Maspalomas Costa Canaria is an exceptional place to improve your quality of life within a unique natural environment in Europe. You will learn how to be fit, to relax and to forget the outside world for a couple of days. That is, you will be simply able to feel free.
The soothing effects of the constant climate tone up your body. The closeness to the sea and the environmental purity, as well as the large amount of hours with sun make this place be one the most desirable destinations of Europe in order to improve one's health.
The nummerous kilometres of coastline have supported the creation of "thalassotherapy", the so called "wellness centres", that is, beauty and health centres, as well as "spa resorts" and aesthetics centres which make these places in relaxation temples. This has a unique clear purpose: to improve one's body and mind well-being.
For further information:
Gran Canaria Spa & Wellness Association
Telf.: + 34 928 384670
Fax: + 34 928 369300
Mail: wellness@feht.es
RELAX AND LET YOU BE PAMPERE
The SPA Roman culture, that is "Salutem per Acquem" (Health through water) reproduces the water concep. Many of our hotels offer in their facilities Roman thermal baths, Turkish baths, hydromassage, relaxation loungers, etc. This is the reason why Maspalomas Costa Canaria is currently one of the main European centres specialized in health tourism.
Life in big cities commands us to find places to relax and alleviate our ailments through water and hydrotherapy. These centres are called "spa" or "resort spa". These hotels located in Maspalomas such as Vital Suite, Eugenia Victoria, Gran Hotel Costa Melonera, etc. use current water mix with salts and oils. These are not linked to any natural resource, but to different medical techniques or therapies. Their facilities are equipped with thermal baths, Turkish baths, Scottish showers with essential oils, manual masage and even relaxation loungers.
A good SPA centre usually offers jet stream showers, temperature-contrast bubbles, stone pathways to wall on or small streams with the best aromatherapy essences. Every hotel has joined cubicles or annexed buildings where guests can receive mud, salt or cream treatments, as well as practise fitness or use the gym to keep fit. These health holidays will help you escape from stress, avoid problems arising from the vertiginous rhythm of life and go back to work and daily life with energy.
In Maspalomas Costa Canaria, you will learn the pleasure of being fit, relaxing and forgetting the outside world for a couple of days. There are several health and beauty centre which make this tourist area a true temple of well-being for body and mind. These centres offer dietetic programmes under medical control, customized therapies ranging from beauty treatments to physiotherapy, antistress and antiaging treatments, as well as face masks, moisturizing baths made from natural substances and hairdressing sessions.
THE HEALING PROPERTIES OF THE SEA
Thalassotherapy (sea water) treatments, known from the Classical Times, are no doubt among the most beneficial treatments for our well-being.
"Talasoterapia Canarias", built in 1998 with the latest technological advances, is one the biggest thalassotherapy centres in Europe, with 7,000 square metre devoted to relax and comfort.
Thalassotherapy uses the healing properties of sea water, rich in minerals, micronutrients, plankton and microscopic seaweed. This centre mixes sea water properties together with the most modern techniques applied to temperature and pressure in order to achieve relaxation to have influence on your rest. Its facilities consist of a large espace absolutely devoted to health with 4 sea water pools, including dynamic pool, gymnastics pool and a large energy pool, along with a relaxing circuit with 29 hydromassage stations.
Thalassotherapy is not only very recommended in case of stress, but it also helps alleviate and prevent all kind of ailments connected to rheumatism, osteoarthritis and osseous and muscular problems. Aesthetic treatments under medical supervision are applied, such as slimming, beauty and antistress treatments. The techniques used span pressure and submarine showers, bubble or ultrasound baths, submarine jet streams, seaweed treatments, pressure therapies and respiratory therapies. This centre has the bathtub "Niagara" and offers dry massages, dry sauna, thermal baths, mud baths, all kind of gymnastics and aesthetic and beauty treatments.
SPECIALIZED ACCOMMODATIONS
TALASOTERAPIA CANARIAS
Hotel Gloria Palace
Las Margaritas s/n
35100 San Agustín
Gran Canaria
Tfno.: +34 928 776 404
Fax: +34 928 765 746 gloriapalace@hvsl.es info@hotelgloriapalace.com www.talasoterapiacanarias.com Services: Talasoterapia Canarias has two of the best equipped and modern thalassotherapy centres in the world with more than 10,000 square metres devoted to your relax and comfort.: dynamic pools, gymnastics pools, enegy pool, relaxing hydromassage circuits, treatment room, saunas and Turkish baths, etc.
VITAL WELLNESS CENTER
Hotel Eugenia Victoria
Avenida Gran Canaria, 26
35100 Playa del Inglés
Gran Canaria
Tfno.: +34 928 762 500
Fax: +34 928 762 260 eugeniavictoria@bullhotels.com www.bullhotels.com Services: Relaxation spa treatments and indoor pools, jacuzzi, Finnish sauna, stone sauna, hammam, rasul, massages, physiotherapeutic and beauty treatments.
SPA & WELLNESS SEASIDE GRAND HOTEL RESIDENCIA
Gran Hotel Residencia
Centro de Salud Wellness Center
Avenida del Oasis, 32
35100 Maspalomas
Gran Canaria
Tfno. Centro: +34 928 723 103
Tfno. Recepción: +34 928 723 100
Fax: +34 928 723 108 residencia@a1web.es info@grand-hotel-residencia.com www.grand-hotel-residencia.com Services: A small 33 degree sea water pool, designed to produce hydromassage, as well as sauna and Turkish bath. The health and wellness centre Grand Hotel Residencia offers different therapies and health programmes under medical supervision.
GRAN SPA CORALIUM
Gran Hotel Costa Meloneras
Mar Mediterraneo, 1
Urbanización Meloneras
35100 Maspalomas
Gran Canaria
Tfno.: +34 928 128100 spa.ghcm@lopesanhr.com www.ghcmeloneras.com Services: Its facilities cover 3,500 square metres with a hydrothermal circuit. This centres uses the most modern hydrotherapy techniques, such as chromotherapy, musictherapy and aromatherapy. There are also private rooms for face and body treatments
VITAL SUITES WELLNESS AND SPA
Hotel Dunas Vital Suite
Avenida Gran Canaria, 80
35100 Maspalomas
Gran Canaria
Tefno.: +34 928 730 233
Fax: +34 928 731930 vitalsuites@hotelesdunas.com www.dunashotels.com Services: This centre offers thalassotherapy services, biosauna with aromatherapy and chromotherapy, steambath, jet stream shower and Vichy showers, etc. Health programmes and body treatments are also available.
THALASSO GRAN HOTEL VILLA DEL CONDE
Gran Hotel Lopesan Villa del Conde
Mar Mediterráneo, 7
Urbanización Meloneras
35100 Maspalomas
Gran Canaria
Tfno.: +34 928 563 232 Thalasso.ghvc@lopesanhr.com www.lopesanhr.com Services: Besides the long list of specific services within cublicles, this centre provides the Thalasso Experience circuit, with a vital pool of sea water, steambaths, chromotherapy sauna, a sea water inhalation cabin and a saline flotation pool.
The most attractive are is the Ocean View Suites, consisting of four exceptional rooms equipped with vitality pool, massage tables and private terraces where clients receive massages while watch the spectacular views over the ocean.
WELLNESS MELONERAS
Hotel H10 Playa Meloneras Palace
Mar Caspio, 5
Urbanización Meloneras
35100 Maspalomas
Tfno.: +34 928 128 282
Fax: +34 928 146 032 h10.playa.meloneras.palace@h10.es wellness.hmp@10.es www.h10.es Services: This is health and beauty centre with all kind of treatments and with water area to relax and tone up your body during your stay at the hotel. Dynamic pool, hydromassage beds, bithermal shower, ice shower, jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath, treatment cubicles and gym.
SPA & WELLNESS SEASIDE
Hotel Palm Beach
Avenida del Oasis s/n
35100 Maspalomas
Tfno.: +34 928 721 032
Fax: +34 928 141 808 info@hotel-palm-beach.com spa@hotel-plam-beach.com www.hotel-palm-beach.com Services: This centre is equipped with eleven treatment rooms, bath with mineral stones and different saunas: dry, steam, Turkish, Finnish and biosauna. There is also a sea water pool.
