Conde Nast Traveler just released their Best Spas 2007 Readers’ Polls. More than 5,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers rated 429 spas that they had visited in the past three years on a 100-point scale. Only spas that received the required minimum number of responses were eligible to be included in these rankings. Six criteria were used to evaluate destination spas: Location/Setting, Treatments, Staff/Service, Rooms, Diet/Cuisine, and Programs/Facilities. Resort spas were judged on these and a seventh: Other Activities. Cruise line spas were judged on Treatments, Staff/Service, Cabins, and Workout Facilities. Urban hotel spas were judged on Location/Setting, Treatments, Staff/Service, and Workout Facilities.
Here is the list of Best Resort spas with the reader rating to the right.
1. Four Seasons Resort Nevis 94.7%
2. Post Ranch Inn Big Sur, California 94.3%
3. Mii Amo Spa at Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona 93.6%
4. Bathhouse at Calistoga Ranch Napa Valley, California 92.6%
5. Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa Lake Buena Vista, Florida 92.3%
6. Las Ventanas Al Paraíso Los Cabos, Mexico 92.2%
7. Four Seasons The Biltmore Santa Barbara, California 92.1%
7. Willow Stream at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Scottsdale, Arizona 92.1%
7. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Kona Hualalai Big Island 92.1%
10. Topnotch Resort & Spa Stowe, Vermont 92.0%
11. Montage Resort & Spa Laguna Beach, California 90.9%
12. Spa at Torrey Pines La Jolla, California 90.7%
13. JW Marriott Resort Cancún Resort & Spa Cancún, Mexico 90.5%
14. Esperanza, An Auberge Resort Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 90.1%
15. Carneros Inn Napa, California 90.0%
15. Cap Juluca Anguilla 90.0%
17. Ritz-Carlton Spa at Grande Lakes Resort Orlando, Florida 89.8%
17. Spa Halekulani Oahu 89.8%
19. Four Seasons Resort Aviara Carlsbad, California 89.7%
19. Spa Grande at Grand Wailea Resort Maui 89.7%
19. Lodge at Pebble Beach Pebble Beach, California 89.7%
19. Spa at the Mandarin Oriental Miami, Florida 89.7%
23. Ritz-Carlton Naples Naples, Florida 89.5%
24. Spa Bellagio Las Vegas, Nevada 88.2%
25. Spa at the Breakers Palm Beach, Florida 87.8%
26. Sanctuary Spa at the Camelback Mountain Resort Paradise Valley, Arizona 87.4%
27. Woodlands Spa at Nemacolin Woodlands Farmington, Pennsylvania 87.2%
28. Spa Without Walls at the Fairmont Orchid Big Island 86.6%
29. Spa Gaucin at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Dana Point, California 86.3%
30. Centre for Well-Being at the Phoenician Scottsdale, Arizona 86.2%
31. Kohler Waters Spa at the American Club Kohler, Wisconsin 86.1%
31. Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, California 86.1%
33. Bacara Resort & Spa Santa Barbara, California 86.0%
34. The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia 85.9%
34. Willow Stream Spa at Fairmont Banff Springs Banff, Alberta 85.9%
36. Four Seasons Resort at Wailea Maui 85.7%
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