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2025 Best Spa Worth the Trek

Drift Spa

You might think driving nearly 80 miles for a spa is bonkers, but this one — inside the Marriott in downtown Lancaster — will change your mind. You’ll decompress for 30 minutes in the relaxation room — complete with wave chairs, hot tea, and champagne — before recharging with one of the many massages (everything from deep tissue to CBD to Lomi Lomi) or skin treatments, like a facial, gua sha, or microdermabrasion. (We also recommend the monthly floating sound baths that take place at Drift’s pool.) The best part? If you want to make an overnight out of it, a room is just an elevator ride away. Read More »

25 South Queen Street, 5th Floor, Lancaster, PA Website

2025 Best All-in-One Spa

Wildflower Wellness Spa

Think “one-stop shop” means a bunch of mediocre services? Think again. At this Paoli gem, you can get a skin-reviving custom facial from co-owner Heather Champion, an expert cut and color from co-owner Maria Phillips (don’t miss her signature head spa treatment), a killer massage, a turn in the sauna, a spray tan, and a cute summer dress from the well-stocked boutique. All of this goodness occurs in an old house that’s restored so beautifully you won’t want to leave. Read More »

12 South Valley Road, Paoli, PA Website

2024 Best Spa to Visit With Your Besties

The Underground Spa & Wellness at the Logan Hotel

When you and your BFFs are in desperate need of deep pampering, head to this subterranean space for an escape. Find group packages complete with a VIP-esque private room where you can unwind and let loose over complimentary bubbly and bourbon. Take a dip in the fitness center’s heated saltwater pool after your deep-tissue massages or glow-cultivating facials. Worries? The hustle and bustle of the city above? All a distant memory. Read More »

1 Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA Website

2024 Best Day Spa

Remedy Spa & Wellness

Philly native Cari Young booked vacations anytime she needed self-care (relatable), then created a wellness oasis in her neighborhood so locals wouldn’t have to travel far for R&R. Her Brewerytown spa feels like a slice of Bali — think lush greenery and lots of bamboo, stone and rattan — and boasts a menu of massages, facials, peels, wraps and waxes, plus stretching and sauna sessions for days you need extra TLC. Read More »

1208 North 29th Street, Philadelphia, PA Website

2024 Best Holistic Hub

Modrn Wellness

With its bold, moody aesthetic, this spa feels like a secret sanctuary for the très chic. Modrn’s biggest flex is alternative services like a meditative chakra-balancing crystal bed, a lymphatic drainage facial paired with a BallancerPro body massage, shadow-work therapies designed to uncover repressed emotions, and stress-alleviating hypnosis. (Take a look at other mystical winners throughout Best of Philly’s 50 years here.) Read More »

1420 Walnut Street, suite 1212, Philadelphia, PA Website

2023 Best Ultimate Glow-Up

Rescue Spa

Danuta Mieloch’s impressive new space inside the former Barneys is the stuff of beauty dreams. The opulent 9,700-square-foot haven offers luxe facials and massages (natch) but also nail and hair salons, a makeup counter, a brow room, a “Relaxation Room” complete with an infrared sauna and a hydrotherapy shower, and a shop full of 100-plus brands, including Mieloch’s new clean-beauty line, Danucera. Consider your movie makeover sequence handled. Read More »

1811 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA Website

2023 Best Skin-Care Sanctuary

Anej Skin Studio

Jena Salzano boasts 18 years in the “skin”-dustry, and her results-driven atelier in Yardley is a little slice of sophisticated-beauty heaven. Take your pick from bespoke facials, services utilizing cult favorite Biologique Recherche, and high-tech treatments for body sculpting and optimal skin health (like the hyperbaric-chamber-based Glass O₂ Dome facial), plus massages, lash and brow boosts, hair removal and personal consults. Read More »

19 East Afton Avenue, Yardley, PA Website

2023 Best Holistic Wellness Spa

Note to Self

The vision behind Note to Self — the women-owned mini spa that opened in November? Slowing down with your wellness. That’s why there’s a menu of restorative services (relaxing massages, nurturing facials, acupuncture, an energy-healing experience) plus beauty services from waxing to makeup sessions. You’ll come in for one treatment, then add on another and another and another until before you know it, you’ve passed the whole day in pure bliss. Read More »

1401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Website

2022 Best Spa Down the Shore

Salt Spa at The Reeds

There’s a reason the Reeds is Oprah’s Shore hotel of choice: bright coastal rooms, a sundeck plunge pool, complimentary water activities on the bay. But it’s the Salt Spa — complete with a Himalayan salt brine light-inhalation lounge, a tile-studded Turkish bath, a full-service hair, makeup and nail studio (we see you, bridal parties), and serene massages, facials, and flotation therapy — that’ll call to you like a Jersey Shore siren song, especially during the off-season. Read More »

9628 3rd Avenue, Stone Harbor, NJ Website

2022 Best Med Spa

Nirvana Wellness Med Spa

Under the direction of founders Taralyn and Joe Freda and medical director Brian Weiss, Nirvana has seen huge growth since opening in August 2020. It’s now a full-blown med spa where you can get treated to a massage, a facial, an acupuncture session, a brow and lash upgrade, or time in the infrared sauna. Other services include medical micro-blading and the new EvolveX body contouring, a three-in-one treatment that blasts fat, tones muscles and tightens skin. Read More »

925 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA Website