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Spas, outdoor recreation and all-season pampering

By Bonnie Hamre, About.com

Bolivia
Thermals:
  • Desert in the Sky - Bolivia Uyuni Salt Lake
  • Agua Blanco - Hot Springs
  • hot springs of Sajama National Park,
  • the Kamata River next to some hot springs
  • Oruro
  • Chalviri hot springs

    Chile
    Spas:

  • Puyuhuapi Hot Springs Internationally known, these hot springs are located in an area of exuberant native vegetation and natural beauty at Dorita Bay of the Ventisquero inlet. Its thermal waters reach temperatures of 85ºC and they are recommended to treat skin and rheumatic illnesses. Also, Termas de Puyuhuapi Hotel & Spa offers tours to San Rafael Lagoon, Queulat National Park, excursions to this cold wilderness, and fly fishing excursions. Termas de Puyuhuapi Hotel & Spa offers an indoor hot spring pool, two jacuzzi's, a fully equipped fitness room, two outdoor hot spring pools and a hot spring well. Hydromassage, clay baths, algae baths, mud therapy, clay therapy, marine salt bath, massages, sauna, cosmetology, podiatry, beauty shop, physical conditioning, stretching, passive gym, aqua-aerobics.
  • Huife Hot Springs is a beautiful, modern hot springs located in the middle of Licura River's luxuriant vegetation. The temperature of its water is around 40º C (104ºF) and pool baths can be complemented with soaks in the freezing waters of the river. In addition, this place offers lymphatic massages and reflexology. These treatments are recommended for illnesses affecting the nerves and skin, arthritis, rheumatism, and stress.
  • Hotel y Spa Termas de Puyehue, near Osorno, has since 1908 provided therapeutic treatments in their mineral waters.
  • Hotel del Lago Resort and Casino in Pucon offers a beauty salon, gym, sauna, indoor pool, outdoor pool, solarium, hydromassage, Alpha massage capsule, massage (muscular relax, corporal reduction and reflexology).
  • Termas de Chillan is an all-season ski and spa resort in the Lake District, offering hydrotherapy, Thalassotherapy, massages, and a wealth of outdoor activities. Thermals:
  • Spas and Hot Springs Resorts of Chile
  • Puritama Hot Springs in San Pedro de Atacama
  • Baños Colinas, near Santiago in the Cajon del Maipo. There are nine pools of different temperatures that cascade down the side of a mountain. "The setting is fantastic - surrounded by Andean peaks, clear blue skies and the occassional condor circling overhead. It's a great day tour or for an overnight the German hiking club has a stone hut built in the 1930s with great managers and chef." Info thanks to Santiago Adventures.

    Argentina
    Spas:

  • Named the best spa in Argentina, La Posada del Qenti in Punilla, near Córdoba, offers health, revitalization, and spa programs. Qenti Star health program treats nutrition problems, stress, smokers, diabetics and cardiological recoveries, plus mineral water springs and many outdoor activities.
  • Agua Club & Spa Villa del Sur in Buenos Aires has a fitness center, yoga, solarium, massage, facials, hydrotherapy, fango therapy, aromatherapy, manicure, pedicure, virtual personal trainer, more.
  • European Spa in Buenos Aires offers facials, body care, massage, manicures, hair removal, hand and foot care, whirlpool, body scrub, aromatherapy steam bath, body wraps.
  • Yacu 'Rupaj Resort-Spa Termal offers hydrotherapy, dermatological and weight management services and more in Santiago del Estero. Thermals:
  • Termas de Cacheuta in Mendoza is an all-amenities hotel and spa with outdoor activities and a thermal water park.
  • Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero, the most important "spa-city" of Argentina. Read more about Termas de Río Hondo.

    Uruguay
    Spas:

  • Victoria Plaza Hotel in Montevideo has the Spa Victoria offering weight loss programs, massage, sauna, ultrasound, elctrolipolisis, thermoslim, passive isotonic and isometric calisthenics, criotherapy, mud, scent therapy, facials, more.
  • Barceló Arapey Thermal offers a state-of-the-art gym and an expert professional group of health and beauty masseurs and therapists offering first class treatments with thermal waters in Termas del Arapey.

    Brazil
    Spas:

  • São Pedro Spa Médico - The Most Medical Spa In Brazil near São Paulo treats obesity and its complications.
  • Costão do Santinho Spa in Florianopolis works with European treatment methods based on Detoxifying the Organism through Healthy and Natural Nutrition, accompanied by Hydrotherapy, Thermalism, Thalassotherapy, Physical Therapy, Physical Activities and Natural Treatments, as well as by the use of Medicinal Plants, Marine Algae and Biomolecular Medicine. The Spa also offers nutritional guidance and advice for the prevention and management of chronic diseases.
  • Plaza Itapema Resort & Spa is a full-service beach resort offering nutrition, massage, Thalassotherapy, Physical Therapy, Physical Activities and other services.

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