The River Maine runs through it.
Photo: Galgorm.com

Every May, Condé Nast Traveler releases its Hot List, a collection of the best new hotels, spas, restaurants, and nightspots. Check the Daily Traveler every day for a new post from this year's list.

On the lush green banks of the River Maine, this 163-acre tract includes a $10 million spa that's a dark-wood, richly scented oasis offering Ytsara and Aromatherapy Associates products. Guests can choose among 11 treatment rooms, including a sumptuous private suite featuring twin couches and two freestanding Parisian baths facing a beautiful sea horseand-coral aquarium. Indulge in the Thermal Spa Experience ($58), a series of nine hot and cold stations including a Roman purification bath, herb caldarium, steam aroma grotto, sauna, outdoor hot tub, and amazing indoor infinity hydrotherapy pool, where at the push of a button massage cannons and volcano airpads relax and rejuvenate tense muscles as the river rushes through the woodland outside (massages, $116).

Further reading:
* Spa at Galgorm Web site
* Hot List 2008
* Hot List on the DT