An unexpected side effect of the spa explosion is the guilt that many of us feel after such indulgence. But you can alleviate that guilt at this spa by working out in their gym or pool before your pampering.

This spa offers not just the mellowing factor of being situated just off the beach, but also free access to the hotel's pool, sauna, steam room and gym. This means you can extend your spa treatment into a sort of day of self-designed beauty and fitness without ringing up a tab for each activity.

The treatments are the usual mix of facials (including glycolic), body treatments (wraps, baths and back facials) and massages (including hot stone and pregnancy massage). The most intriguing offerings are the Desert Heat Body Wrap, in which you are cocooned in warm Arizona desert mud and red seaweed; the chai soy mud wrap (don't be tempted to lick it off); and the tri-crystal micro dermabrasion body polish.