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Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian |
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Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian Details
- Hours of operation: SpaClub open daily, 5:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Spa services, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Salon, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Canyon Ranch Café, 7 a.m.- 6 p.m.
- Massage price: Prices start from $150.
- Facility fee: $35 per day, $80 for three days, $115 for five days. (SpaClub Passport). A SpaClub Passport is $15 for one day with a spa service.
- Payment options: Cash, credit card, traveler's checks or room charge.
- Gift certificates: Yes.
- Location: The spa connects to the Venetian Hotel & Casino as well as the Palazzo.
- Valet parking: Yes, at the Venetian.
- Advanced booking: Up to 30 days ahead.
- Arrival: Arrive at least 45 mintues prior to appointment time.
- Cancellations: Appointments must be canceled at least 24 hours prior to appointment time or the full payment is due. If an appointment is rescheduled on the day of service, an additional $35 is assessed.
- Tipping: At the guest's discretion (15 percent to 20 percent is typical of most spas).
- Full-service salon: Yes, offering hair services and extensions, nails, makeup and facial waxing.
- Most popular service: Canyon Ranch massage.
- Most popular package: Personal Creations and seasonal services.
- Services for men: Yes.
- Most popular service for men: 80-minute deep tissue massage.
- Additional amenities available to spa guests: Whirlpool, steam room, sauna, relaxation lounge and fitness facilites (fee applies).
- Also included: Mineral water, fruit, coffee/tea, towels, robes, lockers, sandals, toiletries, showers.
- Restrictions: No smoking, no alcohol, no cellular phones, no one under 18.
Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian Review
At 69,000 square feet, Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian is the largest spa in town, and with 62 treatment rooms, it offers some of the most extensive and extraordinary services available.
The lobby of the two-story Canyon Ranch SpaClub is bright and sunny and features a full-service salon, the Canyon Ranch Café , the spa check-in desk and access to the hotel's pool.
The entire bottom floor of the spa is covered by the 21,000-square-foot fitness center, which includes extensive cardio equipment, weights, a Pilates studio, a 40-foot rock climbing wall and several classrooms offering everything from yoga and spinning to salsa dancing and meditation. Lecture rooms offer classes on topics such as nutrition, wellness and metabolism.
Canyon Ranch also has a wellness center that offers services you wouldn't normally find at a spa including physical therapy, acupuncture and a nutritionist.
The spa offers separate men's and women's areas with steam, sauna, hot tubs and relaxation areas where guests wait for their
treatments.
The treatment menu at Canyon Ranch is so extensive it might be hard to decide what to indulge in. There are a variety of scrubs, wraps, massages, baths, facials and more.
One of the spa's signature treatments is the Canyon Ranch Mango Sugar Glo, a body scrub derived from natural sugars, jojoba esters and beta carotene. The treatment includes a light exfoliation, immersion in a hydrotherapy tub and an application of moisturizer.
For a truly relaxing experience, try the Cocoon treatment, which consists of a light exfoliation followed by an application of a selected product such as mud, seaweed or oil. After the product is applied, you relax in one of the spa's soft-pack beds, which cradles you as you experience the weightless sensation of floating.
By far the most unusual treatment room at Canyon Ranch is the Middle East-inspired Rasul chamber -- a beehive-shaped tiled
chamber with heated seats where one or two people are coated in therapeutic muds and sent into the chamber for an extensive
herbal steam treatment, under a faux starlit sky from which rains fall, signaling the end of the treatment.
If massage is more your style, go for the ashiatsu treatment -- a deep compression massage in which the therapist holds on to overhead bars and uses his or her feet to massage and stimulate the body's lymphatic system.
Canyon Ranch can be a little tricky to find, but it's easiest to park or valet in the hotel garage. From the garage walkway, turn right into the Grand Canal Shoppes' food court and take an immediate right past the food court. Take the elevator up to the fourth floor and enjoy!
-- Review by Kristine McKenzie
