So here's the secret:
You don't need to spend $250 on a massage here to have a relaxing day. I mean you can, but if you're on a budget you can still get your zen on.
Non-guests of the Aria can spend $40/person to use the facility for the day and it's totally chill. Guests of the hotel spend less (I think it's $30/person).
The following things are co-ed (so pack a swimsuit):
- Salt meditation room with vibrating beds. There are headsets in a basket when you walk in (or put your own earbuds in your robe). Plug the headset in the side of the chair. There's a subwoofer built into the base (that's where the vibration comes from) and the headphones deliver the upper frequencies of the new age music piped into the room.
- Dark meditation room with heated stone beds. If you don't take a nap in the other room, this one will do the trick.
- Balcony whirlpool - outdoors overlooking the pool. Off-season this is very tranquil because the pool is closed.
These things aren't co-ed and are clothing optional:
- Indoor whirlpools and cold plunge pool
- Dry sauna
- Eucalyptus steam room
We came in around 10:30 in the morning and stayed until about 7. We walked out content and far more relaxed than when we walked in.