Tel: 303-999-2900

Touted as "recess for grown-ups," with jelly beans at the front desk, bright translucent "art panels" quartering the locker rooms, and a home in Denver's yuppie-hippie hybrid neighborhood of Cherry Creek North, Nectar is a refreshingly unstuffy spa. Sustainable wood floors and American clay plaster walls lend the 4,000-square-foot space a clean, natural aesthetic. Signature treatments, focusing on decompression and delivered by serene therapists in subtly lit rooms, include the Wild Mint Wrap, which uses Colorado mud to soothe and hydrate, and the deep-tissue Vital Touch massage, designed to knead out the aches of mountain climbers. The Blossom facial, a 30-minute sloughing followed by an intensely moisturizing mask, is the perfect remedy to a few days in the dry altitude of Mile High City. From there, a quick exit path brings you to the downstairs Pura Vida fitness center, where spa-goers can take a full day's spinning, yoga, Pilates, and dance classes for free.