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Spa Resorts and Destination Spas in California Organized Alphabetically

The Ashram
In Calabasas - Guests share rooms. Three lacto-vegetarian meals/day, free weights, massage, nutritional counseling, yoga, meditation, lectures on developing healthy habits, and more.

Auberge du Soleil
In Rutherford - 7,000 sq ft Spa du Soleil offers body and facial treatments which utilize natural ingredients indigenous to the region. Skin care, nail care, massage (Auberge, four handed, rhythmic water, energy balancing, special requests). Treatments inspired by the vineyard, garden, grove, valley and seasons.

Bacara Resort and Spa
In Santa Barbara - 42,000 sf spa with 41 individual treatment rooms, including 4 private spa suites, indoor & outdoor massage, Swiss showers, personalized wellness programs, fitness center, more.

Spa Site Guest Review - Bacara Spa

Bernardus Lodge
In Carmel Valley - Full-service spa and salon . Salt glow, lomilomi massage, aromatherapy, baths, facials, grape oil massage. Workout facility, croquet, yoga, hiking, bocci ball, swimming, two tennis courts, equestrian excursions and area golf.

Blue Lantern Inn
In Dana Point - “Sun, Sand and Spa” package - two nights in an ocean-view room with fireplace and spa tub, $100 worth of spa treatments at Gaudio’s Day Spa, limousine service to and from the spa, and more.

Cal-a-Vie
In Vista - Week-long luxurious retreats for positive attitude and lifestyle changes - individual fitness programs, gourmet spa meals, spa services, and more.

Calistoga Spa Hot Springs
In Calistoga - Separate men's and women's bath houses, four outdoor mineral water pools, exercise and aerobics rooms. Volcanic ash mud baths, mineral and steam baths, blanket wraps, and massage.

Calistoga Village Inn & Spa
  In Calistoga - Mud bath (mixture of peat moss, white clay, and geothermal mineral water), therapeutic massage, salt scrubs, facials and foot reflexology. Twenty packages to indulge in. 

Castle Creek Inn Resort & Spa
  In Escondido - Massage, facials, tennis, swimming pool, hot soaking pools, executive ropes course.

Casa Palmero at Pebble Beach
  In Pebble Beach - The Spa at Pebble Beach offers therapeutic baths, energy-balancing massages, facials and other beauty treatments, nutritional counseling available.

Catalina Canyon Resort Hotel, Conference Center & Day Spa
In Avalon - Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of a Mediterranean-like resort. The only spa on the island offers relaxing and therapeutic massage, body wrap, scrub, aromatherapy, and facial.

The Chopra Center For Well-Being
In La Jolla - Comprehensive programs of Ayurvedic treatments to enliven the connection between body, mind, emotions and spirit, reduce stress, increase creativity, restore vitality, and enhance strength. 

The Claremont Resort and Spa
In Berkeley - Luxurious historic hotel, and first-class spa. Massage, body treatment, body scrub, bath kur, skin care, nutrition therapy, restorative fitness treatment, and more. 

Desert Hot Springs Spa Hotel
In Desert Hot Springs - 50 spacious rooms surround eight hot mineral pools. Spa offers massage, facial, body treatments, manicure, hair, and more. 

Double Eagle Resort & Spa
  In June Lake - Aromatherapy, facial treatments, skin care, hydrotherapy, intensive care skin therapies, massage, scrubs, polishes, wraps.

Dr. Wilkinson's Hot Springs
In Calistoga - Mud baths, mineral water whirlpool tubs, mineral steam rooms, blanket wraps and massages of varied styles.

About's CA for Visitors Review - Dr. Wilkinson's Hot Springs

Esalen Institute in Big Sur
In Big Sur - "A center to explore work in the humanities and sciences that promotes human values and potentials...Over 400 workshops each year in a wide range of topics relating to our greater human capacity."

The Expanding Light
In Nevada City - Practical spiritual living. Simple accommodations, vegetarian cuisine, guided morning and evening yoga postures, and meditation twice daily. 

Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort
In Santa Barbara - Outdoor heated garden pool, Jacuzzi, complimentary water-aerobics classes (seasonal), full service spa, beauty salon, health club, Lifecycles, Stairmasters, Universal Equipment.

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills - New rooftop Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills offers a range of traditional and 21st century healing treatments, including an outdoor sunset massage within the seclusion of a private cabana. Services include foot reflexology, as well as Swedish or deep-tissue massages, manicures, and pedicures.

Four Seasons Resort Aviara North San Diego
In North San Diego - 15,000 square foot Spa at Four Seasons Resort Aviara offers the "Watsu" massage in Aviara's outside watsu pool set amid lushly landscaped gardens. The Spa is equipped with private treatment rooms, whirlpools, saunas and steam rooms. Massage, loofah scrubs, body wraps, manicure, pedicure, facial, salon services at José Eber Salon.

Four Seasons Resort Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara - Full-service salon, featuring spa treatments, two health clubs, including tennis, croquet, putting green and cycling

La Playa Hotel
In Carmel-By-The-Sea - Garden Spa Treatments include 50- and 80-minute massage (aromatherapy, therapeutic), Illumination Rainforest Facial, Raindrop Technique, Reflexology.

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