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Russia - more fully known as the Russian Federation is a vast country in Eastern Europe and northern Asia. It is divided into regions, including Northwestern Russian, Central Russia, Southern Russian, Volga Region, Urals Region, Siberia, Far Eastern Russia, and Kaliningrad Oblast. Russia has both extensive Arctic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean coastlines, as well as smaller coastlines on the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas.
Some of the more populated destinations (cities and lakes) are:
Moscow (Москва) — Russia's capital is one of the world's greatest cities
Irkutsk (Иркутск) — located within an hour of Lake Baikal on the Trans-Siberian Railway
Kazan (Казань) — the capital of Tatar culture, in the heart of the Volga Region with an impressive Kremlin
Lake Baikal — the "pearl of Siberia" is the world's deepest and biggest lake by volume
Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург) — Russia's cultural and former political capital is home to the Hermitage, one of the world's best museums, while the city center is a living open air museum, making this city one of the world's top travel destinations
Sochi (Сочи) — Russia's Black Sea beach resort is set to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games
Vladivostok (Владивосток) — often referred to as "Russia's San Francisco," due to its hilly streets. Russia's principal Pacific city and the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway
Volgograd (Волгоград) — formerly Stalingrad home to an extensive war memorial
Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбург) — the center of the Urals region and one of Russia's principal cultural centers
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Grand Hotel and SPA Rodina
Sochi, Russia
Grand Hotel opened in 2006 in the very heart of Black Sea Riviera, Soc, and is a beautiful and luxurious hotel, which is worthily considered to be a pride of Russia. It embodies style that is beyond time and fashion, high level of comfort and perfect service. Grand Hotel and SPA Rodina is a club-hotel with 40 rooms only: 22 deluxe rooms, 12 junior suits and 6 corner lux-apartments. The modern SPA complex, of 4500 sq. meters, appears to be one of the biggest SPAs in Europe applying a wide range of modern technologies in the field of beauty and wellness. Great private territory of 15 hectares accommodates everything necessary for a marvelous holiday
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Holiday Club Spa & Wellness
St. Petersburg, Russia
Holiday Club Spa is a genuine pearl of Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge that fits ideally into the historic interior of this old building that once belonged to the famous Eliseev dynasty. Holiday Club Spa has a unique atmosphere and will impress with its grand dimensions. A beauty salon is on the first floor, and includes a visage studio and a cosmetics store. The Aqua Zone is on the second floor, under a glass cupola and red-brick arches. It has a pool in the style of an Ancient Roman bath, as well as hydro-massage pools, showers and 8 types of sauna. The third floor has a full fitness gym and rooms for skin and body care treatments.
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Healthspa Piestany
The healing effects of the natural healing sources are the main reason why people from all over the world visit Pieštany Spa. The improvement to your state of health is a natural harmonization between the effective treatment and a relaxing time spent in Pieštany. Procedures are usually taken during the mornings, and there is plenty of free time available to enjoy the rich cultural and social life, get to know the town and its surroundings, or participate in the many sporting activities offered.
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Chateau Eza, a Luxury Boutique Spa Hotel on the Côte d'Azur, French Riviera |
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Silverado Resort, with a 16,000 square foot luxury Roman-inspired Spa in
Napa, California |
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New Year, New You, New York. The Never Diet Again: Welcoming Weight Loss and Wellness at Mohonk Mountain House
2012 Dates: April 27-29 and November 2-4 |
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Teens and Young Women’s Healthy Weight Loss Program. For teen and young women aged 17 to 27 years, grappling with the unique challenges that affect their age group. Green Mountain at Fox Run, Vermont. |
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Change the Way You Think and You'll Change Your Life. Structure House of Durham, North Carolina, offers weight loss programs from 7 days to 28 days which provide a wealth of health information, nutrition education, activities, and tools to deal with the triggers causing overeating. SpaIndex readers save 20% off program costs. |
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Go Off The Grid for one intensive week at a luxury bootcamp in California. Gain physical endurance, shed unwanted pounds, tone up and detoxify in a healthy and sustainable way at The Ranch at Live Oak, Malibu. |
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