Exploring Vancouver’s Top Wellness Spas

In need of a little me-time? Vancouver has plenty of wellness spas: serene spaces for rest and relaxation.

4 Wellness Spas in Vancouver

Wedgewood Hotel Spa’s Warm Ember Massage

Wedgewood Hotel Spa’s Warm Ember Massage is the latest autumn indulgence from this small but mighty spa located right in the heart of the city. Start with a eucalyptus steam to open pores and relax you while you breathe that head clearing mist in deeply, and then step into the treatment room. Spa practitioner Maya is skilled with both traditional hot stone techniques and soothing Swedish massage and this treatment (just for the fall season) is an intoxicating blend of the two. The stones are heated in massage oil and used all over the body to relax muscles and ease tension. The Swedish massage loosens up everything that is tight and sore from too much desk time and stress, and then apple spice body butter is applied at the end for deep, much needed hydration. Robe back on, you’ll relax in the cozy lounge with a tea, coffee or citrus water, or just step through the sliding glass door outside into the garden patio surrounded by city, in your own little protected oasis. Since you’re already at this lovely downtown boutique hotel anyway, why not book an overnight stay and really spoil yourself?

Lush’s Sound Bath Spa Treatment

If you’ve never known the healing power of sound, you are missing out on a profound experience. This is the ultimate combination of music and massage that resets your body, mind and spirit. Lush’s Sound Bath Spa Treatment  is brand new on their spa menu and can be booked at the Robson Street location. Settle in for this 60-minute treatment to inspire peaceful bliss with basalt stones, ear candles, a calming face and scalp massage plus lymphatic drainage. Circulation is stimulated while you drift off to the sounds of Tibetan singing bowls and gongs. The scent of ylang ylang and uplifting neroli incense drifts while all your senses are stimulated. Stepping into downtown Vancouver’s Robson Street afterward you’ll be so zenned-out you may forget where you parked your car.

Circle Wellness Spa

Private hydro-therapy is what Circle Wellness Spa offers right from their location on Granville Island. This clothing-optional wellness experience blends together the old and the new, with time honoured rituals of relaxation melded with modern technology. Soak in a cedar tub while you inhale that calming fragrance only that coniferous tree can provide. Lay out on heated river stones that provide a new definition for the term ‘grounding.’ Cold plunge pools are the secret to vitality that Nordic countries have known for centuries and invigorate like no other treatment. The open-concept sauna detoxifies and grounds. Plan on a healthy meal afterward at Granville Island to round out your spa-day.

Halsa Float Therapy

Halsa Float Therapy is the antidote to an oversaturation of too much light, noise, and stress we all have in our day to day. Shutting out our senses and disconnecting for some time in a Genesis Pod is a healing experience like no other. The pod is filled with 10” of very heavily Epsom salted water that is warmed to the same temperature as our skin, and floating in it allows for the body to decompress. Sound and light are turned off, and the dark and peace the sensory deprivation it provides many people swear by, but some folks prefer soft music and dim light. You control the inside door and can open it at any time. Once the 80-minute float has ended, you’ll be gently alerted that it’s time to step out, rinse the salt off in the shower, and then upstairs to relax in the lounge. Saunas and massages can be scheduled as well to round out your experience in wellness.

This story was originally published in October 2024.