Georgia Spa Guide: The Best Spas in Savannah
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A city known for its hospitality and charm, Savannah, Georgia is filled with spas that take warmth and welcome to the next level. These sanctuaries for relaxation and rejuvenation blend modern luxury and technology with historic charm and authentic traditions.
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The Savannah spa scene includes resort spas, full-service day spas, and high-tech medical spas that offer a range of experiences to those living in or visiting the city. In our Georgia spa guide, travel down cobblestone streets lined with moss-draped oaks and experience serenity and wellness at the best spas in Savannah.
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E’lan Vital Medical Spa
11 Gateway Blvd. South, Suite 51, Savannah, GA; (912) 910-9010
Dr. Teki Hegwood, a board-certified ob/gyn doctor, found herself increasingly engaged with aesthetic medicine—an aspect of women’s health that she felt had been too long ignored by traditional Western medicine. She began pursuing education and training in regenerative medicine and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) technology, which led her to found E’lan Vital Medical Spa in Savannah.
Through the spa, she is able to provide what she describes as life-altering procedures that restore vitality, instill confidence, and mitigate signs of aging. Of particular importance to her is using the body to provide its own healing.
Services offered at E’lan Vital include vampire facials and face lifts, hair restoration, o-shots and p-shots, IV therapy, weight loss consultation, PDO thread lifts, Sylfirm X, and Empower RF. The spa also offers several products for skin care, weight management, and nutrition including Isagenix products and Semaglutide.
Glow Medspa Downtown
3 East Perry Street, Savannah, GA; (912) 349-3690
The treatments you get at Glow Medspa may be clinical in nature, but founder Courtney Victor wanted to ensure that they were given in an environment that was luxurious and blissful, that “spa” was at the center of everything that was done. When she opened the doors in 2006, it was with an attention to detail and devotion to customer service.
At Glowspa, they fuse science and beauty, pursuing transformation with cutting-edge medical procedures and luxurious pampering. Their success in achieving this can be seen in their winning Best of Savannah awards from multiple magazines in multiple categories from 2009 forward. A guest’s journey with Glowspa begins with a complimentary consultation with a registered nurse or a medical esthetician to determine a course of treatments.
Services they offer include injectables (including Botox, Dysport, Jeuveau, B12, and Kybella), HydraFacials, PRP and microneedling, facials, IV therapy, laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation, waxing, and chemical peels. They offer four levels of memberships with monthly fees and minimum time commitment.
Members get personalized beauty treatments and savings. In addition to a range of services that members get each month, they can take home a complimentary skincare mask with every treatment, receive a free B-12 shot every month and get a discount on other services. Each level of membership includes more services.
Heavenly Spa by Westin
2 Resort Drive, Savannah, GA; (912) 201-2250
At The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, they want their Savannah guests to experience a little bit of heaven on earth when they step into the walls of the Heavenly Spa by Westin. Designed to engage all five senses, treatments uplift guests mentally, physically, and spiritually. They want each treatment to be memorable and set out to make that happen by designing unique, authentic experiences and using quality products.
Services provided focus on the body, hands, and feet, massage, fitness, and facials. Sprinkling a little bit of Georgia into their menu, one body treatment is the Georgia Peach Sweet Tea Scrub, which envelops the skin with Southern charm using a ginger and peach sweet tea sugar scrub followed by a hydrating shea butter application.
One massage option incorporates green antioxidants and a citrus oil blended with cilantro and orange. Those looking for skin care can choose between HydraFacials and organic ones. The spa also welcomes groups whether it is for a retreat, party or corporate event. They’ll provide mimosas, interactive stations, and a spa food and beverage menu.
Life Essentials Spa
1101 E. Montgomery Cross Rd., Savannah, GA; (912) 712-8889
Life Essentials Spa wants you to look and feel your best. Their friendly professionals are devoted to providing top-notch services in the areas of massage, facials, permanent makeup, body cavitation, and waxing. The spa and its therapists are certified in providing dermaplane and microblading brows.
Life Essentials offers to customize massage services using such modalities as deep tissue, Swedish, aromatherapy, reflexology, CBD, hot stone, and prenatal. Add-ons available include enzyme masks, salt or sugar scrubs, essential oils, hot stones, and peels.
Facial options include enzyme facials, chemical peels, microneedling, dermaplaning, LED, and radio frequency. Permanent makeup options can be applied to lips, brows, and eyeliner using a variety of techniques including microblading and microshading. Guests can also reserve treatments with their 6-in-1 body cavitation machine that includes bipolar radio frequency, microcurrents, and ultrasonic body cavitation.
Magnolia Spa at Marriott Savannah Riverfront
100 General McIntosh Blvd., Savannah, GA; (912) 373-2039
Set on the Savannah Riverfront, Marriott Savannah Riverfront’s Magnolia Spa wants to transport you to a place of bliss and well-being. It is a place where you can relax and find peace, a tranquil oasis where therapists empower you to love and care for your body, mind, and spirit. They talk about finding the divine spirit within you and design their treatments and choose their products with the goal of nurturing that divinity.
Men and women have separate relaxation lounges and other amenities include a steam rooms, saunas, citrus water, robes and spa snacks. Hotel guests have a collection of services to select from, most that provide personalized skincare and body services that incorporate organic essential oils and plant extracts.
Services include body scrubs, body wraps, massages—including for couples, eye treatments, facials, manicures and pedicures, paraffin hand treatments, and waxing. Services are customized for both men and women. They recommend contacting the spa two weeks before your arrival to put together a package that will meet your needs.
Milan Day Spa on Broughton
10 E. Broughton Street, Savannah, GA; (912) 236-4900
TripAdvisor ranks Milan Day Spa as the number one spa and wellness center in the city. Taking up residence in Savannah’s historic district, the day spa offers an oasis of relaxation where therapists design personalized services to help their guests achieve true wellness. The spa was founded by Catherine Garrido, a wellness enthusiast committed to holistic transformations and personalized customer service.
Services include massage, facials, microneedling, waxing, hair care, hair and makeup, and cosmetic care. They consult with guests seeking massage services to determine which modality will best fit their needs and offer a “Royal Treatment,” which is a 2-hour massage that blends five styles including such body treatments as sugar salt scrub, mud masque, and a scalp oil massage.
In addition to their range of spa services, guests can reserve locally-sourced gourmet treats such as macarons, charcuterie boards, chocolate-covered strawberries or freshly baked cupcakes.
Poseidon Spa at JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District
400 W. River Street, Savannah, GA; (912) 373-9030
Settled into one of Savannah’s newest destinations, the Plant Riverside District, Poseidon Spa at JW Marriott Plant Riverside District focuses on relaxation in a luxurious setting, a place to retreat from the excitement of the surrounding activities and attractions. It’s a place where each month they create new rituals designed to celebrate the season and provide new experiences for guests each time they visit. For example, January focused on cheering in the new year with a champagne and fig pedicure and a champagne mousse massage.
Throughout the year, they emphasize their desire to create customized services for their guests, telling them the days of “picking services from a list” are gone. Instead, they want each guest to share their wellness and beauty goals and they’ll create a massage, facial, pedicure or manicure that helps move the guest toward those goals.
They do provide a tempting menu of add-ons such as body brushing, Privai body butter, hot stones, aromatherapy, LED treatments, peels, and masques. Other services include waxing and formal air styling for special occasions.
Saltgrass Spa and Fitness at Hotel Bardo Savannah
700 Drayton Street, Savannah, GA; (912) 238-5158
A fresh holistic gym and wellness spa concept at Savannah’s newest hotel, Saltgrass Spa and Fitness is a cultural hub that provides a place to pursue training for longevity and health while engaging in traditional aesthetics practices and spiritual wellness.
Their goal is to balance physical and energetic vitality through inspiration from naturalists and apothecary keepers of bygone eras. The newest spa on this list, they open on Feb. 8, 2024 in a 19th Century Southern Gothic structure in Forsyth Park as part of Hotel Bardo Savannah.
The spa will feature daily HIIT workouts and boot camps, programming featuring top Pilates and yoga instructors from Savannah; restorative facial treatments using CODAGE elixirs and serums in five signature facials; body treatments incorporating massages, wood therapy, and heat-based experiences; and coastal-inspired bites such as Italian bone broth, protein bites, and cannellini bean hummus.
Savannah Day Spa
15 East York Street, Savannah, GA; (912) 234-9100
A family-owned spa that believes wellness services ought to be accessible to all, Savannah Day Spa has designed a full-service experience with something to appeal to their wide range of clientele. Their competitive pricing and flexible payment options are designed to accommodate those of many means while their services have attracted such celebrities as Jennifer Lopez, Cate Blanchett, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Carrot Top.
They are located in the historic district in a restored office that was first built in 1850 and retains original architectural details. Their services include massages, facials, nail care, waxing, and body care with a menu of options available for men and couples.
They incorporate several different massage modalities from the traditional one to Lomi Lomi and a Tibetan massage using oils and acupressure. AromaTouch therapy can be added on to any massage. In addition to sugar/salt scrubs and body brushing, they offer fascia blasting, a form of fascial manipulation.
Their facials incorporate Rubos and June Jacobs skin care lines and can be customized to each skin type. Other facials are geared toward clearing the lymph nodes and helping with decongestion. Knowing how hard it can be to pick just one service, they’ve curated six packages from the Southern Belle’s Delight and Gentleman’s Retreat to Savannah Day Dream and Couple’s Blooming Romance.
Spa Bleu
101 Bull Street, Savannah, GA; (912) 236-1490
Spa Bleu embraces inclusivity, creating a haven of self-care where people of all identities and backgrounds are welcomed and respected. With a goal of inspiring and empowering its guests, Spa Bleu creates a peaceful and balanced space by practicing mindfulness, filling the air with soothing aromas and using thoughtful ingredients. They dedicate themselves to keeping up on trends in the wellness industry and incorporating those advancements which will most help its guests.
Services encompass hand-crafted body treatments, chemical peels, skincare treatments, hair and makeup, massages, microneedling, waxing, and saunas. Massage services include multiple modalities such as wood therapy, lymphatic drainage, oncology, reiki, cupping, active release techniques, CBD, and contrasting stone (hot and cold).
The hair and makeup team specializes in beautifying an entire wedding party and they’ll travel to venues for an additional fee. Spa Bleu is also a go-to destination to prepare for proms and pageants. Many body treatments incorporate a Heat Healer infrared sauna blanket. Service ingredients are sourced locally and domestically, and guests are allowed to choose aromatherapy blends for many of the services. Some ingredient lines include The Laughing Tansy, Yoga Balm, and PCA Skin.
Spa Bliss Savannah
420 W. Broughton, Savannah, GA; (912) 412-4237
A Southern boutique spa, Spa Bliss Savannah pours on the charm at their downtown location surrounded by oak trees and hanging moss. A place that visitors praise for going the extra mile with every service and bringing both intentionality and talent to every service, they have a 5-star rating after more than 150 reviews.
Their services cover the range of massages, facials, waxing, nail care, body treatments, sauna experiences, and tanning. They also provide vajacials and intimate bleaching. Throughout the year they put together special packages and deals for individual guests and couples. For example, around Valentine’s Day, they offered Champagne & Rose Butter Cream couples massages and a blissed heart body wrap.
At any time during the year, they’ll accept reservations to add champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries, charcuterie boards or birthday bundt cakes.
Sweet Water Spa
311 W. Broughton St., Savannah, GA; (912) 233-3288
Located in Savannah’s historic district, Sweet Water Spa has created a cozy sanctuary where people can retreat for an hour or a day to find elegance and peace. It’s a place where treatments are designed for healing and well-being whether it involves having one’s body cared for, chakras balanced or looks enhanced.
Some of their healing services include Reiki, vibrational sound healing, and chakra balancing with an expert trained in a variety of spiritual healing techniques that also includes Aroma Touch therapy, soul retrieval, trauma recovery, and meditation.
Other services include massages, facials, nail care, and waxing. A concierge will help guests choose the services that will most benefit them and help them choose from such options as cupping, raindrop therapy, sacred stone massage, mud wraps, body scrubs, Hollywood facials, diamond microdermabrasion, and red light therapy. Packages combine some of their most popular services.
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Bridgette, who is a second-generation journalist, fell in love with spas and travel while working as a writer and editor for 16 years at the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. As a freelancer for the International SPA Association, she co-wrote two textbooks, nine workbooks, and numerous case studies on spas. Her freelance career began in the 80s and she has written for publications in Michigan, Arizona, California, and Texas along with several regional and national publications. She is a committed storyteller who loves sharing narratives which improve people's quality of life and build community. Born and raised in Michigan, she currently lives in Lansing with her husband and son. See more of her writing at bridgetteredman.com.