Whenever possible, we visited the spa and put the treatments to the test.

But the vast majority of what youll read here is an up-to-the-minute account of the global state of relaxation.

Its a hard job, but someone has to do it.

How We Made Vogues Global Spa Guide

Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier,Vogue, June 2008

We will be refreshing this list annually.

But in the meantime, we hope you enjoyVogues first Global Spa Guide.

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