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Conde Nast Traveller's Readers' Spa Awards 2007

The 2007 Conde Nast Traveller's Readers' Spa Awards highlight spas around the world in 10 categories. This year's overall winner was the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai in Thailand.

The Winners are:

TOP 25

1 The Spa, Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Thailand

Read about Julie Register's visit to the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Thailand

2 COMO Shambhala Retreat at Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos

3 The Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, USA

Read Julie Register's Review of The Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Miami

4 Six Senses Spa, Soneva Gili Resort & Spa, Maldives

5 The Spa at Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel Interlaken, Switzerland

6 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York, New York, USA

Read Julie Register's Review of The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York

7 Spa Chakra Hayman, Hayman, Queensland, Australia

8 The Spa, Chewton Glen, New Milton, Hampshire

9 Banyan Tree Spa, Banyan Tree, Bangkok, Thailand

10 The Assawan Spa & Health Club, Burj Al Arab, Dubai

11 Raffles Amrita Spa, Raffles Hotel, Singapore

12 Ananda Spa, Ananda in the Himalayas, India

13 Banyan Tree Spa, Banyan Tree Phuket, Thailand

Read about Julie Register's visit to Banyan Tree Phuket

14 Bliss London

15 Azure Spa, Lizard Island, Australia

16 The Spa, Choupana Hills Resort & Spa, Madeira, Portugal

17 Bulgari Hotel Spa, Milan, Italy

18 Terme di Saturnia Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy

19 Clinique La Prairie, Switzerland

20 La Reserve Geneve Hotel & Spa, Geneva, Switzerland

21 The Spa at Sandy Lane, Barbados

22 The Blue Spa at Carlisle Bay, Antigua

23 The Spa, Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris, Paris

24 The Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London

25 Sequoia at The Grove, Hertfordshire

HOTEL SPAS: EUROPE

1 The Spa, Choupana Hills Resort & Spa, Madeira, Portugal

2 La Reserve Geneve Hotel & Spa, Geneva, Switzerland

3 The Spa, Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris, Paris

4 Altira Spa, Mardavall Hotel & Spa, Mallorca, Spain

5 The Spa, La Residencia, Mallorca, Spain

6 Thalassa Spa, Anassa, Cyprus

7 Beauty Center, Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy

8 The CBE Concept Spa, Lausanne Palace & Spa, Switzerland

9 The Villa dEste Beauty Farm, Villa dEste, Lake Como, Italy

10 SÁMAS at Park Hotel Kenmare, Ireland

Read about Julie Register's visit to SÁMAS

HOTEL SPAS: THE AMERICAS & CARIBBEAN

1 COMO Shambhala Retreat at Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos

2 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York, USA

Read about Julie Register's visit to The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York

3 The Spa at Sandy Lane, Barbados

4 The Blue Spa at Carlisle Bay, Antigua

5 The Spa, Four Seasons Resort Whistler, Canada

6 The Spa at Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda

7 Kai Belte Spa, Anse Chastanet Resort, St Lucia

8 The Spa, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, USA

9 One&Only Spa at One&Only Palmilla, Los Cabos, Mexico

10 The Spa, Round Hill Hotel & Villas, Jamaica


HOTEL SPAS: AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST & INDIAN OCEAN

1 Six Senses Spa, Soneva Gili Resort & Spa, Maldives

2 The Assawan Spa & Health Club, Burj Al Arab, Dubai

3 Sanctuary Spa, The Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa, Cape Town, South Africa

4 One&Only Spa, One&Only Kanuhura, Maldives

5 Six Senses Spa, Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa, Maldives

6 Givenchy Spa, One&Only Le Saint Géran, Mauritius

7 Givenchy Spa, One&Only Le Touessrok, Mauritius

8 Six Senses Spa, Al Qasr Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

9 Givenchy Spa, One&Only Royal Mirage, Dubai

10 The Spa Retreat, Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa, Maldives


HOTEL SPAS: AUSTRALASIA & SOUTH PACIFIC


1 Spa Chakra Hayman, Hayman, Queensland, Australia

2 Azure Spa, Lizard Island, Australia

3 Reef House Spa, The Sebel Reef House & Spa, Queensland, Australia

4 Chuan Spa, Langham Hotel, Melbourne, Australia

5 Aurora Spa Retreat, The Prince Hotel, Melbourne, Australia

6 Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort & Spa, New South Wales, Australia

7 Spa Chakra, BLUE Sydney, Australia

8 The Spa, Four Seasons Hotel Sydney, Australia

9 Helene Spa, InterContinental Resort and Spa Moorea, French Polynesia

10 Q1 Spa, Q1 Resort & Spa, Gold Coast, Australia


HOTEL SPAS: ASIA

1 The Spa, Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Thailand

Read about Julie Register's visit to the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Thailand

2 Raffles Amrita Spa, Raffles Hotel, Singapore

3 Banyan Tree Spa, Banyan Tree Phuket, Thailand

Read about Julie Register's visit to Banyan Tree Phuket

4 The Spa, Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay, Indonesia

5 Oberoi Spa by Banyan Tree, The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India

6 Taj Spa, Taj Exotica Goa, India

7 Spa Indochine, Hôtel de la Paix, Siem Reap, Cambodia

8 Mandara Spa, The Datai, Langkawi, Malaysia

9 Six Senses Spa, Evason Hua Hin Resort & Spa, Hua Hin, Thailand

10 The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Ritz-Carlton, Bali Resort & Spa, Indonesia


MEDICAL AND THERMAL SPAS

1 Terme di Saturnia Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy

2 Clinique La Prairie, Switzerland

3 Therme Vals, Vals, Switzerland

4 Mayr Health Spa, Carinthia, Austria

5 Polynesian Spa, Rotorua, New Zealand

Read about Julie Register's visit to the Polynesian Spa

6 Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Read about Julie Register's visit to the Blue Lagoon

7 Adler Aquae and Adler Spa, Adler Thermae Spa & Wellness Resort, Tuscany, Italy

8 Bains de Lavey Thermal Spa, Lavey-les-Bains, Switzerland

9 Brenner's Park Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden, Germany

10 Danubius Health Spa at Danubius Hotel Gellert, Budapest, Hungary


SPA RETREATS: UK

1 The Spa, Chewton Glen, Hampshire

2 Sequoia at The Grove, Hertfordshire

3 Champneys Forest Mere, Hampshire

4 The Serenity Spa, Seaham Hall Hotel, County Durham

5 Eden Day Spa at Hoar Cross Hall, Staffordshire

6 Cowshed, Babington House, Somerset

7 c-side, Cowley Manor, Gloucestershire

8 Ragdale Hall Health Hydro, Leicestershire

9 The Spa at Pennyhill Park, Surrey

10 Stobo Castle Health Spa, Peeblesshire

Read about Julie Register's visit to Stobo Castle

SPA RETREATS: OVERSEAS

1 The Spa at Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel Interlaken, Switzerland

2 Ananda Spa, Ananda in the Himalayas, India

3 Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand

Read about Julie Register's visit to Chiva Som

4 La Ferme de Beauté, Les Fermes de Marie, Megève, France

5 Thalasso Spa, Aldemar Royal Mare Village, Crete

6 COMO Shambhala Estate at Begawan Giri, Ubud, Bali

7 Sante Winelands Hotel & Wellness Centre, Paarl-Franschhoek Valley, South Africa

8 Spa Village, Pangkor Laut Resort, Malaysia

9 Canyon Ranch Health Resort, Tucson, Arizona

10 Ferme Thermale, Les Prés d'Eugénie - Michel Guérard, Eugénie-Les-Bains, France

URBAN DAY SPAS: UK

1 Bliss London

2 The Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London

3 Elemis day-spa, London

4 The Balmoral Spa, The Balmoral, Edinburgh

5 Agua Bathhouse Spa, Sanderson, London

6 ONE Spa at Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh

Read about Julie Register's visit to One Spa at the Sheraton Grand Edinburgh

7 The Sanctuary, London

8 Alquimia Spa, York

9 Escape Health Club and Cowshed Spa, The Scotsman, Edinburgh

10 St Davids Marine Spa, The St Davids Hotel & Spa, Cardiff

URBAN DAY SPAS: OVERSEAS

1 The Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, USA

Read Julie Register's Review of The Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Miami

2 Banyan Tree Spa, Banyan Tree, Bangkok, Thailand

3 Bulgari Hotel Spa, Milan, Italy

4 Spa Botanica, Sentosa Resort & Spa, Singapore

5 I-Spa by Algotherm, InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel, France

6 Bliss Soho, New York, USA

7 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York, USA

Read about Julie Register's visit to The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York

8 The Oriental Spa, The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand

Read Julie Register's Review of The Oriental Spa

9 LInstitut de Guerlain, Paris

10 The Spa, Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, Portugal

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