Pelican Hill, on the coast of Newport Beach in Southern California, was voted the #1 Resort in the United States by Conde Nast, so when I visited the Spa I had high expectations. There's a lot of pressure when you're Number 1, it's not easy being the best and the staff at the Pelican Hill Spa have practiced their art like a concert pianist practices on his way to Carnegie Hall...
Like any top of the line Spa there were lots of amenities like a cedar sauna, eucalypus steam room and a fountain designed at the perfect angle to allow for the most harmonious trickling of water but my favorite was the Roman salt bath featured below...
The staff cleans this room, changes towels every five minutes...literally. It keeps the room in a perpetual photo shoot ready state which is exactly what you want from a visit to the Spa...picture perfect...
I had a classic spa experience. If you want to get away for the day, this is the perfect place to do it.
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