Massage & Bodyworks
Aviary
659 Auburn Avenue, Studio 125, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-577-2460
This Old Fourth Ward beauty collective has an earth-friendly mission.
Website: http://aviarybeauty.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Beauty and Spas, Hair Salons, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Château Élan
100 Rue Charlemagne, Braselton, GA, 30517
678-425-6064
This Napa-esque winery and resort’s spa, just forty minutes northeast of Atlanta, elevated its game with a $3 million renovation in 2010, adding spa suites, couples’ treatment rooms, and big, comfy couches for relaxing between services.
Website: http://chateauelan.com/euphoria/spa-home/
Category: Beauty and Spas, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Exhale
1065 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-720-5000
Located on the seventh floor of the Loews Hotel, this total-wellness spa whips you into overall shape the way health spas (like Arizona’s Canyon Ranch) used to do before so many of them got into the pampering business.
Website: http://exhalespa.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Beauty and Spas, Fitness & Instruction, Gyms, Massage & Bodyworks, Services, Sports & Recreation, Yoga Studio
Four-Handed Massage, Mind & Body Day Spa
5250 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, 30004
678-366-7825
In the Alpharetta spa’s largest treatment room, a duo of practitioners work in tandem: They begin by unknotting the back with fluid, simultaneous motions, then one kneads the shoulders while the other works on the legs.
Website: http://mindandbodydayspa.com/
Category: Beauty and Spas, Best of Atlanta 2013, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Gina Michael
1780 Century Boulevard, Suite A, Atlanta, GA, 30345
770-337-4520
Michael’s most unique specialty is zheng gu tui na, a Chinese acupressure treatment. “Tui na” means “push-pull,” and Michael performs a rolling action with her fist that unwinds the muscles, though the overall effect is energizing.
Website: http://atlantathaimassage.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Northeast Metro
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
Jonpaul’s
9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 122, Johns Creek, GA, 30097
770-814-0033
“Manly” and “spas” don’t normally coalesce, but Jonpaul’s and its country club aura excel in equating the two.
Website: http://jonpauls.com/
Category: Alterations, Barbers, Beauty and Spas, Male Grooming, Massage & Bodyworks, Nail Salons, Services
Mandarin Oriental
3376 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-995-7526
When the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group took over Buckhead’s former Mansion on Peachtree earlier this year, it revamped the spa with its signature therapies fusing Asian and European techniques.
Website: http://www.mandarinoriental.com/atlanta/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead, North Metro
Category: Beauty and Spas, Massage & Bodyworks, Services
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