01 February 2024
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You don’t need to drive out to Peninsula Hot Springs or Daylesford and Hepburn Springs for the total relaxation and profound rejuvenation of a luxury day spa. Melbourne has many excellent day spas in and around the CBD, each with their unique twists on classic treatments and products that’ll leave you feeling brand new every time.
From high-end hotel spas to independent spas in suburbs like Collingwood and Cremorne, there are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to relaxing in a way that best recharges you. Skincare, massages, light therapy, saunas – the day spas below offer various treatments with a holistic approach to health and wellness.
High above Southbank’s flood of tourists, the Chuan Spa offers a tranquil retreat where pampering meets inner peace. Chinese culture and aesthetics define the Chuan Spa experience, so go with the (Feng Shui) flow and try the Tao of Detox package. Featuring exfoliation, algae wrap, massage and a facial that will leave you with skin plumped and mind and body aligned.
Stay zen after your detox with a dip in the saltwater Jacuzzi and take in the spectacular views across the city skyline.
Where: The Langham, Melbourne, level 9/1 Southgate Ave, Southbank
Prices: View the spa menu
There aren’t too many places that do justice to the word regal, but the Crown Spa is one of them. Plush lounges and velvet curtains set the scene for indulging in a truly lavish experience with the Pure Gold Radiance Facial.
Embrace a truly lavish treatment at Crown Spa.
Products from premium brand La Prairie are combined with specially selected masks and heat treatments to leave you looking refreshed and radiant. It’s no wonder celebrities are frequently spotted here: it’s glitzy, glamorous and you’ll be treated like royalty.
Spend time in the Aqua Retreat after your treatment.
Where: Level 3, Crown Towers, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank
Prices: View the spa menu
The Park Club Health and Day Spa is a hidden oasis within the hustle and bustle of the CBD. With décor that would be equally at home in a Roman palace, the Park Club is inner-city luxury at its finest.
Escape the frenetic pace of the city inside the spa at Park Hyatt.
Opt for the Ginger Renewal treatment and you’ll leave smelling as good as you feel, with lavender exfoliation followed by a ginger oil massage it’s sure to make the stresses of daily life fade away. Perfect for sneaking out of the office for a long lunch break – just don’t let the secret out.
Slip away to the spa at Park Hyatt for a treatment to remember.
Where: 1 Parliament Square Off, Parliament Pl, Melbourne
Prices: View the spa menu
It’s hard to believe the luxurious L.M. Spa is just a 30-minute drive southwest of the CBD. The spa is housed within a 19th-century mansion, set upon sprawling manicured gardens that leave you feeling as though you’ve been transported to a scene from Downton Abbey rather than outer Melbourne.
The luxurious L.M. Spa is housed within a 19th-century mansion.
Get the gals together for a day trip and spoil yourselves with the Girls’ Day in Package, including champagne, cakes, hand and spa treatments and use of all the spa facilities. The Mansion Spa offers the perfect little getaway, and you won’t even have to leave Melbourne.
Splurge on a Girls’ Day in Package.
Where: Escarpment Rd, Werribee VIC 3030
Prices: View the spa menu
The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne only opened in 2023, so the hotel’s signature spa has been getting plenty of attention in the wellness community. If you’re looking for a five-star hotel spa experience in Melbourne, it’s hard to overlook the thoughtful, tailored packages that make up the Ritz-Carlton Spa menu.
Enjoy an indulgent swim at The Ritz-Carlton Spa.
For a great date idea, the $240 couples bath ritual only takes 30 minutes and takes place high above Melbourne’s skyline in an aromatic bath with rose petals and rose otto treatment oil, plus Champagne and chocolates. Standalone massages start from $230, although most are $300 and offer a comprehensive treatment along with high-end products.
Sign up for a five-star hotel spa experience at The Ritz-Carlton.
Where: 650 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Prices: View the spa menu
This day spa in the fashionable M Gallery Hotel Chadstone takes a more – hence the name – holistic approach to wellness in Melbourne. Based on the principle of interconnectedness, Holism Retreat’s treatments are designed so guests can explore themselves across skincare, yoga, meditation, massage, education and light therapy.
Holism Retreat takes a holistic approach to wellness. (Image: Sophie Miller)
Stick around after your morning yoga class for a clean breakfast, a swim in the hotel’s intimate rooftop pool, and a high-end spa treatment that’ll leave you feeling confident and content.
Indulge in a feel-good light therapy at Holism Retreat. (Image: Sophie Miller)
Where: Inside M Gallery Hotel Chadstone; 1341 Dandenong Rd, Chadstone
Prices: View the spa menu
The Feel Good Hood is a not-for-profit wellness centre that also offers gym access and personal training. The team behind it are so inextricably linked to the community that the centre’s swimming program, Feel Good Dips, is easily one of the best things to do in Hawthorn for both locals and visitors.
Take an ice bath or infrared sauna at The Feel Good Hood.
If you’re wondering where you can take an ice bath in Melbourne, head straight to this hidden gem. There’s also an infrared sauna for when you want to sweat those chills away.
The wellness centre also offers gym access and personal training.
Where: 14 Church St, Hawthorn
Prices: View the spa menu
A fixture of the local health and beauty circuit, Willow Urban Retreat in Armadale is another Melbourne day spa that takes a more holistic approach to wellness. Except now it’s been reflagged as Endota Melbourne, joining a larger community of days spas in Australia popular for in-house products and star treatments.
With a Whole Foods cafe attached, Endota products and an infrared spa, there are plenty of reasons to stick around after your treatment.
Where: 1205 High St, Armadale
Prices: View the spa menu
Designed as both a bathhouse and a day spa, Sense of Self is Collingwood’s most comprehensive and modern wellness offering. In addition to the usual day spa treatments, this large venue also offers a mix of bathing, sauna and cold plunge experiences, in addition to traditional massages.
Sense of Self is a bathhouse and day spa in one.
The menu is quite broad, so you could pop in for something as quick as the 30-minute Gua Sha facial with a four-step Mukti Organics cleanse, or a 90-minute remedial massage designed to address deeper muscular issues.
Opt for a Gua Sha facial for the ultimate treat.
Where: 30-32 Easey St, Collingwood
Prices: View the spa menu
Relinque Urban Retreat is a luxury day spa in Ivanhoe, regularly luring guests with premium treatment suites and a modern yoga and Pilates studio. Like most of the other entries on this guide to Melbourne’s best day spas, the offering goes far beyond your traditional spa, with water therapy, facial therapy, body therapy and several wellness packages.
Relax in premium treatment suites at Relinque Urban Retreat.
For their peak offering, go for the $465 Release package, conceived as the ultimate wellness experience with body exfoliation, jet steam shower, Gua Sha stone ritual, a signature full body massage and more. You also have the option of shorter, more affordable treatments like the standard deep tissue massage.
Relinque Urban Retreat caters to every wellness need.
Where: 19 Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe
Prices: View the spa menu
Blanc Spa is part of Hawksburn Village on Malvern Road. This day spa in Prahran is relatively simple but the service, attention to detail and reasonable prices help elevate the experience. The spa menu offers a lot of variety across facials, skin corrections and massage treatments, and there’s also a shop with high-quality skincare and wellness gifts.
Enjoy a relaxing facial at Blanc Spa. (Image: Blanc Spa Photography)
If you want basic, opt for the $170 60-minute Relaxation Massage and add on some premium beauty services for a full reset. This is also a spa that offers couples treatments, as well as a 4.5-hour Mont Blanc ritual that includes an APEX facial, Crystal Body Exfoliation, a signature De-Stress Ritual and a Deluxe Spa Pedicure with a hefty price tag of $1,000 per person.
Pop into Blanc Spa for a relaxation massage. (Image: Blanc Spa Photography)
Where: 572 Malvern Rd, Prahran
Prices: View the spa menu
With a presence in Byron Bay as well, Little Company is one of Melbourne’s best luxury day spas and a calming oasis of wellness offerings curated with pure pampering in mind. Facials are the signature treatments, like the $189 60-minute LTCO Ritual Facial, but the extensive spa and massage menu has plenty of options.
Settle into the calming oasis at Little Company.
Non-invasive skin treatments like NanoFusion are also on offer, as well as an LED Red Light Room so you can pop in for a quick 20 minutes of rejuvenating light therapy. Skincare is front and centre, offering something a bit different to your usual Melbourne day spa.
Little Company is one of Melbourne’s best luxury day spas.
Where: Montalto Pl, Collingwood
Prices: View the spa menu
Natskin Skin & Body Therapy stocks great products, offers affordable massage treatments and specialises in couples and groups. Grab a Warm Stone Massage for $150 and pick up some Aspect skincare after a $190 advanced hydration facial. The team here obviously know the ins and outs of wellness when it comes to taking care of the skin and body so take advantage of the expert knowledge and leave knowing exactly what your body needs and when.
There’s even an option to buy a $1,345 All Year Indulgence package which includes credit for either 12 one-hour treatments or six two-hour treatments in 12 months, with each consisting of a classic facial, signature massage and stone massage, spa pedicure and manicure, and body salt exfoliation.
Where: 176 Warrandyte Rd, Ringwood North
Prices: View the spa menu
As the resident spa at the long-standing InterContinental Melbourne, Botanica Day Spa is your classic five-star hub of tranquillity. Being part of one of Melbourne’s most highly regarded hotels comes with that kind of standard, matched with indulgent day spa treatments including facials, therapeutic massages and several different body treatments.
The signature Botanical Escape treatment is the best representation of what’s on offer. Using top-quality products, guests begin with a foot soak before a hot-stone back massage and a custom anti-ageing Elemis facial based on individual skin concerns.
Where: 495 Collins St, Melbourne
Prices: View the spa menu
There aren’t too many day spas in South Melbourne but Sunlighten does just fine. The wellness hub is mostly focused on sauna and Infrared therapy while placing great importance on a supportive environment.
Unlike most of the other top spa experiences in Melbourne, you won’t get a massage or facial at Sunlighten. All that’s on offer is research-based Infrared therapy, as mentioned above, as well as oxygen therapy designed to confer various health benefits such as increased alertness and improved sleep.
Where: 359 Clarendon St, South Melbourne VIC 3205
Prices: View the spa menu
From cellulite-busting Endermologie and light therapy to massages and facials, Norbu Urban Retreat is Cremorne’s best spa experience and has one of the longest spa menus in Melbourne.
Treat yourself to a relaxing 40-minute massage at Norbu Urban Retreat.
The approach here is to book a treatment and then add on various other wellness experiences such as infra-red therapy for $25 or a foot soak and circulation booster for $40.
Massages are, however, the speciality here and they are very affordable. A standard 40-minute massage with oil would set you back $115.
Where: 30 Swan St, Cremorne
Prices: View the spa menu
Considering it’s one of the highest-rated day spas in Melbourne CBD, you’ll need to book far in advance if you want a treatment at the stylish V Hotel Spa on Little Collins Street.
Comprehensive spa packages nail the affordable luxury trend with high-quality products and fantastic service. You’ll find that many groups tend to gravitate towards this particular spa, which is why the spot specialises in couple’s massages and also offers a three-hour Hen’s Spa Package for $235 per person.
You can also choose standalone massages such as a deep tissue massage, a hot rock massage, or remedial massage therapy, and then relax across the wellness hub’s hydro-steam room and series of spa baths.
Where: 630 Little Collins St, Melbourne
Prices: View the spa menu
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