Who is capable of resisting a relaxing chocolate massage or an aromatic wine, milk or honey treatment? And to a bath in a beer barrel? Yes, beer. The latest in beauty treatments is based on the properties of this alcoholic beverage whose health benefits are surprising. For Valentine's Day, these are our proposals for "flavor spas", plans that will undoubtedly captivate all your senses.
Relaxing beer baths
In the small Austrian municipality of franking , the Moorhoff Landhotel offers the experience of immersing yourself in a beer barrel and enjoying the benefits of a bath with brewer's yeast additives that help purify the skin, relax and is very healthy for your health. The beer contains hops, a perfect species to exfoliate the skin, as well as yeast, which strengthens the skin with vitamins, proteins and antioxidants.
In Czech Republic we found another beer spa: Beer Spa Bahenec. Like the Moorhoff Landhotel, the bathtubs become beer barrels where the water, at a temperature of 37 degrees, offers a relaxing bath with aromatic substances derived from hop oil. After 20 minutes of enjoying the beer in all corners of the skin, the spa treats couples to a little rest on a bed of oatmeal for 45 minutes. Prices from 66 euros.
Another place to enjoy a foamy beer bath is the Hotel Ursrungsort Kummerow. Located in Neuzelle, Germany , this hotel has a beer brewed in the Klosterbrauerei , and whose bath can be enjoyed outdoors. Treatment prices from 46 euros per person.
An irresistible gift for those with a sweet tooth
One of the best places in Europe to enjoy chocolate in all senses is the Hotel Sacher Spa in Vienna, known for making the authentic Sacher chocolate cake. In this luxurious accommodation they offer four scrumptious treatments: Chocolate Symphony (110 min/190 euros), Chocolate Dream (60 min/120 euros), Chocolate Taste (60 min/120 euros) and Chocolate Sensation (60 min/120 euros).
The luxurious spa Hershey Hotel, Pennsylvania (USA) , is known as the Chocolate Spa , an elegant refuge where you can enjoy a wide variety of exclusive massages, such as the cocoa milkshake bath and chocolate masks. For Valentine's Day, the hotel offers an irresistible package of five hours of treatment for 548 dollars.
In Barcelona we find two hotels with treatments where they smear your body with melted chocolate. The Hotel Arts, of the Six Senses chain, offers “ chocolate love” , a session that combines massage with hot basalt stones and natural chocolate oil. Its duration is 80 minutes and its price is 239 euros per person.
The Hotel Palace in Barcelona also has a more than irresistible offer for the most romantic day of the year. On its first floor is the exclusive Mayan Luxury Spa where you can enjoy Xocoatl – Chocolate Ecstasy, a treatment that wraps the body in pure Xocoa, imported from Mexico.
the greatest pleasure For the wine lovers
The Wine Spa of the Hotel Peralada, in Alt Empordà (Girona), is a beauty center based on the Peralada wine tradition. All its treatments are based on the benefits of grapes and wine. for valentine, the hotel offers a romantic package for 80 euros per person which includes: Divinum program -private space for the exclusive use of the couple for 75 minutes-, glass of cava and chocolates, a romantic dinner at the "Masia Peralada" restaurant, unlimited access to the "El Celler" water area of the Wine Spa and entrance to the Peralada Casino
In the heart of the Rioja Alavesa, is the Hotel Villa de Laguardia, where the exclusive Wine Oil Spa has been created, based on wine, olive oil and holistic medicine. Among the numerous treatments offered for Valentine's Day, we highlight "The Eternal Youth with red wine", a romantic bath for couples with red grape extracts (30 min) plus a Wine Facial treatment with Resveratrol (55 min) or a Wine massage Oil with hot olive oil, rosemary and natural grapes on legs, back, neck, skull and arms (55 min) Prices from 79 euros per person.
Also in La Rioja we find a spa that is committed to the antioxidant properties provided by wine therapy. This is the exclusive SPA Vinothérapie Caudalie Marqués de Riscal, which has an interesting one-day package in the city of wine (without accommodation). By 80 euros per person , the spa offers a guided tour of the hundred-year-old Bodega Marqués de Riscal, a Tierra menu at the Bistró 1860 restaurant, and access to the spa. A temptation for wine lovers.
Cleopatra's elixir: milk baths
on the island of Tenerife we find a small oriental corner where you can enjoy a warm milk bath, among many other natural treatments. This is the Oriental Spa Garden of the Hotel Botánico. The Spa offers an oriental bath made up of thousands of milk bubbles accompanied by an aroma typical of Asian Royalty, with hints of incense and sandalwood.
If we are looking for a more exotic place, a good choice is the Oberoi Spa in RajVilas, in India. Among its offer we find different treatments and baths that combine milk with flowers, such as rose petals, and other natural elements. Baths are prepared in the hotel suites.
In Cork , Ireland, the Oriel House Hotel has prepared a treatment for Valentine's Day based on Cleopatra's milk baths, a pampering treatment that leaves the skin soft and velvety. All based on a package of "milk" and facial hot stones that lasts approximately 80 minutes. The price is 75 euros per person.
The Ixora Spa at the paradisiacal Scrub Island resort located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, offers milk-based treatments. An example is your 30 minute package Island Flowers & Milk Bath , which also includes a 60-minute massage. And at the Calistoga Ranch Spa, in California's Napa Valley, they combine milk treatments with the properties of honey. Prices range from $85 to $300 depending on the treatment.