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TEMPLE GARDENS HOTEL & SPA, MOOSE JAW, SK
Find Your Are you seeking a rural retreat? A haven by the
sea? A getaway where you can enjoy tapas in your
bathrobe? Perhaps an ancient Asian-inspired
Perfect Spa ritual or the rejuvenating benefi ts of taking the
waters? From coast to coast, there’s a Canadian
spa experience to soothe body and soul.
BY ANITA DRAYCOTT
COUNTRY CHARM seven pavilions house over 40 distinctive travellers to this “Castle in the Rockies”
rooms around a pond with views of Mont
more than a century ago, while drawing
STE. ANNE’S SPA, GRAFTON, ON
Orford. The Health Immersion Package energy from the surrounding Rocky
Tucked into the rolling hills of Northumber- starts the session with a health coach to Mountain setting. The indoor mineral pool
land County, Ste. Anne’s, at fi rst glance, looks determine goals, naturopathic consulta- provides the ultimate in relaxation,
more like a Scottish castle than a spa. One tions and a health routine package to take complete with classical music piped in
th
enters the rambling 19 century fi eldstone home. The regimen includes three gourmet from below. Outside on the terrace, inhale
estate via a walled perennial garden. Guests “tonic” meals and numerous daily activities the invigorating alpine air while steeping in
choose from all sorts of treatments and such as hikes, fi tness classes, workshops the whirlpool. Many treatments incorporate
activities including mud wraps, hiking, and the use of various baths, pools and local ingredients such as rose oil and
painting classes and yoga. Where else can saunas. Spa Eastman was known as the fi rst mountain lavender (www.fairmont.com/
you make a bathrobe your uniform during health and wellness resort in Canada when banff -springs/willow-stream).
the entire stay—whether en route to one of it opened in 1977; it was awarded “The Best
your treatments, while sipping afternoon Spa in Canada” by Spafi nder’s 2015 Wellness FOUR SEASONS RESORT AND
tea or enjoying a four-course dinner? Travel Awards in all categories combined. RESIDENCES WHISTLER, BC
The gluten-free goodies from Ste. They also operate the urban Spa Eastman The Four Seasons Spa off ers high-altitude
Anne’s Spa Bakery make sweet souvenirs, Montréal (www.spa-eastman.com). therapies at the base of Blackcomb Mountain
especially the tarts, now part of the —a top ski destination with breathtaking
Kawarthas Northumberland Butter Tart scenery. The signature treatment starts with
Tour (www.steannes.com ). MOUNTAIN RETREATS an exfoliating scrub using maple syrup and
WILLOW STREAM SPA, brown sugar. Next, while cocooned in a
SPA EASTMAN, EASTMAN, QC FAIRMONT BANFF SPRINGS, AB warm clay and algae body wrap, a therapist
At Spa Eastman, located in the Eastern The Willow Stream Spa pays homage to the massages your hair and scalp with
Townships about an hour from Montréal, natural mineral springs that fi rst beckoned Moroccan oil. A full body massage using
