Getting ready for the summer takes a lot of prepping, and spa treatments are a great way to shape up for a new season!  A pre-summer visit to Paradisus can assist with tanning, cleansing and detoxing before the season is here.  Paradisus Palma Real and Paradisus Playa Conchal are both offering deluxe spa packages to get in the swing of summer. 

Ahuia Spa at Paradisus Playa Conchal in Costa Rica is offering the Spa Getaway Package.  This package includes accommodations for four nights/five days and a welcome 30-minute facial to moisturize parched skin after a long flight as well as the signature spa treatment, a “shell massage.”  This 80-minute treatment uses warm clam shells (hand-selected in the Philippines) and coconut oil to bring balance to the body’s energy centers and create a state of well-being. 

Also included in the package is one private yoga class for two (30 minutes), an in-room
welcome gift, unlimited use of the spa Jacuzzi and 15% extra off of additional spa treatments. 

The package is $381 for a Deluxe Garden Junior Suite and $398 for a Royal Service Regal Junior Suite.  The price is per person, per night, based on double occupancy.  These rates are valid until August 31st. 

This package can be booked by calling (506) 2654-4123 or emailing resconchal@paradisusplayaconchal.com.
Paradisus Palma Real in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic is offering the Spa Escape Package.  The package provides three nights’ accommodations in a Deluxe Garden View Suite (double occupancy) and includes two amazing treatments at the property’s tranquil Yhi Spa. 

Yhi Spas’ “Green Exfoliation” treatment is a 100% organic experience that combines aromatherapy with deep cleansing.  Guests are exfoliated using seaweed, afterwards a green tea moisturizer is applied to the skin to lock in and retain moisture.  

The Fresh Herbs Eco-Facial is a 50 minute process where guests begin the treatment by having their skin deep cleaned, exfoliated and protected with antioxidants.  This is followed by a hydrating and balancing clay mask for dry and sensitive skin or a toning and anti-inflammatory clay mask for normal to oily skin types.  The last step is a lotion that protect guest’s new radiant complexion and seals in the benefits of the natural products.  The facial also includes an energizing and antiseptic toning massage and a rejuvenating acupressure facial massage with oil.

This package is $769 per person for the three night stay, and additional nights are $213 a person.  This package can be booked for stays from May 1st-July 30th.  The package can be booked by calling (809) 221-1111 or emailing hipolitom@solmelia-caribe.com.

Daniela Pranjic, Manager at Paradisus Palma Real’s acclaimed YHI Spa

January and the early part of a new year are when the majority of people tend to make resolutions for the coming year, not surprisingly most resolutions have to do with one’s health.  I wanted to share some tips for staying healthy and renewing the body during the winter months, but it is also very important to focus on resolving unhealthy habits throughout the year. 

One of the most simple ways to improve health is drinking green tea.  According to Web MD, green tea has potential to fight cancer and heart disease, can lower cholesterol, burn fat, prevent diabetes and stroke, and stave off dementia.

Paradisus offers a Green Tea Body Scrub to cleanse and detox your body.  The green tea stimulates the immune system and protects the body from aging inwardly by delivering antioxidants, the Green Tea Body Scrub also cleanses and hydrates the body.  I also would recommend trying the Abhyanga Ayurvedic Massage at Paradisus; the rhythmic and deeply relaxing massage moves the “prana” which stimulates the body’s vital energy. 

YHI Spa at Paradisus Palma Real, The Reserve

There are easy treatments to replicate an invigorating scrub with items in one’s home.  A simple body scrub for the shower made by mixing bath salt or brown sugar with body cream, exfoliating and rinsing.  The scrub helps hydrate dry skin during the cold, winter months. 

I definitely suggest relaxing with a cup of green tea after the home treatment.  Surprisingly the antioxidants in green tea are actually more powerful than those found in Vitamin C.  

In addition to drinking tea for the health benefits, another healthy option for antioxidants is consuming mushrooms.  According to the World’s Healthiest Foods the relatively inexpensive button mushrooms provide as much or even more antioxidants than their costly cousins.  I think steamed mushrooms are delicious and they are very healthy, eating them raw is also a healthy way to consume them. 

Eco Spa Cabin, YHI Spa

So if getting down to Paradisus right now isn’t an option, definitely start drinking green tea, eating steamed mushrooms and trying an at home body scrub.