During your visit to Barbados, balance out your get-up-and-go gusto with some serious R&R and a decadent visit to a local spa. Revitalize your senses and stretch your soul with any number of treatments infused with that most mystical and rewarding of all ingredients: an undeniably Bajan appreciation of the good life.

In addition to visiting a spa, you can check with the hotel concierge or your villa management company for their recommendations of some of the many qualified massage therapists and trained beauticians who will come to you.

Following are a couple of noteworthy island spas.

Spa at Sandy Lane Hotel The lavish and beautifully appointed Spa at Sandy Lane Hotel is open to non-resident guests. The superb facilities include private treatment rooms, 14 treatment suites with private gardens, an ice cave, yoga and meditation studio, hydrotherapy pool, lifestyle showers, jet blitz room, chakra room, fitness room, personal training room, a John Frieda Hair Salon and a health conscious restaurant.  For reservations, call (246) 444-2100.

Sugar Sugar Spa Also on the west coast is the Sugar Sugar Spa, a haven of relaxation, where clients can choose from a full range of Elemis professional spa therapies.