Spectacular
The splendidly-named Inn at Perry Cabin on the Eastern little wonder they tell you “layers of stress and tension just
Shore of Maryland near the quaint Chesapeake Bay resort melt away!”
town of St. Michaels, is a four-star, world-renowned destination. At Virginia’s Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, the Spa
Its origins date from just after the War of 1812 that finally saw Minerale offers no less than 13 treatment rooms, including a
off the British, though when my wife and I were there, the very couple’s suite. After walking round all those Civil War sites, it’s
personable English chef proved that peace was well and truly good to have the foot massage for starters.
on the menu again. The new Linden Spa has an infinity edge My wife and I were only too glad to have the luxury of being
pool that puts you in touch with the surrounding bay, and pampered at the splendid Kingsmill Resort after the fascinating
in the top-class spa itself, leaves from the Linden trees in the experience of two days in Virginia’s Historic Triangle of
hotel’s 25-acre estate are used for their relaxing and therapeutic Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Golfers can
powers. savour a different three-in-one experience on the Plantation,
If you’re putting mind over matter, Maryland boasts an Woods and Water courses before experiencing the golfer’s
Oxford and a Cambridge. At the latter, you will find the Hyatt massage at the resort’s superb spa facilities.
Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina. It At the famous Spa of Colonial Williamsburg, located in
does what it says on the tin, offering multi-level indoor and the Williamsburg Inn, it’s quite appropriate to have a theme
outdoor pools, an 18,000 square-foot spa, a championship golf of ‘Five Centuries of Wellness’ to represent the passing of
course and a wildlife refuge, where you can spot the country’s time since the first English-speaking settlers landed in 1607.
trademark American Bald Eagle. The 17th-century treatment is based on the Native American
Back near Baltimore is Ellicott City’s Turf Valley Resort, hot-stone experience; the next century introduces a colonial
which boasts a European Spa. What with the Swedish massage herbal experience; the 19th-century pulls from the African
and a French Vichy Rainfall Body Treatment, it’s experience; the 20th from water cures; and the 21st-century
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay
Golf Resort, Spa and Marina
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