Spa at the Fairmont Orchid – the Big Island

Robin Kanno, a travel specialist with Landmark Travel, unreservedly recommends the Spa at the Fairmont Orchid, on the Big Island. “The ‘Spa Without Walls’ allows guests to enjoy treatment in an outdoor waterfall massage hale (traditional thatch hut) or oceanside cabana,” she says, instead of an indoor treatment rooms (though that’s an option). “For a relaxing restorative treatment,” she adds, “have the lomilomi massage and request Stephanie.” Lomilomi is a form of ancient massage that Hawaii’s ruling chiefs used as both a luxury and for better digestion.

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