The spa at the Boulders Resort is modeled on the original Asian-themed Golden Door Spa in Escondido, CA, but with a southwestern twist: it’s located around a 1.4 billion-year-old boulder pile in the Sonoran desert. The harmonious design is part of an overall organic approach to health and wellbeing at the spa, which offers all the usual first class spa amenities along with classes for yoga, wellness, stress reduction; and signature Golden Door therapies and treatments with a Native American touch, including a turquoise wrap, native grain exfoliation and adobe clay wrap. Dine organically in the spa’s Latilla restaurant on dishes prepared with ingredients from the spa’s organic garden. The Golden Door also boasts a state-of-the–art fitness center and offers rock climbing, mountain biking, horseback riding and more.

Carefree, AZ

www.theboulders.com