Spas with reservation required

Houston, Texas

A bilingual day spa in Houston's Braeswood area offering massages and facials by appointment, with couples treatments and an 18-item menu.

Atlanta, Georgia

A scalp-focused day spa in Brookhaven, Atlanta, offering four head-spa treatments by reservation, with walk-ins also welcome.

Nashville, Tennessee

Midtown Nashville day spa offering massage, skin care and couples treatments, with about seven services and reservations required.

Barcelona, Catalonia

Adults-only thermal baths in a converted 18th-century building near Barcelona's Born market, with soaking pools, massages and couples rituals.

Park City, Utah

A locally owned day spa near Park City's Main Street offering massages, facials and advanced esthetics, with no pool, sauna or lounge amenities.

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

A small uptown day spa in Pagosa Springs offering massage, facials, manicures, pedicures and reflexology, with walk-ins accepted when space allows.

Längenfeld, Tyrol

A large thermal bath and 4-star hotel spa in the Ötztal valley near Längenfeld, with indoor-outdoor pools, a sauna garden and a dedicated kids' water world.

Singapore

Garden-set day spa inside Bishan Park 2 with 12 treatment rooms, outdoor baths, massages and facials using Elemis and Skinceuticals products.

Daylesford, Victoria

A rammed-earth house on 80 hectares near Daylesford, rented whole for up to 10 adults, with in-room massage and a two-night minimum stay.

Sydney, New South Wales

Korean bathhouse in Chatswood with herbal baths, steam room and dry sauna, built around the traditional Korean body scrub, open by reservation only.

Asheville, North Carolina

A therapist-owned day spa near downtown Asheville offering massage, bodywork, a private sauna and foot soaks by appointment, with free parking.

Asheville, North Carolina

A downtown Asheville salt cave with Himalayan salt walls, a hammam steam bath and massage rooms for solo visitors and couples, reservation-based.

Dallas, Texas

A Dallas day spa near University Park offering massage and facial treatments, with a $220 signature 60-minute ritual and walk-in availability.

Boston, Massachusetts

Organic day spa on Newbury Street in Back Bay offering custom facials, body treatments, massage and floatation therapy, with reservations required.

Nashville, Tennessee

Upscale hotel spa inside 1 Hotel Nashville with 38 treatments, an infrared sauna wrap, and an 18-plus minimum age; no day pass offered.

Austin, Texas

Medical spa and day spa on South Lamar offering facials, injectables, massage and a signature $1,499 Mermaid Lift, open daily with private rooms and a stocked

Miami, Florida

Day spa in the Sherry Frontenac Hotel's lower lobby in Miami Beach, with sauna, steam, cold plunge and thermal pool alongside massage treatments.

Miami, Florida

A luxury day-pass wellness circuit inside Carillon Miami Wellness Resort, with sauna, steam, cold plunge and thermal pools in North Beach.

Kuala Lumpur

An onsen-style day spa in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, with thermal pools, sauna, steam room and couples treatments.

Asheville, North Carolina

A massage-focused day spa in Asheville's Five Points offering Thai, ashiatsu and signature integrative bodywork from $130.

Napa Valley, California

A boutique day spa in downtown Napa Valley with nine treatment rooms offering massage, facials and body work, plus sauna, steam and a thermal pool.

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

A Northwest DC day spa on 14th Street specializing in massage, facial and skincare treatments, with walk-ins accepted but reservations recommended.

Salt Lake City, Utah

A Salt Lake City day spa in the Ballpark neighborhood combining flotation tanks with customized massage, plus a relaxation lounge for couples or solo visits.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A Center City West day spa offering massage, facials and waxing across 15 treatments, with couples options and no day-pass access.