Travelers can begin their year with curated wellness offerings at the Forbes Five-Star Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay. The resort's Resort Retreat package includes a $100 daily credit for guests to tailor their own self-care journey. Use the credit towards expert-led workshops, rejuvenating spa treatments, restorative meals, curated fitness activities, and more. With this credit, guests have the freedom to customize their retreat and create an experience tailored for each.
Curated Fitness & Recreation Sessions
In the idyllic California winter, travelers can enjoy wellbeing workshops under the warm sun or evening breeze. Whether it's yoga under the stars, or a scenic cliffside meditation session, guests will have ample opportunities to connect with nature and find their inner balance.
Guests will meet along the resort’s iconic Coastal Trail for a two-hour cliffside meditation to focus the mind on the terrain below their meditation mat, hear the crashing waves below, and breathe in the salty sea air. This experience is $45 per person.
Once a month, guests will gather with the resort’s yoga instructor for a 50-minute moonlight yoga reset. The class is offered on Friday, January 26, Saturday, February 24, and Saturday, March 30. This experience is $20 per person.
Refreshing Fare
Guests can savor healthy offerings in each of The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay's picturesque dining venues. The Conservatory's seasonally inspired wellness menu allows guests to nourish body and spirit among floor-to-ceiling views of the Pacific. On the Ocean Terrace, invigorating sea air complements refreshing mocktails and cozy fire pits for the ultimate relaxation. Whether inside or out, surrounded by ocean and nourished by nature, The Ritz-Carlton’s January culinary offerings will enhance guests’ wellbeing. Menus and imagery are available upon request.
Restorative Spa Treatments
The Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay offers guests a unique immersion into the natural beauty of the destination. Treatments incorporate local ingredients and advanced techniques to provide an authentic connection to the Northern California coast.
Revitalize body and soul with indigenous herbs and wood blends inspired by the California Redwoods. This treatment journeys through a foot ritual and hot poultice massage to leave guests feeling grounded and restored.
This holistic treatment feeds the mind, body, and soul through guided breathing, visualization and a therapeutic massage with salt stones and rose quartz crystals, releasing tension and embracing relaxation.
Spa specialists help guests achieve instant glow in three steps: Cleanse and exfoliation, extraction and hydration, then nourishment with antioxidants and peptides for a luminous complexion.
This Espa-product facial deeply cleanses, hydrates and smoothes skin, leaving guests’ complexion instantly energized. Includes double cleanse, exfoliation, steam, extraction, massage, mask and scalp massage.
Recreational Activities
Beyond the specialty fitness classes and rejuvenating treatments, guests can apply their credit to recreation activities. Beginning in January through the end of March, thousands of gray whales travel over 5,000 miles along the California coast from their summer feeding grounds. There’s no better time to take a hike or reserve complimentary bikes to see the migration firsthand. If guests are lucky, they will spot a whale’s tail from their own guest room terraces or bay windows. Out at the resort’s recreational facility, guests can enjoy brand new pickleball courts paired with luxury amenities to create an unmatched pickleball experience. Golfers can relish in 36 holes of oceanfront, championship golf–a rarity in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay is located at 1 Miramontes Point Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019. For reservations or more information, please call 800-241-3333 or visit ritzcarlton.com/HMB.
