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"Although a spa resort's visual appeal may not be top of mind when one is partaking of its offerings, the way it looks has a huge impact on how it makes one feel. Thankfully, then, some of the world's best new hotel spas have made high design a priority. The last few years have seen aesthetically ambitious spas carved out of the most unlikely of locations (a monastery basement, for instance). The starriest of starchitects (Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel) and the biggest of big-name designers (Giorgio Armani, Jacques Garcia, Philippe Starck) have been enlisted. And why not? History is full of beautiful buildings in which to beautify ourselves: from those in Thermae of ancient Greece and the Roman baths of, well, Bath, to the sanatoriums of Baden-Baden in Germany and Louis Kahn's Trenton Bath House in New Jersey.\n\nView Slideshow1 / 11__Vinoth\u00E9rapie SPA Caudalie Marqu\u00E9s de Riscal\n\n Frank Gehry and Yves Collet__\n\n\n\nPost\u2013Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry returned to northern Spain to create the Hotel Marqu\u00E9s de Riscal, a Luxury Collection hotel and spa and a jubilant shot of dynamic contemporary design amid the rolling vineyards of the Rioja Alavesa wine region. Gehry used some 30,000 square feet of titanium to create the ruffled roofline\u2014whose energetic waves evoke a flamenco dancer's skirts\u2014and created a glass passage that leads to the spa, designed by architect Yves Collet. There, the Bordeaux, France\u2013based Caudalie offers the relaxing, rejuvenating\u2014and, in some cases, even slimming\u2014wine- and grape-based wellness treatments that the brand originally perfected in its home country.\n\n\n\n*800-325-3589, International:*__**__*+34-945-180-880;**[hotel-marquesderiscal.com](http://www.marquesderiscal.com)*"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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