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| - The spa at the Arizona Biltmore Resort, http://www.yelp.com/biz/4olxJGHtxb4xIl2TSmDjHg#hrid:Xi5wc0M6zaBeirZ3QEHWkQ is located near the Paradise wing, the waterslide and the Catalina rooms. The closest parking would be the Catalina rooms along the Arizona Canal.
I had booked my spa treatment 6 months out and called to check on it a month out, thankfully I did, they got the date and time wrong. I called another time to check on my reservation and it was correct. I was running late from my flight and they kindly moved my Biltmore Block package from 1pm to 3:00pm on Friday with a couple of hours notice. My package would take around 3plus hours, massage, facial, manicure and pedicure. $385. 18% tax and gratuity. Our dance convention got 30% off of a la carte spa treatments, not packages.
The entrance was small with a reception desk but a large retail area of spa products. You are shown the facility, pretty good size with a locker room with lots of bathroom/spa amenities, lounge with snacks and drinks (loved their peach flavored signature tea), dry and wet sauna, jacuzzi (clothing optional), showers, work out room (I didn't take photos, I was there to dance and relax, not exercise), massage and aesthetician rooms.
The massage room is small and my female masseuse was very attentive and mindful of the cooler room, so she had warm blankets to cover me. The esthetician's room was small also, she was a little young, immature and too chatty for me but I was still pleased with my facial.
For my mani and pedi, you leave the spa building and go next door to the end of the Paradise wing where the salon is located. They have the spa massage chairs for the pedi. Love them. One thing they are missing are toe and fingernail dryers, but you are on vacation, so you take your time finish drying near the pool, in your cabana with canana boy's, running around to do your bidding.
You have to go back next door to the Spa to pay for your treatments at the end.
When you stay as a hotel guest, you have access to everything til around 8pm, so loved to stop by and fill my waterbottle full of their ice tea and pick up a piece of fruit. Would have hung out here much more if I didn't have a poolside cabana. Was very pleased with my treatments and the service.
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