- Easily accessible by Aruba Marriott guests
- Lengthy and creative list of treatments
- Well-trained and professional staff
- Small facility
- Privacy-challenged showers
- Rushed experience unless you arrive well before your appointment
- Address: #101, L.G. Smith Blvd, Palm Beach Aruba. At the Marriott Ocean Club.
- Telephone: 297-520-6750
- Cost: 50-minute massage starts at US$125
- Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; reservation recommended
Upon entering the spa, guests are given a locker, slippers, and a robe. The locker room is quite small, and has three showers (only one of which has a privacy curtain.) If you are shy, be prepared to return to your room for a shower to wash off all those massage oils.
After changing, you'll be directed to the waiting room for hot tea and a snack, though you may not have much of a chance to enjoy the tea or anticipation before you're ushered in to your appointment. If you like to relax before the treatment, try showing up a little earlier so the experience isn't as rushed.
The single flower placed on the massage bed is made of silk, which seems a little silly when vacationing in paradise. The aromatic smell, the delicate Balinese music, and polite quiet of the masseuse will help ease any preoccupations, however. Try the hot stone massage (US$145), in which hot "batu" stones are soaked in aromatic oils before being placed on the body. The masseuse will use the smooth stones to massage, moving fluidly and easily over your contours in a way that will make you forget that an actual person is performing the therapy. For something even more intense, the "Mandara Four Hand Massage" ($230) will have two therapists working together on your muscles.
