Forbes Travel Guide's list of the best spas for 2010 includes several new five-star spas, including The Spa at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach and The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Boston. Forbes is also ranking international spas in Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing.
This list of best spas is restricted to resort spas, hotel spas and inn spas. Forbes does not include destination spas or day spas, though you can visit many resort spas on a day basis. Some excellent spas may not be here because they have just opened or have been overlooked by inspectors.
FIVE-STAR SPAS IN THE US
CALIFORNIA
Spa Montage, Montage, Laguna Beach
Spa Gaucin, St Regis Monarch Beach, Dana Point
The Spa at the Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Beach
COLORADO
The Spa at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
CONNECTICUT
The Mayflower Inn & Spa, Washington
FLORIDA
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Miami
GEORGIA
The Cloister Spa Sea Island
MASSACHUSETTS
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Boston
NEVADA
The Spa at Wynn Las Vegas
The Spa at Encore Las Vegas
NEW YORK
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spa at the Sanctuary, Kiawah Island
FOUR-STAR SPAS IN THE US
ARIZONA
Alvadora Spa at Royal Palms, Royal Palms Resort,Phoenix
The Sanctuary Spa, Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, Paradise Valley
Aji Spa at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, Chandler
The Spa at the Omni Tucson National, Tucson
Willow Stream, The Spa at The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Phoenix
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, Scottsdale
The Centre for Well-Being at The Phoenician, Scottsdale
CALIFORNIA
Beverly Hills
Spa Montage, Montage Beverly Hills
The Beverly Hills Hotel Spa by La Prairie
The Peninsula Spa, The Peninsula Beverly Hills
The Spa at Beverly Wilshire
The Spa at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Other California Spas
Post Ranch Spa, Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur
The Bathhouse, Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga
The Spa at Bernardus, Bernardus Lodge,Carmel Valley
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Half Moon Bay
The Spa at Torrey Pines, Lodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla
Sense, A Rosewood Spa, Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park
The Spa at The Carneros Inn, The Carneros Inn, Napa
The Spa at the Island Hotel, Newport Beach
Spa du Sureau, Chateau du Sureau, Oakhurst
Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, Ojai
The Spa at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Resorts, Pebble Beach
The Auberge Spa, Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Aviara, North San Diego
The Spa at Grand Del Mar, San Diego
Remede Spa, St. Regis San Francisco
The Spa at CordeValle, CordeValle, A Rosewood Resort, San Martin
Bacara Spa, Bacara Resort and Spa, Santa Barbara
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Santa Barbara
The Spa at Meadowood, St. Helena
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, Westlake Village
COLORADO
Ritz-Carlton Spa Denver
The Spa at the Brown Palace, Denver
The Spa at the Broadmoor,Colorado Springs
Allegria Spa, Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Avon
The Bachelor Gulch Spa at the Ritz-Carlton Avon
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC
FLORIDA
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Amelia Island
Willow Stream Spa at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort and Club, Aventura
Guerlain Spa, Regent Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour
Spa Palazzo at The Boca Raton Resort & Club
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Ft. Lauderdale
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Key Biscayne
Relâche Spa at Gaylord Palms Resort, Kissimmee
SpaTerre at Little Palm Island, Little Torch Key
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, South Beach, Miami
The Spa at The Setai, Miami
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Naples
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Orlando, Grande Lakes
The Spa at The Breakers, Palm Beach
The Ritz-Carlton Members Spa Club, Sarasota
ESPA at the Acqualina, Sunny Isles
GEORGIA
The Ritz-Carlton Lodge Spa, Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro
29 Spa, Mansion on Peachtree, A Rosewood Hotel, Atlanta
HAWAII
SpaHalekulani, Halekulani, Honolulu, Oahu
Spa Suites at The Kahala Hotel and Resort, Honolulu, Oahu
Hualalai Sports Club and Spa, Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Ka'upulehu, Kona, Big Island
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Maui
Spa Grande at The Grand Wailea Resort Spa Grande at The Grand Wailea Resort, Wailea, Maui
The Spa at Manele Bay, Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay, Lanai
ILLINOIS
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
The Peninsula Spa by ESPA, Peninsula Chicago
The Spa at Trump, Chicago
MAINE
The White Barn Inn Spa, White Barn Inn, Kennebunkport
MICHIGAN
Immerse Spa, The MGM Grand Detroit
NEVADA
Las Vegas
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel
Spa Bellagio at Bellagio Spa Bellagio at Bellagio
Spa at Trump Spa at Trump
Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
Henderson
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Lake Las Vegas
NEW YORK
The Peninsula Spa by ESPA, The Peninsula New York, New York City
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel New York, New York City
Ritz-Carlton Spa at Westchester Ritz-Carlton, Westchester
The Emerson Resort and Spa, Mount Tremper
Spa Mirbeau, Skaneateles
NORTH CAROLINA
The Spa at Ballantyne Resort Charlotte
The Umstead Spa, The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary
The Spa at Pinehurst, The Carolina Hotel
Old Edwards Inn Spa, Highlands
PENNSYLVANIA
Woodlands Spa at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spa at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton
TEXAS
The Spa at Four Seasons Austin
Trellis, The Spa at The Houstonian, Houston
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Dallas
The Spa and Salon at Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving
Watermark Hotel & Spa in San Antonio
UTAH
The Spa at Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City
WASHINGTON
Spa at Four Seasons, Seattle
WEST VIRGINIA
The Greenbrier Spa, White Sulphur Springs
WISCONSIN
Kohler Waters Spa, The American Club Kohler
WYOMING
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole
FOUR-STAR SPAS IN CANADA
ALBERTA
Willow Stream, The Spa at The Fairmont Banff Springs,
Banff
BRITISH COLOMBIA
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Whistler
Chi, The Spa at Shangri-La Vancouver
Ancient Cedars Spa, Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino
ONTARIO
Stillwater Spa, Park Hyatt Toronto
Spa at the Hazelton Spa at the Hazelton, Toronto
INTERNATIONAL FIVE-STAR SPAS
HONG KONG
The Mandarin Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
The Oriental Spa, Landmark Mandarin Oriental
The Peninsula Spa by ESPA
MACAU
Spa at Wynn Macau
