If you really do want to be good enough to eat, or you believe you are what you eat then there is a whole range of options, a veritable Smörgåsbord of tasty sweets treats, healthy options and downright decadent spa treatments that will wrap you, paint you, soothe you and delight you with exotic aromas and fruity freshness.
For many years now, spa trends have encompassed a love of all that is natural and pure, eschewing prepackaged, chemically-assisted unguents in preference for the freshly crushed, carefully pressed and organically produced ingredients that brings zest and shine to the skin, feeding it on substances that replenish and polish and also enhance mental well-being through the release of the natural aromas from extracted orange oil and honey to chocolate and coffee.
Bali Spas, with their easy accessibility to fresh organic produce, are simply overflowing with natural abundance so let NOW!Bali be your guide in to the world of being simply good enough to eat!
At Kupu Kupu Barong in Kedewatan, Ubud you can even take your spa in a Mango Tree, really getting back to nature. Try the Mango Immortelle treatment that uses the best of massage therapies from around the world, including Sweden and Hawaii and blended Mango Oil with the oil of the evergreen ‘immortelle’ flower to regenerate the skin.
The Laguna Spa & Villa at The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Nusa Dua has a delicious chocolate treatment in which the body is painted all over in raw chocolate and wrapped in banana leaves that promotes the toning of the skin’s surface, and an overall uplifting of the spirits as the chocolate permeates the senses and increases the production of the bodies natural endorphins.
If your taste tends towards the more decadent, try Remède Spa at the luxurious St. Regis Bali Resort, also in Nusa Dua and request the Bloody Mary-inspired body treatment that uses fresh tomatoes, a vodka infusion and a parsley wasabi.
At Theta at Ramada Bali Bintang Resort, Tuban you can indulge in fresh fruit and honey with a fresh fruit body scrub and a live honey wrap that is followed by a milk and geranium bathing indulgence which will leaving you feeling soft as silk and light as air for many hours to come.
Up on the cliffs of Uluwatu, Alila Villas offer their guests their choice of spa elements to create the perfectly prescribed treatment. They are renowned for their development of products that use100% organically certified ingredients.
Alila Uluwatu use scrubs of papaya and lime to brighten and coffee and cocoa to deeply cleanse. Other natural ingredients include pure virgin coconut oil used in massage and a most seductive champagne and berry bath that will definitely leave you good enough to eat!
And even kids can enjoy an indulgent spa, Jiwa Spa at Conrad Bali has a children’s menu that includes Chocolate Fudge and Banana Split treatments.
However if you really want to have your cake and eat it too, as they say, the best place to go is Jari Menari on a Tuesday, and not because you are getting a massage but because you are learning to give them and you get to eat an organic gourmet lunch at the Jari Menari private lounge. [NOW]
Spa Contacts:
Mango Tree Spa by L’Occitane at Kupu Kupu Barong
0361 975478
spa@kupukupubarong.com
The Laguna Spa & Villa
0361 771327
laguna_reservations@luxurycollection.com
Jiwa Spa at Conrad Bali
0361 778788
jiwaspa@conradBali.com
Remède Spa at St. Regis Bali Resort
0361 8478111
www.stregis.com
Theta Spa at Ramada Bintang Bali Resort
0361 755726
bythesea@thetaspa.com
Jari Menari
0361736740
jarimenari@aol.com
Alila Villas Uluwatu
0361 848 2166
uluwatu@alilahotels.com