Virtuoso Life - July/August 2008 - (Page 41) GO WITH THE FLOW Finishing off a $100-million redesign with a splash, Miami’s 392-room Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club recently opened its Laguna Pool, complete with a 35-foot-tall water slide, an 800-foot lazy river, and pool deck cabanas furnished with flat-screen TVs and refrigerators. A new grill and spa services offered within the cabanas ensure that guests never have to leave the tropical oasis. Doubles from $169, including breakfast, one $50 spa credit, and a $50 golf credit. Laze at the Laguna in Miami. Librisa Spa’s wild comfort. Sky High Sharing the Chilean desert with astronomy researchers, the 50-room hotel explora en Atacama recently added a high-powered telescope to its lineup of amenities. Guests can book stargazing sessions in the resort observatory for guided tours of nebulas, clusters, the Southern Cross, and Saturn’s rings via a powerful 16-inch Meade telescope lens. Doubles from $1,773 per person, including three nights’ accommodations, all meals and beverages, and guided activities. Space out at explora. South African Bliss Librisa Spa has opened at the 201-room Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town. Housed in three Victorian buildings with handpainted silk wallpaper, the spa is the first in South Africa to design treatments specifically for children and offers a full menu of massages, facials, wraps, and other services for adults. Signature packages include the Vine Secret Vintage Experience, a four-part, two-hour endeavor that begins with a grape-seed exfoliation and ends with a massage (about $130). Doubles from approximate $490, including breakfast and a $50 dining credit. BY ELAINE GLUSAC J U LY | A U G U S T 2 0 0 8 41
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