Devotees appreciate the authentic onsen (Japanese-style baths)atmosphere of this health spa and small hotel a few miles northeast of town. Twelve light and airy hillside cottages are settled down a piñon-covered hill below the first-rate spa, which is tremendously popular with day visitors. The sleek, uncluttered accommodations have marble or stone wood-burning fireplaces, CD stereos, fine...
Ten Thousand Waves is atypical of upscale Santa Fe accommodations-it's Asian rather than Southwestern style, nestled on a hillside four miles east of downtown, and known foremost as a spa rather than a hotel. Some locals don't even know…
About a ten-minute drive from Santa Fe's Plaza, this day spa in a fantastic mountain location feels like a world away. There are the usual body wraps and specialized massages, but the primary emphasis is on public and private hot baths, where guests bob around in the hot, bubbly mineral water, pop into the attached saunas, and kick back in the sun. There's a clothing-optional communal tub and a...