The Best Things to Do Near Roundhouse, by the Record
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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.
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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.
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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.