Top 10 Spas and Top 5 Spa Resorts from Conde Nast's Readers' Choice Award

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Top 10 Spas and Top 5 Spa Resorts from Condé Nast's Readers' Choice Award

Dateline: 11/21/99

November's Condé Nast Traveler (US version) provides the results of the 1999 Readers' Choice Awards for the best cities, islands, monuments, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, car rentals, resorts, and Spas in the world. Over 26,000 subscribers participated in the overall survey. Individual Spas and Spa Resorts were evaluated as "excellent," "very good," "good," "fair," or "poor" on the criteria listed below. Final results were based on "excellent" and "very good" votes and on a required minimum number of responses. The criteria on which each spa and spa resort appear below:

Spas	Spa Resorts
Location/Setting Rooms Staff/Service Diet/Cuisine Program/Facilities	Location/Setting Rooms Staff/Service Food/Restaurants Spa Program/Facilities Other Activities/Facilities

Here's how they ranked. Note the names are linked to the spa's or spa resort's web site so you can take a virtual visit.

1999 Top 10 Spas	1999 Top 5 Spa Resorts
Miraval Life in Balance Tucson, AZ Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires Lenox, MA Lodge at Skylonda Woodside, CA Rancho La Puerta Tecate, MX Golden Door Escondido, CA Canyon Ranch Tucson, AZ Hilton Head Health Institute Hilton Head, SC Woodlands Spa Farmington, PA Carmel Country Spa Carmel Valley, CA Merv Griffin's Resort Hotel & Givenchy Spa Palm Springs, CA	Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and Spa Maui, HI Peaks at Telluride Telluride, CO Banff Springs Hotel & Solace Spa Alberta, Canada Ihilani Resort & Spa Oahu, HI Marriott's Desert Springs Palm Desert, CA