Canyon Ranch enjoys a world wide reputation for luxury vacations based on healthy living through fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle education and awareness. Canyon Ranch SpaClub is located on the 4th floor of The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. The facility is 69,000 square feet -- the largest fitness facility and spa on the Las Vegas strip -- which includes a salon, cafe, treatment rooms, fitness area and boutique. Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas received a prestigious four-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide, as one America's Best Hotel & Resort Spas, and was named Best Spa by Casino Player Magazine, in its Best of Gaming Issue.

For Valentine's Day, spa guests are invited to "Double the Pleasure" with Valentine Massages for Two, and Chocolate and Cherries for Two. Seduce your Valentine with chocolate, cherries and the gift of health. The package begins with a romantic Rasul Ceremony (Rasul Chamber pictured) followed by a 50- minute couple's side-by-side massage. The Rasul Chamber, decorated with rose petals and candlelight, includes a self-application of a chocolate-fondue body mask and cognac-cherry body scrub to detoxify, exfoliate and moisturize your skin. A couples massage follows with the application of a chocolate syrup and cognac cherry body whip combination to hydrate your skin. The package wouldn't be complete without use of the fitness center and spa facility with a one-day SpaClub Passport and a delicious meal at the Canyon Ranch Cafe. Enjoy this package for two for 3 hours, From $530, Call 888-283-6423 to learn more about this package, or visit the website:

February is for Lovers at Mountain Harbor Resort & Turtle Cove Spa. Bring your someone special to the beautiful Ozarks in Arkansas for a month of special treats. Mountain Harbor and Turtle Cove are offering romantic spa treatments, Valentine dinners, and lodging packages for the entire month of February.

The Deluxe Romance Package is an add-on amenity which provides luxe turndown service with your bedding sprinkled with rose petals, rich Chocolates, sparkling beverage, handcrafted candle made locally by Blue Turtle Creations, a $100 credit to Turtle Cove Spa and Valentine Dinner for Two. From $250, added to cost of lodging of your choice.

The Mini-Romance Package is an add-on amenity which provides luxe turndown service with your bedding sprinkled with rose petals, Chocolates, a sparkling beverage with souvenir Mountain Harbor wine glasses, a handcrafted candle made locally by Blue Turtle Creations, and a $50 credit to Turtle Cove Spa. From $95 added to cost of lodging of your choice. Pictured above is the Lakeview Condominium.

Sans gentleman caller this Valentine's Day Season or, simply wanting to get away from the domestic routine? Enjoy a Valentine's Spa Retreat with your nearest and dearest girlfriends, sisters, mothers, and daughters. Treat yourself to magnificent mountain views, sumptuous luxury, and thrilling recreation at the Wintergreen Resort in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Spanning 11,000 acres on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Wintergreen's villas and condominiums are surrounded by winding trails, cascading streams, and lush forests. Schedule a day of pampering at the Wintergarden Spa & Fitness Center, and we guarantee you'll leave refreshed and rejuvenated. Thanks to its new $4 million-dollar expansion, this heavenly Virginia spa facility now offers even more services - including massages, body wraps, skin care treatments, and nail care.

We recommend the "Where the Boys Aren't Spa Getaway" when it's time for you set aside your duties as family chauffeur, chef, and housekeeper, and visit the sparkling new Wintergarden Spa. This Blue Ridge Mountain vacation package is an ideal getaway for girlfriends needing time to catch up with one another, or mothers, daughters, or sisters who cherish special moments, and includes your preferred lodging, a Spa gift, a Bottle of wine from one of Virginia's premier vintners upon arrival, 50-minute massage, traditional pedicure, your choice of one regularly scheduled group fitness session, including Yoga, Nia, and water aerobics, access to the Aquatics & Fitness Center, featuring a sauna, steam room, whirlpool baths, and indoor swimming pool, and tennis court time. From $254 per guest, per night.

You'll find one of Idaho's most beautiful day spas in Coeur d'Alene, where highly trained therapists and aestheticians at The Highlands Spa offer the area's best value for massage & spa treatments. The spa offers not only its full salon and spa menu, but treatments in the student-operated on-site clinic for the American Institute of Clinical Massage. Don't miss this season's Valentine Package #4 for two people. The package includes Massage, Steam Sauna, Full Body Exfoliation, Express Facials, Jacuzzi tub soaks, Champagne and Fondue for two, and two beautiful Terry Robes to take home as a keepsake. Two people, 3.5 hours (approx), from $430 Visit Highlands Spa online.

Balance Day Spa in Greensboro, North Carolina offers seasonal menu items, including the delicious January-February offering: The Chocolate Cherry Pedicure. This Valentine treat for the feet includes a Milk Chocolate Foot Soak, Chocolate Cherry Sugar Scrub, Moisturizing Chocolate Mask & Cherry Lotion. The pedicure is $45 through the month of February. SpaIndex and SpaFlyer readers, print the coupon below and redeem it for a complimentary bottle of OPI polish with your Chocolate Cherry Pedicure. Visit Balance Day Spa online.

At Aquatica Salon & Day Spa, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, you've still got time to book the popular yearly Valentine's Day Special and also take 10% off. This year, the Romance for Two package affords a couple the spa's popular "RainbowMist Treatment" (a combination of steam bath and color-hydro therapy tub, bringing together wonderful healing elements which are both beneficial and soothing); the "Just for Two" massage (nestled side-by-side, a couple can enjoy massages in a treatment suites), and Lunch for Two. The package lasts 3 hours and is discounted through February 28, 2006 at $306 (reg $340) Visit Aquatica Day Spa online.

ultrabeauty Salon & Spa in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a complete menu of Valentine's Day packages, including one for her, one for him, an express package, and, the Romantic Couples' Day Spa Getaway. This luxe package includes a Tranquility Aromatherapy Couples Massage, Sauna or Steam, a Chocolate Body Scrub for him, a Chocolate layer facial treatment for her, Hydrotherapy bath for two, Chocolate spa manicure and pedicure for both, and a romantic champagne dinner for two. From $560 for this package. Visit ultrabeauty online.

Oasis Day Spa in Harker Heights, Texas, has a "sit down and relax policy..." Every guest is welcome to come in a bit early before an appointment, to enjoy a hot cup of herbal tea, browse through the library, and sample retail products. This season, it offers a complete menu of single and package services for Valentine's Day, including the Chocolate Jubilee. This package includes a Swedish Massage, Chocolate Body Scrub, Chocolate Mint Spa Pedicure, Chocolate & Cherries Eminence Facial, Lite spa lunch, and take home chocolates. From $215 Visit Oasis Day Spa online.

This recipe -- a slight variation of the favorite served at Green Mountain at Fox Run in Ludlow, Vermont – makes a special Valentine treat for your loved ones. As you'll see, it doesn’t contain a lot of special low-fat ingredients; Green Mountain advocates portion control as the key to fitting this treat into a healthy eating plan. The fresh raspberries baked into the crust are a refreshing surprise. The Spa Index team has baked this cheesecake with SPLENDA and reduced fat cream cheese with wonderful results, and we've often substituted other berries or fruit we have on hand.

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For even more recipes and tips for healthy living, visit Green Mountain at Fox Run, online.

In Japan, Korea and Taiwan, the February 14 Valentine's Day holiday is closely followed by White Day, celebrated on March 14. On Valentine's Day, the custom is for women to give gifts of chocolate to men, and not just to sweethearts, but co-workers as well! The chocolate gifts are known as giri-choco (giri = obligation; choco = chocolate). In order to level the playing field, a savvy marshmallow manufacturer conceived of Marshmallow Day in 1965, calling for a gesture of thanks by the men. His idea bloomed and on March 14, men who receive chocolate on Valentine's Day return the favor and give sweet gifts -- usually with marshmallow -- to women. The holiday is often called White Day, as well, and gifts now include marshmallow, candy, chocolate, and lingerie.

This year, delight your special one with a marshmallow gift in the form of luxe bath and body products from MOR. The MOR Dolce Marshmallow line.  The scent is far from a cloying kiddie fragrance however. It is sweet, soft, sexy and subtle, decidedly adult. The name derives from the addition of marshmallow botanical extracts, but the packaging will appeal to every glamour girl, perfect for display on your vanity table and beside the bath.

We were happy to try many products from the line, however, one of our favorites was the MOR Marshmallow Milk Bath Soak, which does double duty in our Freshen Up Lounge. The milk bath blend is designed to pamper and soften skin by combining vitamin-rich milk proteins with stimulating plant extracts. The texture is exquisite -- no coarse powdered milk here. We take every opportunity to turn a routine task into something special, so while we liked it as a bath and foot soak, we love it as a hand scrub. The grain is so ultra fine that we added it to a lovely bowl adjacent to our sink. A quick finger scoop of the bath soak, scrubbed between moistened hands, makes for an effective and gentle exfoliating spa treatment for the hands. The milk proteins and lactic acid will soften and brighten your hands on the spot. Other favorites: The rich whipped body soufflé and body scrub, with peach seed and micro-beads, shea butter, soybean and marshmallow extract.