Best Spas in Scottsdale

If you're looking for a peaceful retreat in the desert - or just a few hours of rest and rejuvenation - Spa Lamar has your ticket. This Scottsdale day spa is an island-inspired spa with a full menu of exotic spa treatments and therapies. The spa has co-ed spa status, and about 50 percent of the clientele are male. This has made Spa Lamar one of the most popular spa retreats for couples. The 14,000-square-foot facility has many resort-style amenities, including sauna, steam room, outdoor cooling pool, and whirlpool. Aside from massage, facial, and body wrap treatments, the spa also has a yoga studio and salon.

The Well & Being Spa (formerly the Willow Stream Spa) is a luxurious sanctuary at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. The spa and wellness services are designed to give you an all-over, holistic and nurturing experience designed to promote your overall well-being. Guests can enjoy men's and women's private changing areas and locker storage, a wet steam room, eucalyptus inhalation room, Swedish dry sauna, cold plunge pool, hot therapeutic whirlpool, and a Swiss pool. Spa guests also enjoy fitness center access, co-ed grotto waterfall, and a rooftop adults-only pool with private cabanas. Healthy spa cuisine is also served at the spa atrium, perfect for a nourishing treat in between treatments.

Frequently topping the list of the city's best spas, the Alvadora Spa benefits from one of the best locations in town: the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in east Phoenix. Old World-style architecture and serene garden paths set the mood at Alvadora Spa, where the luxury spa menu is loaded with Mediterranean-inspired treatments featuring warm-weather elements like citrus, eucalyptus, juniper and lavender. Signature skin treatments include the Alvadora Signature Facial, Citrus Grove Facial, Calming Facial, Express Facial and Signore's Facial. A wide range of massage therapies are also available. Come for the spa and stay for the beautiful, calming surroundings.

The award-winning Moroccan inspired Joya Spa is located at the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia in Paradise Valley, just north of Phoenix. The spa is home to the only hammam, or Turkish bath, in Arizona, a classic spa amenity that has been used for thousands of years. One of the centerpieces of the spa experience at Joya is the Hammam Experience, which includes a brisk scrub using traditional Herbal Black Soap applied with a Kassa cloth. The treatment is said to increase circulation, improve balance and strengthen the immune system. Massage therapy, facial, body treatments, naturopathic services, and alternative therapies are also available.

Bliss Spa is one of Scottsdale's hippest spas, located on the ground level of the posh W Scottsdale. With more than 4,000 square feet of facilities, including a retail beauty boutique, a sleek nail lounge with two manicure and two pedicure stations, seven treatment rooms and men's and women's lounges, this is the perfect destination for de-stressing and rejuvenating. Not only will you get pampered, Bliss Spa offers extra amenities like cool rhythm and blues music in the background and a legendary brownie buffet. Yes, that's right - nibble on gourmet brownies while you relax. Prepare for a fun, upbeat and extremely cool spa experience at Bliss Spa.

Spa Avania at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in Scottsdale makes frequent appearances on lists of the best spas in the country. And why not? This luxurious spa uses a unique holistic approach that marries science and art to create a total-immersion spa experience. Personalized treatment offerings are created to complement the cyclical needs of your body throughout the day. Spa Avania has also has a full menu of unique treatments, including mineral water therapy, diet consultation, antioxidant treatments, synchronized music styling, as well as classic spa treatments like facials, body wraps, and massage.

Mozaik Skin & Body has been providing high quality facials, massages and other healing treatments since 2004. The spa's 3,600 square foot facility features a pleasant waiting lounge, salon area, relaxation rooms, and state of the art equipment. This well-loved day spa has a huge menu of offerings, including specialty facials, massage, body treatments, hair services, airbrush tanning and more. The therapists and salon experts here are friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. The spa shop carries a wide assortment of professional skin care and beauty products, so you can carry on self-care treatments at home.

The Spa at Talking Stick Resort is a 13,000 square foot, open-air spa on the 14th floor of Scottsdale's Talking Stick Resort. In a city known for its breadth of award-winning spas, this spa stands out for its amazing views of the Scottsdale valley, as well as a spa menu that evokes the healing traditions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Many of the spa treatments feature herbs and rituals indigenous to the Sonoran Desert and the rich heritage of Pima-Maricopa healing traditions. The spa has showers, a pre-treatment serenity lounge, steam room and a fitness facility. The Desert Healing massage is highly recommended. During the treatment, raw Pima cotton poultices are filled with warm desert herbs to create soothing aromas, and the expert massage therapists apply rhythmic pressure along the body's energy pathways.

Nestled in the luxurious surroundings of the beautiful Phoenician Resort, this luxury spa has everything to help you unwind. Salon services, fitness center, facials, mud treatments, and a range of body massage are among the services available. Some of the highlights here include holistic massage, body treatments, hot stone rituals, state-of-the-art facials, body wraps and full well-being packages. The 22,000 square-foot spa features 24 private treatment rooms, a Waters Bar, a private consultation room and a beautiful meditation atrium. Salon Mila next door conveniently attends to all your hair and beauty needs.

Heal your body, mind, and spirit at New Serenity Spa, a Scottsdale day spa that has been a Valley favorite since 2008. Facials and massages are a specialty here, especially the Serenity Facial and Massage. The Serenity Facial is not your standard facial, either. This signature facial incorporates aspects of both traditional facial and massage into one treatment. The spa uses Image and Rhoda Allison products, which are also available for purchase. If you need to unwind, ask the staff about the half-day and full-day relaxation packages. Other spa treatments include yoga, couples massage, candlelight meditation, waxing, skincare seminars, and massage classes for couples.