Manual therapies are experiencing a real boom in Barcelona's spas. These luxury spaces equipped with water areas offer tailor-made rituals: facial, body, and hair, endorsed by the best cosmetic brands on the market. And it is that hands provide an extra boost of energy and well-being impossible to achieve with machinery. Enjoying one of these multi-sensory experiences can be the best way to end the year or to look radiant at New Year's Eve dinner and is also a perfect gift to surprise our loved ones on Three Kings' Day.
We have selected the five best proposals offered by the city's luxury hotels and urban spas designed to relax, nourish the skin, and reconnect mind and body. An experience that will remain in memory for a long time.
43 The Spa
This urban spa has the added bonus of enjoying views of the Hotel Arts to the sea and the city while you relax with a massage, a sauna or in a hydrotherapy pool. Impossible to ask for more. Located on the 42nd and 43rd floors of the hotel, this design space, isolated from noise and stress, has two water areas equipped with a hydrotherapy pool, steam baths, dry saunas, ice fountains, relaxation areas, showers, outdoor terraces and eight exclusive treatment suites, two with sea views. And all at 150 meters high with incredible views of theskylineof Barcelona. The ideal place to feel on vacation at any time of the year.This is the name of the sensory experience proposed by The 43 Spa for this Christmas. It includes one night at the hotel with access to the water area and the spa for two people, a 50-minute massage for both, and breakfast upon waking. The relaxing massage, through pressure maneuvers, is designed to reduce muscle tension and activate circulation. Price: from €670. More information: hotelartsbarcelona.com
Spa Mandarin Oriental
Located on Paseo de Gràcia, the spa of the luxurious Hotel Mandarinis a perfect sanctuary to find relaxation and harmony. Its design and warm lighting provide the necessary serenity to enjoy the therapies and holistic treatments that have made it famous. Open to the public who wish to enjoy it, this space never ceases to surprise with its exclusive treatments, brought from all over the world, some of which can only be enjoyed on certain days.Star treatment: Opulent transforming 24k Gold ExperienceThis hair ritual includes a diagnosis with the iMicro camera to determine the condition of the hair, a scalp exfoliation, a gentle double cleanse combined with steam microparticles, and the application of a transformative mask powered by oxygen. The ritual is performed with ancestral techniques of circulatory massage and lymphatic drainage that achieve their goal of hair rejuvenation through a sensory journey.
This is a highly sophisticated and revitalizing hair and scalp rejuvenation protocol to restore luminous and deeply nourished hair. For this, it uses a concentration of three types of 24-karat gold: bioactive, micronized, and in flakes. Recommended for all hair types, especially thick, dull, and extra dry.
Price: 120 min 250 € More information: mandarinoriental.com
Spa by Signature
An organic and vegan spa in the luxurious Hotel Sir Victor of Paseo de Gràcia. Surrounded by natural light and located on the first floor, the spa features a heated indoor pool with hydromassage, dry sauna, steam bath, ice bath, five individual treatment cabins, and a premium double cabin for couples with views of Paseo de Gràcia. Among the treatments available at the spa, all from the vegan brand Scens, facial, body, physiotherapy, osteopathy, and cryotherapy treatments stand out.The star treatment of winter. A repairing facial indicated for skin that needs an extra boost of nutrition on the face, neck, and décolletage. During the treatment, a complete massage is performed using Scens' exclusive technique, which achieves a flash result along with a very relaxing ultra-sensory experience. The combination of two masks rich in Shea butter and Ginko Biloba deeply regenerates the skin and leaves it smooth and illuminated. The ritual includes 30 minutes in the water area.
Price: 75 min, 150 €. More information: thespabysignature.com
Majestic Spa
The emblematicHotel Majestic, also on Paseo de Gràcia, has recently premiered its remodeled spa, with a wide range of treatments that are configured as an ode to the most exclusive well-being. With this renovation, this new urban oasis offers its clients a new menu of treatments that seek to connect with beauty and well-being, through an extensive menu of tailor-made facial and body therapies. In addition, it is possible to delve individually, in couples or in small groups into the hydrotherapy experience, equipped with a jacuzzi, sensation shower, dry sauna and steam bath. The Majestic Spa facilities are located on the top floor of the hotel, on the tenth floor, where the La Dolce Vitae terrace is located. There, clients can enjoy a tea after their treatment, while enjoying privileged views over the city.This new 5-star treatment from Natura Bissé has been conceived to revitalize even the dullest complexions, providing an extraordinary rejuvenating action. The experience begins with a sophisticated cleansing ritual followed by a perfecting exfoliation. Next, latest-generation active ingredients provide an infusion of energy that stimulate the skin and help it function optimally to minimize the multiple signs of aging. The luxurious Advanced Myofascial Massage of the protocol combines a bioregenerating cream and a mask with advanced remodeling maneuvers, performed both directly with the professional's hands and with an exclusive zamak gua-sha. This meticulous massage technique stimulates facial muscles to beautify facial contours, enhance firmness, and reveal a much more elastic, soft, and rejuvenated complexion.
Price: 60 minutes €149. More information: majestichotelgroup.com
Slow Spa
In the heart of the Eixample, on Consell de Cent street 391, you will find this space that transports you to the spas of Southeast Asia without leaving home. The music, exotic decoration, and aromas come together to offer an unforgettable experience. It has seven spacious and cozy cabins set in the Orient and a water area ideal for disconnecting. All its treatments, 100% natural, organic, and vegan, follow the slow beauty philosophy. A first step towards returning to calm with a more serene and responsible lifestyle. Upon entering, the hustle and bustle and worries of daily life are left outside.
A treatment that combines the natural cosmetics of the French brand Morjana with massage techniques, the use of rose quartz gua sha and the original incorporation of thin bamboo canes. A super complete ritual that combines firming and repairing creams based on argan stem cells, ceramides, hyaluronic acid and honey extract. The dragging movement of the rose quartz gua sha causes intense drainage that stimulates collagen and elastin. The session continues with an original facial massage performed with very thin natural bamboo canes, which glide over the face in a very effective sedative movement to eliminate tension. Its draining action relaxes the eyelid area. At the end of the treatment, the face shows no tension or tightness. With an effect of serenity in the expression.
Price: 75 min: from €95. More information: slowspabarcelona.com