Relax and De-stress this holiday season| spa Holiday review!

‘Tis the season’. It is officially the time you need to leave your woes behind and escape the stress of holiday season even for 50 minutes. Spa and massage are the perfect activities to relax and destress during holiday season. Whether it is a romantic break, or just some alone time for you, spa days are just a perfect getaway from hustle and bustle of everyday life. During the holiday season, we all are dealing with overtime hours at work, busy commute back home, spending way too much time on our computers to find perfect gifts, or checking every single store in the mall. If your body feel sore or stiff from all these, you should consider getting a Therapeutic massage.

Scandinave Spa

It is definitely the ultimate getaway from busy urban life. Scandinave Spa is located at Blue Mountains, Ontario. It is highly recommended that you visit this outdoor spa in winter time to enjoy the breathtaking view. You will encounter a truly rejuvenating experience at this great place.

You can enjoy several hot/cold outdoor baths, waterfalls, or sit back in the relaxing area or muskoka chairs by the fire. Scandinave Spa offers different baths based on traditional methods of Nordic Spas in Europe. It is highly recommended to rotate between hot baths, cold plunges, and saunas. You should start your experience by warming your body in one of the hot baths to detoxify, then move to one of the cold baths to cool off and rines the toxins from your body and enhance blood circulation throughout your body. It is recommended to repeat these steps throughout your stay. They offer different massage treatments by more than 65 registered massage therapists.

Make sure to bring your swimsuit, sandals, a robe, and a water bottle. You should stay hydrated, try to refill your bottle and drink throughout your stay. They offer towels, and you have access to the locker room, shower, shampoo, conditioner, hair dryers.

In overall, the whole experience is very unique and relaxing. You can barely hear anyone talking, silence is highly recommended. Scandinave Spa is open all year around (except for Christmas day) in all weather conditions, you can spend couple of hours at the spa and then walk (not in winter time) to the village. You can always take a break from skiing and relax at the spa, if you visit the spa in winter time. Scandinave Spa is a great getaway for couples for group of friends who wants to be relaxed.

However, If you do not want to drive for couple of hours there is another great place in the city that pretty much offers the same experience:

Elmwood Spa

One of the most popular spa in downtown Toronto is Elmwood spa. With more than 30 years precedence, Elmwood spa offers four spacious floors, whirlpool, indoor pools onsite restaurant, sauna, steam room, and different body treatments. Elmwood is the go to spa when you want to escape an hour from your busy urban life. However, we advise you to take your time and take advantage of all their great facility.

As you enter the red-brick rustic building the front desk associates are very polite and fast. They take care of all your registration and give you instructions of how to use the facility. Most packages include access to the whole facility. Elmwood Spa offers different packages that suits everyone. You can enjoy 20% off when join their mailing list. They offer bridal, birthday, couples, group, etc packages, which roughly would cost $200. Most of the packages include three course lunch at the Terrace restaurant, 50 minutes massage, and full access to water therapies . It is recommended that you arrive early for your appointment that you can unwind at the pool.

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The women change room is located on the second floor where you have access to lockers and whirlpool and sauna. As soon as you enter the change room they welcome you and provide you a pair of flip flop. You have full access to all sorts of towel, robe, shampoo, lotion, blow dryer, hair strengthener, etc. All you need to take is your comfy swimsuit, in case if you were wondering. You can also purchase all the beauty products at the gift shop, which is located on the first floor. In overall, they provide one the greatest services in downtown Toronto area, that brings people back for more than thirty years.

It is very important to stay sane over the holidays. One of the greatest way to relax and de-stress is to take care of your body. Spa treatment helps your body to feel relaxed, put your mind at ease and you will feel rejuvenated!

There are so many great places in the city that you can visit, however, these two places are the most known recommended one. How do you de-stress over the holiday season? Let us know!!