11. Spa Mandalay at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
Mandalay Bay has an opulent Eastern theme inspired by the ancient city of Mandalay in Burma. The 30,000 square foot Spa Mandalay has all the indoor amenities you could want, including a lavish lounge area with spouting fish. Spa Mandalay specializes in Ayurvedic body treatments like Shirodhara. But you can also get all your favorites like Swedish, hot stone, and salt glows. Outside is an 11-acre beach with 2,700 tons of real sand, where you can enjoy a wave pool, lazy river and three different pools and regular concerts in season. The Shark Reef Acquarium sounds scary, but it's really about helping you get to know, love and protect sharks.12. The Bathhouse at The Hotel, Las Vegas
The Hotel is the sister boutique property next to to Mandalay Bay, and is as streamlined and contemporary as Mandalay Bay is opulent. The Bathhouse is quite unusual -- the wet lounging areas are all black, with textured slate walls, and smooth slate floors. There are four private baths in this area, where you can be served tea while you soak. Things lighten up upstairs, where you can get the usual array of massages, body treatments and facials in one of the 12 treatment rooms. It also has a full salon and gym13. Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
The Four Seasons is an elegant oasis on the 35th-39th floors of the Mandalay Bay building, with a separate entrance and non-gaming environment. The spa is small by Vegas standards, but has a sense of intimacy and the first-rate service you expect from Four Seasons. It's best when you want a quiet environment and lots of personal attention, not a big, splashy spectacle. Its specialty is JAMU, a meditative massage that combines Hindu, Chinese and European techniques. Choose your own exotic oils – Island Fruits, Island Spice or Island Flowers.
14. MGM Grand Spa at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas
This 30,000 square foot spa is not as big and showy as some of the newer spas on the Strip, but that’s not necessarily bad! MGM Grand Spa was state of the art and huge when it opened in 1998. Now it has a downright “cozy” feel compared to newer Las Vegas spas. And that human scale can be comforting. On the other hand the hotel is big -- it has four 30-story towers with 5,044 guest rooms, including 751 suites.
15. The Spa at Trump, Las Vegas
Trump Hotel Las Vegas is more serene than you might expect. Located off the Strip, it's one of the few hotels without a casino. The Spa is suitably over-the-top, with diamond, sapphire, ruby and emerald body treatments using the Dubai-based Shiffa line. But even here, Trump's ego knows no bounds. You select a "Trump Personal Intention" to calm, balance, purify, heal or revitalize, which determines the choice of essential oils, colors and music that will be incorporated into your experience. Guest who book at Trump Signature Gemstone Service receive a selection of spa products called Trump Essentials.
16. Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas
Red Rock Resort is about 20 minutes off The Strip, but that has its advantages, including three nearby championship golf coursesand adventure spa activities in the beautiful Red Rock Canyon, a Federal park. Red Rock Spa can arrange great hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, rock climbing, and river-rafting trips. Come back and work out the kinks in modern red and white 35,000 square-foot spa has 20 treatment rooms, a salon, fitness area, movement studio, boxing ring, and a spa lap pool with three cabanas. There's lots of bars, restaurants and concerts, but Red Rock caters to families with movies, bowling and Kids Quest, the ultimate playroom with 35 challenging activities and supervision.
17. JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
JW Marriott Las Vegas
Located in the wealthy Vegas suburb of Summerlin twenty minutes west of The Strip, JW Marriott Las Vegas has a casino, fine dining, access to eight golf courses nearby, and the 40,000 square foot Aquae Sulis Spa. It's built around water-based facilities, including waterfall showers in the locker room that dump buckets of water on your shoulders. The showpiece is a beautifully landscaped warm-water outdoor pool. It's large enough to swim in, but has hydrotherapy stations you can recline in. The fitness studio is huge. Classes include yoga, spin, Pilates mat abs, and bellydancing.
18. Spa Moulay at Loews Lake Las Vegas
Spa Moulay at Loews Lake Las Vegas
Set on Lake Las Vegas about a half-hour east of the Strip, this is a pleasantly low-key hotel on the same lake where Celine Dion and other celebrities have homes. The Moroccan-inspired Spa Moulay is small by Vegas standards (9,000 square feet) but in good taste and uses Aveda products in its salon services, skin care, massages and body treatments. Enjoy a poolside massage in cabanas. Activities include children's camp, two swimmming pools and golf. It's a non-gaming hotel, but casinos are at the Tuscan-inspired "village" nearby.
19. Planet Hollywood Spa by Mandara, Las Vegas
This Moroccan-inspired spa dates from the time the hotel was The Aladdin, torn down to make room for Planet Hollywood right in the center of The Strip. The 32,000 square-foot spa has its charms, with Middle-Eastern doorways and Morrocan lamps, but is dated. It's scheduled for a complete overhaul to bring it more into line with the Planet Hollywood personality.
20. Paris Spa by Mandara at The Paris, Las Vegas
The theme here is, you guessed it, French, but it's looking a little tired and is slated for a facelift -- the sooner the better! Check out the hotel's reproductions of the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower, as well as in-house parfumerie. The 25,500 square foot Paris Spa specializes in treatments based on Balinese therapies. In warm weather you can have a massage in one of the cabanas by the hotel’s huge rooftop pool. The French caviar facial is a signature treatment here.
