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With its stunning three-story indoor waterfall and sleek, subterranean wet lounge, Great Jones Spa made a splash with the fashion crowd when it opened in fall 2004. Since then, the feng shui–designed spot has added an organic-juice bar next door and augmented its already lengthy treatment menu with offerings like purifying “skin food” facials using the cult organic product line, Alkaitis. In the decadent, five-step Red Flower Hamam treatment—offered at only a handful of city spas—clients are first cleansed with Moroccan mint tea, then scrubbed with coffee, olive stones, and lemon, painted with clay, and finally massaged and hydrated with tangerine-fig butter. The coed spa (a favorite of grooming icons like Brooke Shields) features nearly a dozen massage and skin-care rooms, but the real star here is the water cure on the lower level. Free for spa visitors with tabs over $100 ($50 for those not purchasing other treatments), the luxe setup boasts a plant-filled atrium adjacent to a hot tub, cold plunge, river-rock sauna, and chakra-light steam room. — Carolyn Murnick

With water cures and hot-stone saunas, this is a best bet for relaxation. Brides and grooms enjoy the VIP room with dual massages and a private Jacuzzi, as well as the Pure Fiji Coconut Sugar Glow body scrub ($150). They also offer cleansing colonics.

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