2008 Top Spas from Travel + Leisure

In Travel + Leisure's 13th annual poll, readers selected their favorite hotels, spas, airlines, cruise lines, outfitters, cities, and islands around the globe. Here are the spa winners:

Top 10 U.S. & Canada Destination Spas

1. Cal-a-Vie, Vista, California
2. Golden Door, Escondido, California
3. Mii amo, A Destination Spa at Enchantment, Sedona, Arizona
4. Miraval Resort, Catalina, Arizona
5. Mayflower Inn & Spa, Washington, Connecticut
6. Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Lenox, Massachusetts
7. Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
8. La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, California
9. Lake Austin Spa Resort, Austin, Texas
10. The Oaks at Ojai, OjaiCalifornia

Top 20 Hotel Spas

1. Wickaninnish Inn, Vancouver Island, Canada
2. Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand
3. Lodge at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, California
4. Four Seasons Resort, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis
5. Maroma Resort & Spa, Riviera Maya, Mexico
6. Esperanza Resort, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
7. Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, California
8. Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, France
9. Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona
10. Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
11. Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, Maui
12. The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand
13. Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, Asheville, North Carolina
14. One&Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas
15. Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas
16. Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
17. The Peninsula, Chicago
18. Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, Colorado
19. Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California
20. American Club, Kohler, Wisconsin

Top Hotel Spas by Region


Asia: Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Caribbean: Four Seasons Resort, Nevis, West Indies

Continental U.S. & Canada: Wickaninnish Inn
Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada

Europe: Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, France

Hawaii: Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, Maui

Latin America: Maroma Resort & Spa, Riviera Maya, Mexico