A room at the Posada de
Mike Rapu

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Tiny and naturalistic, Rapa Nui's first spa is part of the Posada de Mike Rapu. Its diminutive two-room, black-and-blond-wood treatment cabin sits in a field of volcanic rock below a eucalyptus-ringed pool and alfresco whirlpool bath. Picture windows reveal a panorama of soaring volcanic cones, uninhabited grassland, and crashing Pacific breakers. You can have any treatment you want as long as it's a massage--including one with essences of the boldo shrub, long used in Chile as both a spice and a medicinal herb (massages, $140).

Tel: 56-2-206-6060 in Santiago

Further reading:
* Hot List 2008
* Easter Island's More Than Just a Pretty Face