Rest and Relaxation, Texas-Style

Rest and Relaxation, Texas-Style
Here, we've highlighted a delightful mix of spas and special offers. Guests at the newly-opened JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa (pictured) can find their Zen at the resort's 26,000 square-foot Lantana Spa, offering 30 treatment rooms, including two couples treatment suites with fireplaces and two outdoor private treatment room. Visitors can awaken their senses with the Texas Sarsaparilla & Coffee Bean treatment. Finely ground and richly fragrant coffee beans are blended with Texas sarsaparilla, honey, tobacco and black silt clay in a detoxifying multi-purpose scrub and mud treatment. A finishing application of bourbon vanilla body lotion completes this south Texas ranch-inspired spa experience.

There's nothing quite as relaxing as a vacation by the beach. On the way to Galveston, travelers can stop at the Trellis Spa at the Houstonian in Houston for a Sea Glow Scrub, which uses moisturizing sea-derived granules that gently massage away dead cells, while hydrating thirsty skin. Further your indulgence with the a true thalassotherapy in a professional hydrotherapy tub, featuring more than 100 air and water jets with dissolved sea products and oils. This innovative treatment utilizes the natural powers of underwater massage designed to stimulate blood and lymph circulation, encouraging muscle relaxation.

Just southeast of Austin, the 18,000 square foot Spa Django at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa in Bastrop has developed pampering treatments to enliven the senses through music, art, nature, touch, movement and fun. Guests can enjoy the Summer Lovin' package which includes a soothing aloe mint body treatment followed by an aloe wrap, massage and pedicure. The special package is available through August 15, 2011.

Visitors to Texas can expect a surefire showdown with congested complexions and maxed-out muscles at Bliss Dallas in the W Dallas – Victory Hotel. The first Bliss Spa in Texas turns cowgirls into 'wow' girls (cowboys welcome, too) with signature services like the Triple Oxygen Treatment and the Carrot & Sesame Body Buff. The 5,100 square foot “tension-fighting” facility features nine treatment rooms with trademark Bliss touches, including rhythm and blues tunes and a legendary brownie buffet. Visitors can indulge in the Escape to Pure Bliss package, offering two Blissage75 massages and overnight accommodations at the W Dallas – Victory Hotel.

In West Texas, aromatic and healing elements of the Chihuahuan Desert are the foundation of treatments offered at the Agavita Spa at Lajitas Resort & Spa. The spirit of the desert is brought to life during The Ultimate Big Bend Experience package, which includes a half day of pure relaxation, restoration and invigoration. Sip on a cup of herbal tea as your feet are pampered with a Peppermint, Big Bend, or Desert Delight Foot Soak. While soaking, the spa offers several methods of reflexology for your hands and feet to ease the stress away. Your ultimate spa experience continues with an 80-minute massage of your choice; including Swedish, Aromatherapy, Sports, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, or Pregnancy Massage. To conclude your Ultimate Big Bend Spa Experience, you will be treated to an 80-minute Ultimate Facial.

For additional information about all there is to see and do in Texas, please visit www.traveltex.com