Traveling To Greece – Hotels With Spa

December 2, 2008 by roychuk
Filed under Spa Resorts, Spa Travel

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Greece is a popular destination, as there is so much to see; Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Meteora. I have often thought Greek hotels to be a little dreary, but this has changed. Travelers to Greece who are looking for the pampering experience will be pleased to learn that the Greeks are following the latest trends and there are more hotels with spa facilities.

Hotels with spa in Greece, like those in the rest of the world provide a comprehensive range of massage therapies, as well as thalassotherapy, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy and facials.

Many hotels with spa are close to the popular tourist destinations so all you have to do is choose the location, and find an online travel agent to help you do the rest. Good ones include Travelocity, Venere, or HotelClub and they all have excellent search facilities so you can find exactly want you want quickly.

If your travel agent doesn’t give enough information about one of the hotels with spa, then you can always go to browse PriceLine for hotel deals in Greece… they usually offer good deals there. It is also useful to have a good guidebook, such as Frommer’s Greece, 100 Best Spas of the World or Let’s Go Greece.

Here are some hotels with spa facilities that may be of interest to you:

The Santa Marina Arachova resort and spa is near Delphi, has panoramic views of the mountains, and an extensive luxury spa with numerous therapies and treatment rooms. There is a gym, indoor swimming pool and tennis courts.

The hotels spa has a sauna, Jacuzzi and spa jet and offers a wide range of body and facial treatments. Special massages include tip to toe, sports, back, express, and hot stones.

The Divani Meteora is a luxury A class hotel surrounded by towering rocks and the hotels spa facilities include an outdoor pool, indoor spa pool, steam bath, sauna, Jacuzzi and fitness centre with instructor.

The five star Aldemar Royal Mare Village & Thalasso is part of a leading hotel group in Greece. It is close to the Cretan Sea and surrounded by exotic gardens and water complexes. Facilities include tennis, beach volleyball, squash, sailing, diving, waterskiing and aerobics, and the spa and thalassotherapy programs are extensive to say the least.

Other things you may want to consider when looking for hotels with spas in Greece:

Many hotels with spas are also extremely popular with the Greeks at weekends, so there is often a fifty percent weekend price supplement.

There is not usually a season as such in Greece and destinations like Thessaloniki and Athens are busy all the year round.