AWAY Spa

A 24-hour spa invites a multitude of opportunities for a good pampering. You can get a treatment when you fly in, when you’re suffering a fit of insomnia, or after a big night of partying. This article naturally appearing in The Beat magazine can only mean that we had tried out the spa that never closes after a night of festivities.

Normally one would go to the spa seeking relief from a hangover, we decided to take a step further and try to squeeze in a treatment before the hangover could get a foothold. Perhaps we were trying to practice some preventative medicine.

Stumbling into the AWAY Spa is very much like stumbling onto a deck of the Starship Enterprise. If the Star Trek universe had awesome futuristic spas, they’d probably model them after the W’s. The interior was made up of pulsating and ever-changing lights that seemed to glow with a warm iridescent feel that instantly puts your mind in some sort of minor trancelike state. Clean lines and edges complete the futuristic look and I was certain that I had somehow managed to enter the future.

Another thing that caught my attention was just how cordial and professional the staff were-even at 2.30 am. Forced to work at that hour, I would quite frankly be cranky and a little blasé, but the staff they were very chipper and handled protocol so perfectly that everything just eased along. Not only was the W Spa a starship, but it had an excellent crew on the bridge.

I was led into the treatment room, walking through the dimly lit spa which was very welcoming at that hour. The room itself was very cool, much like the rest of the spa. Instead of looking at a bowl of flowers when face down, I was treated to an LCD screen. The music perfectly set the tone and by the time the therapist started, I had reached my own personal nirvana.

Not much can be recollected from my trancelike state, but when it was over, I felt like a million bucks and was ready to hit the scene again with my new coat of essential oils. But it was already very late, and by the time I left the spa the night was over. Everything in the area was about to shut down. I headed home and a very deep and rewarding slumber followed. When I woke, I still had a hangover, but that late night treatment was probably the best spa treatment I had ever had on this island.

AWAY Spa at W Hotel
Jl. Petitenget, Seminyak, Kerobokan, Denpasar,
Bali, Indonesia
Phone:  0361- 738 106

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