Reliquary Spa, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
THE SCENE: Get the rock star treatment at the Hard Rock — the only spa on the Strip to offer a co-ed bathhouse with full bar service. Based on a Turkish design, Reliquary is less about therapy and more about socializing.
SPECIALTIES: Here you’ll find everything from pole dancing classes to airbrush tanning. Try the Russian Bania Ritual, which starts with a thermal activated hot scrub, followed by a vigorous deep tissue Russian sports massage. Or, brave the Ancient Cane Ritual, which uses bamboo reeds for drumming, tapping and rolling to work deep within muscles and trigger points.
Bellagio Spa & Salon
THE SCENE: This sophisticated spa provides a menu of international treatments in a luxurious 65,000-square-foot setting, including a serene meditation room lit by candles.
SPECIALTIES: The Bellagio’s signature hot stone massage combines hands-on techniques with soothing warm stones, while the aquatic Watsu massage combines shiatsu and stretching in a private 94-degree pool. Social spa-ing packages include the Gentleman’s Escape and Girlfriends’ Italian Bliss Package.
The Bathhouse at Mandalay Bay
THE SCENE: Heralded as one of the trendiest spas on the Strip, the bathhouse features slate walls and marble floors, with exotic baths and a flowing waterfall. Spa amenities include a redwood sauna, eucalyptus steam room and heated whirlpools.
SPECIALTIES: Try a Minty Mojito Mani/Pedi, which uses a peppermint body polish with jojoba beads to smooth skin. Other trendy treatments include the Crème Brulèe Body Treatment, which involves a crème brulée glaze and body wrap, and the Yummy Mocha Java Sculpting Treatment, which offers a choice of chocolate or cappuccino sugar scrub with green teas, marine algae and aloe vera.
Sahra Spa & Hammam at The Cosmopolitan
THE SCENE: Inspired by the desert, this spa features natural slate walls and silver ceilings that mimic canyons and moonlit nights. Its signature hammam offers treatments on a heated stone slab.
SPECIALTIES: Dedicated to the centuries old practice of purification (which you’ll probably need while in Vegas), the hammam combines body detoxification, steam treatments and cooling baths.
Try a traditional Moroccan Steam & Bath, which involves being anointed with fragrant oils before an aromatic steam bath, or the latest in technology — a Hydrafacial that helps resurface the skin to reduce lines, wrinkles and hyperpigmentation.
Qua Baths and Spa at Caesars Palace
THE SCENE: Qua brings the baths of ancient Rome to Vegas, with everything from Vichy showers, crystal body art room and cedarwood sauna. Heat up in the Laconium Room and cool off in the Arctic Ice Room with “snow” falling from the ceiling.
SPECIALTIES: Here you’ll find treatments based on ancient healing traditions from India and the Americas. Try the spa’s signature Mojave Rain, based on Native American sacred plants, which involves smudging the “ritual space” with sage and sweetgrass and then cascading essential oils along the spine.
