In the heart of the hunter Valley, hidden under the broad red roofing of the Chateau Elan, the hunter Valley Day health spa uses pampering treatments that quieten the mind, kick back the body as well as nourish the soul. as well as there’s wine.
Whether it’s a unwinding massage, a facial treatment or the remedial whirlpool motions of a balneotherapy, the benefits of a health spa day can’t be overlooked. Mind you, it has taken me a while to realise that.
In fact, you may be shocked to discover that out of the two of us, it’s Jim who’s the health spa rat. He always has been.
But since he hadn’t heard this expression before, it took a bit of describing to persuade Jim that ‘spa rat’ isn’t an insult.
Now he announces his ‘spa rat-ness’ with pride.
And when we were invited to a couples’ massage at the Chateau Elan’s excellent hunter Valley Day Spa, Jim couldn’t wait to get into the altering space as well as climb into those funny undies.
Here’s a quick video of the hunter Valley Day health spa as well as what it’s like inside. This is part of a longer video walkthrough of our stay at the Chateau Elan.
Check out our full evaluation of Chateau Elan’s hotel spaces as well as facilities here.
The hunter Valley Day health spa at Chateau Elan
From the outside, the hunter Valley Day health spa doesn’t look that big. In fact, even the entrance as well as reception adjacent to the primary hotel reception seems rather low-key.
However, this day health spa is in truth one of the largest in the country—certainly the most significant in the region.
It has 17 treatment spaces as well as a menu of over 20 pages of different kinds of pampering, as well as even a ‘Hydrolounge’ with mineral pools on a deck looking out over the countryside.
As soon as we had altered into our ‘funny undies’, thick white gowns as well as slippers, we were led into the reflection Lounge—a incredibly tranquil space of comfortable armchairs as well as sofas, an open terminate as well as lovely flower arrangements.
The aroma—that special scent you only discover in a top quality day spa—filled our senses as well as set us up for our massage.
We were satisfied by our specialists, who took us with to our treatment room.
It was only then as we walked down the corridor, that we understood exactly how huge this health spa is. Doors on either side opened onto other massage rooms, spaces for balneotherapy, skin therapy rooms, as well as spaces with phototherapy as well as LED light therapy devices set up.
Our 50-minute relaxation massage at the hunter Valley Day Spa
I truly take pleasure in a couples’ massage. I can feel rather anxious at first, not having the health spa rat gene Jim seems to have developed. So having him in the space with me lets me kick back quicker.
There’s likewise something about the shared experience that’s charming too.
From beginning to end, our relaxation massage was sublime. You can always tell when it’s a great massage when—at the end—you’re shocked that it’s over already however it likewise feels like you’ve been lying there for hours.
And this treatment is aptly named; from head to toe, we both had that amazing feeling of total relaxation.
Wobbly from our massage, we wandered with to the reflection Lounge as well as unwinded on the recliners.
We were pleasantly shocked with the offer of a glass of sparkling—usually it’s a herbal tea, however then we are in a white wine region after all. Chateau Elan takes full advantage of its locality as well as uses an substantial white wine as well as food menu too.
The Hydrolounge as well as the end of our treatment
After a while, we went with to the Hydrolounge. set on a broad deck looking out over the landscape as well as close-by mountains, two swirling bubbling pools—one warm, one cool—are full of mineral-rich water.
You requirement to bring your own swimwear to go go into these pools as well as the infrared sauna, however all guests are welcome, which is a generous touch.
You don’t even requirement to leave the pools as phone call buttons for food as well as beverage services are found within simple reach.
We completed our glasses of sparkling, altered back into our routine clothes as well as made our method reluctantly to the exit.
From beginning to end, our experience at Chateau Elan’s day health spa was bliss. totally unwinding as well as completely indulgent. Is there a a lot more best method to end a see to the hunter Valley?
We went to Chateau Elan’s day health spa as media guests of Chateau Elan as well as hunter Valley white wine & tourism Association, however our opinions stay our own.
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