Soaking in the city, spa treatments sure to delight
Except for spa-centric Scottsdale, Arizona, Toronto 'takes a bath' to no other North American City when it comes to spas. The downtown core is splashed with an eclectic mix of new and seasoned spas offering a deluge of treatments both traditional and leading edge. In the King Street West neighbourhood, the for-women-only Body Blitz Spa is a contemporary take on a traditional ritual. In this newly spiffed-up former warehouse, Asian scrubs meet the European bathing concept. The idea is to go from hot to cold: first I sweat off the toxins in the steam room, take a dip in an ice cold pool, then off to the sauna for more sweating until I finish the Therapeutic Water Circuit. The piece-de-resistance is the mega saltwater heated pool with 24 jets. There抯 also a hot green tea pool and rain showers. From a menu of treatments featuring massages, body muds and scrubs, I go for the Basic Body Bake. It begins with an exfoliation and body wash, an application of your choice of therapeutic body mud that bakes under infra-red lights, followed by another body wash and an application of moisturizer. At the hands of my therapist I'm feeling very nurtured. On the way out, a shot of Nutrimoor elixir, a blend of ginseng, licorice root, alfalfa, juniper and a handful of other healthy ingredients is the perfect way to top off my afternoon at Body Blitz.
sources: Anne Dimon, Ontario Travel Discoveries ~ Winter 2006/2007
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