Spas
The Spa at Excalibur |
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The Spa at Excalibur Details
- Hours of operation: Open daily, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
- Massage price: From $50 (plus 20 percent service charge).
- Facility fee: The fitness center has a $20 charge per day. The fitness charge is waived with the purchase of any spa treatment of $45 or more.
- Payment options: Cash, credit card, room charge and traveler's checks.
- Gift certificates: Yes.
- Location: Located at the Excalibur.
- Valet parking: Yes, at Excalibur.
- Advanced booking: One to 14 days.
- Arrival: Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to appointment time.
- Cancellations: Guests must cancel appointments at least four hours in advance. Services canceled or rescheduled within the four-hour window will be charged 50 percent of treatment fee. Services not canceled prior to appointment time will be charged the full service.
- Tipping: At guest's discretion (15 percent to 20 percent is typical of most spas).
- Full-service salon: Yes, a salon is located in the Excalibur.
- Most popular service: Swedish massage.
- Most popular package: Day at the Spa package.
- Services for men: Yes.
- Most popular service for men: Swedish massage.
- Additional amenities available to spa guests: Steam room, whirlpools, saunas and a co-ed fitness facility.
- Also included: Water, towels, lockers, robes and sandals.
- Restrictions: No smoking, no alcohol and no one under 18 admitted.
The Spa at Excalibur Review
The spa at Excalibur lives up to its name -- if you visit the facility, you will be treated like a king or queen for a day.
The bright, modern 13,000-square-foot facility features a spacious workout area with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the hotel's pool. If that view doesn't keep you from getting bored on the treadmill, there are plasma-screen TVs to watch while you work out.
Near the fitness center is a tanning bed, but this isn't any ordinary tanning bed. The bed has a flat-screen TV built into the top so that you can watch TV while you lie down and get bronzed.
The spa offers separate men's and women's areas. Both have relaxation rooms, eucalyptus steam rooms, saunas and whirlpools.
Lockers and safety deposit boxes are available to guests, and robes and sandals are provided.
Each individual shower has a small private changing area just outside the stall, which is an uncommon amenity in most spas.
Men's and women's treatment rooms are completely separate. The treatment rooms are secluded and quiet and feature heated beds for maximum comfort during massages.
The spa uses Aveda products exclusively in its treatments and sells both men's and women's product lines.
Other treatments available at the spa include body wraps, salt glows, loofah scrubs and scalp treatments.
After you're done getting pampered, you can get ready to head back to reality in the spa's dressing area. Unlike many other spas, the spat at Excalibur offers many individual vanity stations, which are each fully stocked with toiletries, hair dryers and curling irons.
--Review by Kristine McKenzie
