The Inbal Hotel Health ClubThe Inbal Hotel Health Club
has all the elements you'd expect from a top spa – warm and
professional therapists, soothing colors and calming aromas – and
manages to strike the right balance between being upmarket and yet also
relaxed and friendly.
The
spa menu offers six facial options and 13 massages; those you'd expect
such as Swedish and Deep Tissue Massages, as well as some more
interesting options such as a hot shells massage using shells filled
with seaweeds and minerals. The Inbal Massage (60 minutes on the body,
30 minutes on the feet) is a truly decadent and relaxing massage using
oils from a special candle.
Address: 3 Jabotinsky Street, Talbiyeh
Phone: (02) 675-6609
The David Citadel Spa
The David Citadel Spa
is a beautiful, calm and inviting space designed according to Feng Shui
principles. The Spa menu is vast and includes facials, beauty
treatments, guided imagination treatments and a huge bouquet of standard
and more exotic massages including Ayurveda (traditional Indian)
Massage, shiatsu, Thai Massage and combined Tui Na Massage based on
Chinese physiotherapy.
One of the Spa's highlights is the Seven
Chakras Massage, which combines energy work, reflexology, a massage of
your body and scalp as well as streaming of oil on your "third eye.” The
heated massage beds are a winner, as well as the tranquil relaxation
space with the sound of flowing water and healthy drinks and snacks.
Address: 7 King David Street
Phone: (02) 621-1111
Akasha
Akasha
is just what you'd expect from luxurious designer hotel Mamilla, and
has a completely unique feel with eastern music, dark lighting and
mesmerizing scents.
Akasha's treatments are focused around the
four elements: Earth, fire, air and particularly water with hydro
treatments in a watsu pool, hammam treatments, and a host of signature
treatments.
The hot stone massage comes highly recommended and
includes exceptional touches such as a bowl of steaming aromatic water
underneath the area where your head rests, and the gong and vibrations
of a Tibetan bowl to round off the experience. There is also an
innovative organic juice and snack bar on site.
Address: 11 Shlomo Hamelech Street
Phone: (02) 548-2222
Ramat Rachel Spa
One of the most well-known spas in Jerusalem,
Ramat Rachel Spa
at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel offers packages for individuals and couples
that all include use of the pool (heated and covered in winter),
jacuzzi, steam-room and saunas as well as lunch at the
Ramat Rachel Restaurant.
The
spa menu is varied and includes options for pregnant women, medical
massage, osteopathy and mud wraps. Ramat Rachel Spa is found just ten
minutes from the center of Jerusalem, yet has a country-like kibbutz
atmosphere with sprawling manicured lawns, tennis and basketball courts
and other sports facilities on site.
Address: Kibbutz Ramat Rachel
Phone: (02) 670-2555
Mount Zion Hotel Spa
If you're after a romantic old-world atmosphere,
Mount Zion Hotel Spa
is for you. The Spa is set apart by its authentic, exotic and elegantly
decorated Hammam (Turkish steam bath) as well as its open-air tub
overlooking the Old City.
The spa treatments include a variety of
techniques and styles from all over the world such as Oriental Massage,
Ayurvedic (traditional Indian massage) and Turkish Bath Massage. A
treatment at the Spa includes use of the indoor and outdoor jacuzzis as
well as the swimming pool set in verdant gardens overlooking Mount Zion,
the Valley of Hinnom and the Old City.
Address: 17 Derech Hebron
Phone: (02) 568-9555
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