Hong Kong and Macau spas offer a perfect getaway from pressures of daily life
Take time for yourself or treat a friend this holiday season
In a world where we have many pressures and not enough time, spas are well-being sanctuaries within the storm. The blissful silence, soothing fragrances, trusted TLC and pure, unadulterated me-time create the healing pause our bodies, minds and spirits crave. Take time for yourself or gift a treatment this holiday season.
Shake off the plummeting temperatures outside and head to the cosy surroundings of the InterContinental Hong Kong’s I-Spa for its two-hour Ginger Winter Warmer Experience. The all over sensation of the coffee scrub wakes up your tired, dry skin while activating a mild detox via the lymphatic system, and the following ginger root body wrap infuses healthful goodness, radiating warmth to your core. The 75-minute Aroma Shimmer Massage follows. Breathe in as the Ylang-ylang, Frankincense and Patchouli essential oils comfort and calm, leaving your skin nourished and radiant. And you’ll get to keep the inner glow a little longer over a delicious set lunch at two-Michelin starred Yan Toh Heen.
Ginger Winter Warmer Experience, 120 minutes, is available until February 28, daily, 9am-10pm (blackout dates apply). Yan Toh Heen set lunch is available noon-2.30pm Monday to Saturday, 11.30am-3pm Sundays. HK$2,620. I-Spa, InterContinental Hong Kong. Tel: 2721 1211
Beloved by celebrities worldwide, Margie Lombard’s facials using her skincare line Margy’s Monte Carlo at The Peninsula Spa pull no punches. Absolute anti-ageing, personalised for your complexion, is delivered via Swiss products that fight inflammation and biometrically balance the skin. Of the Christmas Pamper experiences, try the combination of a 30-minute back, neck and shoulder massage designed to target the areas where all the pre-Christmas tension collects, followed by an hour’s Personalised Margy’s Collagen Facial.
Boosting the building blocks of your complexion, the collagen and facial massage help reduce fine lines, smoothing, plumping and transforming signs of fatigue into a fresh and stress-defying glow. Christmas Pamper, 90 minutes, is available until December 31, HK$3,000. The Peninsula Spa, The Peninsula Hong Kong. Tel: 2696 6682
At the Conrad Hong Kong’s Health Club, [comfort zone]’s TRANQUILITY collection delivers powerfully calming fragrances combined with a feather-soft touch to bring the festive season’s stress factor down to zero. The 100-minute Spa Ritual combines the aromatic face treatment, which coaxes signs of exhaustion and stress from the complexion, with a body massage that continues the skin nourishing and psyche calming via a blend of palmarosa, rose, cedarwood and orange essential oils. Inner calm and the delicious scent of the oils will stay for the rest of the day.
The Spa Ritual, 100 minutes, costs HK$1,280. The Health Club, Conrad Hong Kong. Tel: 2521 3838
If you haven’t tried Plateau’s wonderful synergy of sound therapy and therapist’s touch, aptly named Voyage des Sens, then call off the search, this is your Christmas treat to yourself this year.