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Willow Stream at The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

Find your energy and connect your spirit with the aura of the Arizona desert and canyons.

Resort Spa

7575 E Princess Dr
Scottsdale, AZ 85255

(480) 585-2732

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Ahhhhh...heaven on earth. We have found it, and its name is Willow Stream. With the dramatic McDowell Mountains as a backdrop, Willow Stream spa is located within the 450-acre grounds of the Five-Diamond Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort. At an amazing 44,000 square feet, every inch of this glorious spa perfectly blends the desert and canyons of Arizona with the five elements essential to life: earth, air, fire, water and wood. At every turn, the spa's design recharges your energy and lifts your spirit through the calming hues of the Sonoran desert, the healing red rocks of Sedona and the humbling waterfalls of Havasupai in the Grand Canyon.

You'll prepare for your Willow Stream journey in the private men's or women's relaxation areas, where you'll find the most wonderful of amenities including a quiet waiting area, eucalyptus steam room, cold plunge pool, whirlpool and Swiss shower. It's doubtful you'll want for anything but if so, the locker rooms are staffed by a friendly attendant who will see to your every need. And don't worry about keeping up with your locker key--you'll make your own locker combination and be hands-free all day.

The main level hosts a full-service salon, a fitness center equipped with the latest cardio and training equipment, exercise studio, refreshment counter and an enchanting outdoor atrium. The 25 treatment rooms border a canyon oasis garden crowned by a waterfall treatment pool. The 60 or 90-minute treatments include a full menu of traditional and unique facials, massages, wraps and body treatments. Enhance any treatment with a 30-minute mineral bath to sooth muscles and detoxify. Signature spa treatments include the Havasupai Body Oasis Experience, East Meets West LaStone Therapy and the Arizona Aromatherapy Facial.

Between therapies, treat yourself to a nutritional Bento Box lunch. You'll choose one item from each of the five food categories that embrace the Lifestyle Cuisine philosophy, which provides natural foods and beverages that are healthy and balanced.

And top your day off by spending some quiet, introspective time by the rooftop mesa pool, a private adult-only area with cabanas and a fireplace for relaxation and meditation. From the pool, meander down the twisting staircase while the water cascades past you and down into the canyon oasis garden below. The walk down the staircase in itself is a transcendental experience.

Kiss the kids and pack a bag, because this is the type of place you'll want to spend the entire day. Trust me, they may just have to drag you out of here kicking and screaming (softly of course). Willow Stream offers the ultimate spa experience in a renewing, balanced and inspiring environment.

Services:

body treatments, facials, hair, massage, nails, waxing, maternity massage, golf performance massage, shiatsu, reflexology, hydrotherapy, kur body treatments, daily fitness classes, personal training, make-up lessons and application, hair glossing and conditioning masks, hot stone pedicure, day and romance packages

Amenities:

lockers, sauna, steam, whirlpool, cold plunge, inhalation room, swimsuit spinner, styling tools and products, rooftop pool, fitness center, bottled water and towels at the pool and fitness center, spa cuisine, bento box lunches, refreshments, meditation areas

Pricing:

$101 to $134 (average price of 50 or 60-minute treatment)

Size:

44,000 sq ft

Hours:

Daily, 6am to 10pm (spa)
Daily, 7:45am to 8:30pm (treatments)

Payment:

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Products:

Full line of Kerstin Florian facial and body products

SpaGirl Review:

Believe it or not, it's rare these days that head SpaGirl Sunny actually has time to spend a day at the spa (crazy, huh?). So when she decided to go, she went big and chose Willow Stream as the place to waste away a few valuable hours just hanging at the spa. In the interview that follows, Sunny and friend Jasmine share their impressions and experiences. Both girls indulged in the spa's signature Havasupai Body Oasis Experience, an amazing two-hour treatment designed for relaxation and inspiration. They prearranged Bento Box lifestyle cuisine lunches, which include a choice of protein, legume, grains and rice, dairy and sweet.

Sunny: So our first order of business: change into our spa duds and check out the amenities in the women's locker room...because they wouldn't let us in the men's locker room (cheesy smile). How 'bout that locker room?

Jasmine: Well I really liked their nifty keypad locker system. I have some freaky compulsion about not having things in my pocket...must be the New Yorker in me. Anyway, the hands-free thing was great.

S: Didn't you lock yourself out of your own locker though?

J: You don't forget anything, do you?

S: I could've lived in that locker room! I was driving some poor woman crazy in there because I couldn't sit still. First, I spent about four seconds in the whirlpool. Then I went into the steam room but I almost fainted. So I tried to relax in the hot sauna but kept imagining that Seinfeld episode where Kramer was frying his skin on the roof with butter so I didn't last in there very long. Then I dipped a toe in the cold plunge...it was really cold...so I tried the Swiss shower for about half a second. It's exhausting to be me...(big breath). Actually though, the eucalyptus inhalation room was the one place I almost relaxed! It was wonderful.

J: I tried the Swiss shower too. It was kind of scary at first and apparently someone really tall had been in there before me but once I adjusted all umpteen of the showerheads, I really liked it. But then I took a regular shower because I had just worked out and it's such a luxury...taking a long steamy shower.

S: You clearly need a man.

J: I know! One of my favorite things was that our spa slippers were crystal clear so if you had a pedicure, it would look so pretty! Hey, it's the little things, you know.

S: So how'd you like our nutritious and delicious Bento box lunches?

J: Well, I must say, I was tempted to go for the tuna sandwich but I'm so glad that I tried the shrimp and scallop box instead. It was delicious and really filling...I actually couldn't finish it

S: That's 'cause you were talking so much. I finished mine.

J: Hey, I don't get out much. I was just worried that I wouldn't get my sweet tooth satisfied with this healthy lunch thing, but the streusel muffin was great. I really loved just sitting out in that courtyard.

S: Yeh, that was the best part. Okay girlie, give our readers a quick synopsis of the Havasupai treatment.

J: Well, it starts in the women's waiting area. The therapist greets you and escorts you outside to the falls. The falls are amazing...three streams of water, each with a different strength...the ultimate luxury. I felt like I was in one of those travel commercials. Then we dried off and went back to the waiting area for a foot bath. I loved the porcelain basins they used and the teak trays for our tea...the details were amazing and the therapist explained everything as he went.

S: I was curious about that--you got a male therapist and I got a female. I'm way too modest for a male therapist. How was it?

J: Oh I have no problem with that. He was amazing and he was definitely a healer.

S: So then we were each escorted to individual therapy rooms for the rest of our treatment. What was your favorite part of the treatment?

J: Oh, just how it kept going and going...just when you thought it was over, some other wonderful thing would be done...I was scrubbed and then took that amazing bath and then the massage. The smells too--eucalyptus, rosemary, citrus. But when it was over, I still wanted more!

S: Yeh, it was the hydrotherapy bath that finally did me in. By the end of it, I was limp and nearly passed out. The therapist had to help me out of the tub. And that was probably the first time in my life that I actually relaxed for a massage. I mean I had to! She did have to ask me at one point to relax my neck...gotta stay a little tense, just in case there's a fire or something. Honestly though, I was truly relaxed. I say "so" a lot, huh?

J: Yes, but I like you anyway.

S: SOOOO, what was your favorite thing about Willow Stream?

J: Mostly that the place is so huge. You could easily go there with four or five people but still give each other plenty of space. I mean, there was so much space that you didn't get on my nerves at all.

S: You only got on my nerves that one time. Yeh, and there's something interesting at every turn there too--in the design, architecture and that pool...wow! When can we go back?

J: Next time you get a day off!.

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