The growing number of luxury spas offers respite from the noise of the casino floor and exposes the calmer side of Atlantic City.
1. Sea Spa
Inside the nongaming Chelsea hotel, this 10,000-square-foot salt water-inspired spa has 10 private treatment rooms, two of which are fully tiled for hydrotherapy purposes. This lobby-level haven also offers a lounge for manis and pedis, steam rooms, and a solarium with a sauna and clover-shaped Jacuzzi.
2. Vive Day Spa & Salon
This 3,500-square-foot spa not only provides the regular lineup of facials, body treatments, and nail services, it also offers full hair care and styling. House specialties include massages and facials using heated seashells, as well as a 50-minute body mask using therapeutic mud. On the second floor of the Showboat Atlantic City, Vive also caters to groups, with room for about 20 guests at a time
