Choosing the World’s Leading Spa Resort sounds like an impossible task. But at the 2003 World Travel Awards Le Meridien Limassol Spa & Resort in Limassol, Cyprus, took the honors.

Talk about a best-kept secret! Cyprus, a Mediterranean isle, boasts 300 days of sunshine annually. Thus, it’s no surprise that the five-star, seaside Le Meridien Limassol specializes in water therapies. There are ruggedly landscaped outdoor seawater pools, each with a different salinity and temperature, plus indoor thermal and mineral pools, showers and jets. You can be sprayed, dunked and even massaged underwater (the seawater’s high salt content keeps you afloat while the therapist stretches and manipulates your tired joints).

Algae and sea mud figure into many of the facials and wraps, and the Cryotherapy Sea Oil Treatment uses salt and oil to tackle cellulite. After your treatments you can relax in the Middle Eastern-style hammam steam bath before dining at one of the resort’s seven restaurants. For more information call (800) 543-4300 or visit www.lemeridien-cyprus.com

– Leslie Gilbert Elman

January/February 2004

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