onsen tradition: a heated indoor pool, hushed treatment rooms, and towels soaked in warm sake. The whole thing whispers while other spas shout. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world, which tracks when you're wrapped in sake-damp linen under ancient timber.

The spa inside the Parker Palm Springs calls itself the Palm Springs Yacht Club, which is exactly as absurd as it sounds for a property landlocked in the desert. Jonathan Adler designed it, so expect nautical whimsy alongside the saltwater pool, eucalyptus steam rooms, and saunas. Treatments are personalized and nearly all end with a scalp massage. Vogue named it one of the 100 best spas in the world.

A wellness retreat in the Hudson Highlands built around the idea that you should earn your massage, The Ranch Hudson Valley runs three- and four-day programs of hard hiking, stripped-down eating, and daily bodywork, colon hydrotherapy included if you're feeling ambitious. Guests arrive having already done 30 days of homework. Named to Vogue's 100 Best Spas in the World, it draws the kind of New Yorkers who treat relaxation like a project with deliverables.

Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Catskills and Shawangunks from inside a hammam-style bathhouse that somehow manages to feel warm despite being genuinely stark. This spa at the Inness resort runs about 7,000 square feet, with a saltwater pool for warmer months and the kind of severe, expensive minimalism that ends up being more inviting than intimidating. Vogue put it on their 100 Best Spas in the World list, which tracks.

The art on the walls here runs to Alex Katz, Chuck Close, and Hockney, which sets an odd, pleasant tone for a spa. The building itself is almost cathedral-proportioned, with soaring ceilings and windows that look out over Cayuga Lake and the lavender fields surrounding it. Treatments lean Ayurvedic, and the hot and cold soaking pools, saunas, and steam rooms fill out the rest of the afternoon. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world.

Sheep actually graze the grounds here, which sets the tone before you've unpacked. The Wellhouse is the multi-floor spa at Blackberry Farm, a sprawling Tennessee mountain property where guests tend to arrive and simply not leave. Hiking, fly-fishing, kayaking, yoga on a tree-line deck, and farm animals to pet fill the hours around treatments. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world, which tracks when the backdrop is 4,200 Smoky Mountain acres.