The Best Spa Retreats in Miami

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Besides its world-famous nightlife and sizzling food scene, Miami is also devoted to wellness. Spas can be found in even the smallest hotels – ideal for groups of girls, loved-up couples and anyone needing some me time. These lavish spaces are some of the best, embracing cutting-edge technology and innovative treatments alongside more holistic therapies, including astrology, hypnotherapy and mindfulness.

This sumptuous ESPA spa is made for day-long lingering rather than in-and-out treatments. Offering indulgent body treatments alongside innovative cryotherapy anti-aging techniques, the spa also offers private yoga lessons, a Himalayan salt wall, an in-house nutritionist and a healthy spa menu of salads and juices. Best of all, the outdoor spa pool with its Roman waterfall Jacuzzi makes for dreamy days gazing out to the Atlantic Ocean in between treatments.

Wellness is taken seriously at this North Beach resort. There are over 20 fitness classes every day, a gym with ocean views, a climbing wall and even a wellness menu at the hotel restaurant. In fact, if a treatment is not offered by the spa here, it probably doesn’t exist. Both alternative and traditional treatments are available, including the more unusual IV therapy and quantum energy evaluation. The spa was also one of the first in the country to offer the Botox alternative Jeuveau.

No need to book treatments to feel pampered at this retro-chic hotel on Belle Isle between Miami and Miami Beach. The whole property is devoted to the art of wellness, with a focus on communal spa activities and overall health. Enjoy the arctic plunge pool, waterfall hot tub, mud lounge and bayside soaking tubs by the pool. Alongside standard treatments, the spa offers astrology, hypno-coaching and celestial alignment. Keep up the good work at the on-site juice bar.

Party animals and celebrities love to soothe sore heads at Fontainebleau’s remarkable 40,000 square-foot (3,716sqm) Lapis Spa. Set apart from the glamorous hotel on so-called Millionaire’s Row, the spa is a blissful oceanfront paradise with sea views, sleek interiors and luxe treatments, including hypnotic Ayurvedic rituals and massages for couples. The complimentary wet areas are even more impressive, including a mineral-enriched pool, rain room and detoxing eucalyptus steam room.

Locals love the stylish 15,000-square foot (1,394sqm) spa at this regal hotel, set on a manmade island close to Brickell. Book one of the six VIP treatment rooms overlooking Biscayne Bay, if you can, to experience the spa’s heavenly four-handed massage. The spa is also especially renowned for state-of-the-art facials, including ones using oxygen, light therapy and white caviar. If you really want to spoil yourself, splurge on the Mandarin Presidential Suite, which comes with its own interactive gym and private spa room for exclusive pampering.

First opened in 1930, the Surf Club near Bal Harbour has hosted everyone from Frank Sinatra to Winston Churchill. Now, guests flock to savor the hotel’s light-filled modern spa, decorated in lustrous marble and white wood paneling. Snooze by the tropical garden in private relaxation alcoves, join a meditation workshop on the serenity lawn, and take in soothing sea views during gloriously relaxing treatments. Try a Floridian body scrub with honey and sweet orange oils that will leave you smell delicious.

This glossy hotel, designed by Ian Schrager and just north of South Beach, has top restaurants, two lively pools, as well as its own nightclub, an ice rink and a bowling alley – but the spa trumps them all. An ethereal space decorated with billowing white chiffon drapes and Moroccan rugs, the spa has a lap pool, infrared saunas and a beauty lounge, but cutting-edge treatments set it apart. Choose a 24k gold body scrub, a diamond facial, oxygen inhalation or 30-minute wave treatment – equivalent to four hours of restful sleep.

As flash as Miami itself, the Exhale Spa at Kimpton EPIC doesn’t do things by halves. There’s a whole floor of therapy rooms alongside a zen lounge, private infrared saunas and a barre studio, all with panoramic views over the Downtown skyline and glittering Biscayne Bay. The spa specializes in life-changing massages with craniosacral therapy to blitz headaches and martial-arts based techniques to heal joints. If moving feels like hard work, treatments can also be enjoyed in your room.
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