Travel + Leisure’s 2016 World's Best Awards Announced

Mountain Trek Fitness Retreat and Health Spa (BC, Canada)Travel + Leisure readers recently shared their opinions about the top destination spas around the globe in the 2016 World's Best Awards. The survey reveals some of the industry’s most important rankings and helps fellow travelers decide where to go. In the domestic destination spas category, readers rated properties based on their accommodations and facilities, treatments, service, food, and overall value. The top-ranked U.S. destination spas:

1. New Life Hiking Spa (Killington, VT)         

2. Westglow Resort & Spa (Blowing Rock, NC)

3. The Ranch at Live Oak Malibu (CA)

4. Cal-a-Vie Health Spa (Vista, CA)          

5. The Pearl Laguna (Laguna Beach, CA)

6. Poconos Spa at The Lodge at Woodloch (Hawley, PA)

7. Mii amo (Sedona, AZ)

8. LakeHouse Spa at Lake Austin Spa Resort (TX)

9. Sundara Inn & Spa (Wisconsin Dells, WI)

10. Life in Balance Spa at Miraval Resort & Spa (Tucson, AZ)

Readers also rated properties in the international destination spas category based on the same factors, and the winners include:

1. Mountain Trek Fitness Retreat and Health Spa (BC, Canada)

2. Rancho La Puerta (Tecate, Mexico)

3. The Grand Spa at Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort (La Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica)

4. The BodyHoliday Saint Lucia (Castries, St. Lucia)

5. Maya Tulum Resort (Tulum, Mexico)