Today's spas are all of these. Here, six top spas to visit alone or to experience as a pair. Each week no more than 24 women stay in Proven al cottages amidst gardens. Early-morning hikes, a computerized fitness evaluation, and tough exercise classes add up to a serious workout. Leisurely afternoons are devoted to European-style treatments.
Some weeks are for women only, others for men.
The Greenhouse in Arlington, Texas, is for women only. The spa's Coyote Inn casitas are monuments to Southwestern sensuality with sybaritic whirlpool tubs, fireplaces, ample supplies of scented candles and fossilized desert-sand bath salts. But there's nothing like an outdoor massage at sundown on your own private balcony. Couples also flock to Miraval in the Sonoran desert outside of Tucson, Arizona. Miraval's Equine Experience is popular with both seasoned riders and those aspiring to be.