New Mexico Spa Guide: The Best Spas in Albuquerque
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta [Image by Lauran Malott]
The soaring majesty of New Mexico’s mountain ranges and peaceful allure of beautiful sunsets blend together to create an ideal setting for Albuquerque’s unique collection of spas.
New Mexico is known as The Land of Enchantment, and it’s also the land all-inclusive luxury, indulgence, and charming retreats tucked away from hectic city life. Long heralded for its clean air, open spaces, and stunning views, Albuquerque is the perfect place for a break from reality.
Rio Rancho near Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa. [Image by Lauren Malott]
Our New Mexico spa guide highlights the best spas in Albuquerque for experiencing the healing powers of the desert southwest. Each spa offers specialized treatments, nicely complimented by the beauty of the natural environment.
Pink Albuquerque Sunset [Image by Lauren Malott]
As an Albuquerque local, I’m excited to share the best spa experiences our city has to offer. Whether you’re visiting the 505 for a temporary retreat or you’re a long-time resident, you’re sure to find something that will help you feel transformed and renewed as you take the time to practice self-care.
If you’re looking for the best deals on flights to Albuquerque, click here.
Betty’s Bath and Day Spa
1835 Candelaria Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107; (505) 341-3456
Betty’s Bath and Day Spa Front Garden and Sign
In the desert of Albuquerque, you’ll find the siren call of Betty’s Bath and Day Spa, beckoning you to visit their peaceful oasis. Betty’s Bath and Day Spa is located in Albuquerque’s scenic North Valley, a quiet area sitting in the Rio Grande Valley, surrounded by cottonwood groves and fresh desert air.
Operating for 23 years, Betty’s is a top pick for locals and visitors alike. Their high-quality services and customer care create a peaceful environment for all their clients, earning them numerous awards over the last two decades.
Betty’s Bath and Day Spa South Suite
During these cold winter months, Betty’s offers visitors a chance to refresh and renew their body and soul through various treatment options. Amenities include outdoor hot tub rentals, cold shower hydrotherapy, salt water hot tub soaks, and a sauna to melt away stress.
Inside, you’ll find nine treatment rooms (three fit for couples!) to provide massages and facials. Betty’s is great one-stop-shop option for self-care and wellness in Albuquerque.
Hot Tub at Betty’s Bath and Day Spa.
If your ultimate vision of relaxation is a sanctuary tucked away from the rest of the world, you’ll love the South Suite. Featuring a private eucalyptus steam room, private showers, and complimentary refreshments, the South Suite offers visitors a separate location within the spa, providing the ultimate level of privacy. Are group dates more your idea of the perfect self-care day? The South Suite is rentable for both couples and small groups.
“Pairing these amenities with a treatment can be profoundly relaxing, and since we are located 5 minutes from downtown Albuquerque in the North Valley, one can feel as if you are ‘getting away’ not far from work or home,” says Lisa McCulloch, Betty’s Bath and Day Spa owner.
With numerous enticing treatments to choose from, it can be difficult to decide exactly how to spend your time at Betty’s. When asked about her number one treatment recommendation for visitors, Lisa suggests The Beyond Betty’s treatment. “You can’t go wrong with The Beyond Betty’s – our version of a spa day: luxury herbal wrap, full body massage, a salt glow, feet treat, and a facial complete this renewing experience. If you don’t have that much time, our 60-minute full body massage is our most popular service. Add a 30-minute soak and you’ll feel brand new!”
End your experience by bringing a piece of Betty’s home with you. Their in-house boutique offers a variety of wellness items, including their signature line of products.
Green Reed Spa at Sandia Resort and Casino
30 Rainbow Rd, Albuquerque, NM 87113; (505) 798-3980
A celebration of Albuquerque’s landscape, Green Reed Spa gives guests the opportunity to experience transformational journeys while enjoying breathtaking and majestic views of our famous Sandia Mountains and high desert foothills. The stunning high desert environment that surrounds you is a bonus to your spa treatments, working in harmony to help you achieve the ultimate level of tranquility and rejuvenation.
Paying homage to New Mexico’s natural resources, Green Reed Spa uses the purest forms of indigenously harvested ingredients in treatments, including prickly pear, lavender, and sage. You can even take a piece of the spa home with you by shopping their signature line of products, the Green Reed Skin Collection.
Green Reed Spa is located inside Sandia Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Pueblo of Sandia. This four-star resort offers guests an exciting location to stay and play, but the ultimate experience lies inside Green Reed Spa. Here you will find luxury full-service treatments, offering everything from hair and makeup services to custom facials and massages. With fourteen treatment rooms available and 12,000 square feet, this spa has a cornucopia of options to choose from to treat yourself.
Like the architecture and interior design of the property, the services offered celebrate the spa’s New Mexican home, providing treatments fit for the desert climate. The natural light that filters through the space only serves to elevate an already awe-inspiring experience. Everything about Green Reed Spa is designed to provide guests with a full sensorial treat—a journey into a beautiful world, untouched by the chaos of outside life. Green Reed-exclusive treatments, include the TARA aromatherapy blending bar. Here you can choose from eight essential oil blends to support your relaxation journey.
Customers love the River Stone and Sage Massage, featuring essential oils and heated stones to help ease tension and deeply relax the muscles of the body. The Signature Hydrafacial helps reinforce your skin’s moisture barrier in our dry desert climate. The three-step process includes a deep cleansing of the skin, extractions, and hydration to create a beautiful glow to the face.
Arrive early for your appointment so you can enjoy the spa’s hot or cold plunge pools, dry saunas, and steam rooms. Private couple’s suites are available for special getaways. And just when you think Green Reed Spa couldn’t offer anything more, you can take a moment for reflection and breathing in their indoor/outdoor meditation room, enjoy a nice reprieve from the world in their soaking tubs, or experience a specialized treatment in their Vichy rain showers.
A popular choice with locals and visitors alike, Green Reed Spa is a lovely option for a spa day in Albuquerque!
Hacienda Spa at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm
4803 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107; (505) 308-3453
Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm [Image by Lauren Malott]
Allow the scent of lavender to guide you to the next spa location: Hacienda Spa. Located inside the award-winning Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm, Hacienda Spa is tucked away in the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, surrounded by organic lavender fields, 100-year-old Cottonwood trees, and the nature one can only find in the Rio Grande bosque.
Hacienda Spa Reception [Image by Douglas Merriam]
With six treatment rooms, Hacienda Spa is an intimate space that lends itself to creating a serene environment for your spa visit. The wooden vigas (rafters popular in adobe architecture) and kiva fireplaces (beehive shaped fireplace seen in adobe architecture), you’re sure to feel relaxed as soon as you step through the doors.
Select from numerous facial and massage options on their menu, all of which begin with Hacienda Spa’s “signature opening ritual,” where you can choose one of their signature scents to help ease you into your relaxation.
Treatment room at Hacienda Spa
Hacienda Spa’s facial and massage treatments are all customized to fit your individual needs. If the scent of their property’s artisanal lavender oil isn’t enough to make your muscles let go of tension, the spa’s signature Hacienda Massage certainly will. Complete with a full body exfoliating treatment, therapeutic massage, and warm oil scalp massage, this treatment is the perfect option if you’re looking to incorporate all your senses into your massage experience. You can also choose to make any of the massages a couple’s experience if your ideal spa day involves sharing the moment with your closest loved one.
Make sure you arrive with plenty of time before your services to explore the 25-acre organic farm, including their formal gardens, lush walking trails, Wellness Yurt with regular yoga classes, and on-site Farm Store. Stop by Campo, their farm-to-table restaurant, to enjoy locally inspired cuisine made with seasonal, organic ingredients. Los Poblanos also creates their very own small-batch botanical gin, so even your craft cocktails are infused with only the best local flavors! Ranked as one of the “Top 10 Hotels for Food Lovers” by Bon Appetit Magazine, Campo is the perfect way to either start or end your Hacienda Spa experience.
Whether you’re staying overnight at the beautiful Los Poblanos Inn or simply enjoying a daytime visit to the majestic property, I highly recommend taking your time to enjoy the luxury that is Hacienda Spa at Los Poblanos!
Maddmethods Skin and Body
129 Jackson St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108; (505) 715-7476
Reception at Maddmethods [Image by Lauren Malott]
MaddMethods Skin and Body is your one-stop shop for all things wellness and self-care. Their bespoke approach to skin ensures every client has customized treatments perfectly tailored to their needs. D’lany Dee, lead esthetician and owner, believes your spa experience shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all. Her unique approach is designed to give you a focused, personalized experience that results in a treatment plan perfectly tailored to your specifications.
Maddmethods Skin and Body Products [Image by Lauren Malott]
With a full-body approach to wellness, your facial is an all-inclusive luxury with attention paid to not just your face but also your hands, neck, and decolletage. MaddMethods believes healing and wellness are vital elements of great skin, and numerous modalities are employed to create a transformational experience, including guided meditations, sound therapy, lymphatic drainage, and lifting massage. The warm and soothing scent of palo santo is also used to create a restorative environment for clients.
Treatment at Maddmethods
The MaddMethods approach is designed around the idea that skincare results are the effect of progressive treatments, combining in-office therapies with religious at-home regimens. As part of the destination’s commitment to providing clients with sustainable, effective practices, MaddMethods creates a unique skincare plan tailored to each visitor. They will customize your treatment to fit your time and budget— whether you prefer to come in every 12 weeks or on a monthly basis.
They even offer virtual consultations with your custom regimen shipped straight to your door amid regular check-ins. Based on the inspiring before and after photos on their website and Instagram page, the results look impressive. As Dee says, there’s a true “method to the madness” in how MaddMethods approaches skincare and treatments.
This spa utilizes cutting-edge skincare techniques including results-driven Korean treatments in their anti-acne and anti-aging services. I highly suggest the MaddMethods Signature Treatment, a comprehensive service that offers you a completely customized and all-inclusive experience designed by the owner herself.
With an emphasis on long-term, sustainable goals, the team at MaddMethods ensures their Signature Treatment provides you with a full-body relaxation experience while also guaranteeing your skin is receiving only the best in aesthetic wellness.
A transformational journey from start to finish, the Signature Treatment provides a respite from the craziness of the outside world while also proving an effective skincare procedure. Your senses will be awakened as you lie down and breathe in the aroma of MaddMethods’ signature blend of oils. A full sensory experience, the MaddMethods Signature Treatment is not-to-be-missed!
Whether your goal is anti-aging, anti-acne, hydration, scar-reduction, or something more, MaddMethods will customize your service for your needs. Located right off America’s Highway, aka Route 66, in Nob Hill, MaddMethods is a hidden gem in Albuquerque, making it feel like an exclusive club for only the most in-the-know skincare lovers. In addition to facial treatments, MaddMethods also provides award-winning tanning services, lash and brow treatments, intimate skin lightening, teeth whitening, and organic waxing.
With a proven methodology that incorporates top-of-the-line treatments with integrative practices, MaddMethods is a great choice for a deeply personalized spa experience.
Monet’s Spa
3711 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108; (505) 274-4974
Monet’s Spa products
Monet’s Spa is located just off the iconic Route 66, in Albuquerque’s famed Nob Hill neighborhood, offering visitors a chance to enjoy the famous boutiques and eateries on this iconic roadway, while providing a haven of tranquility and rejuvenation.
Hot Tub at Monet’s Spa
Monet’s Spa recently moved to the second story of the award-winning Hotel Zazz, a newly renovated property, featuring unique, immersive artwork and colorful visuals throughout. (A feast for the senses, Hotel Zazz’s beautiful exterior design is a highlight of driving through Nob Hill!) With a new, larger space to operate, Monet’s Spa now has three treatment rooms and a specialized spa room featuring a hot tub and sauna. Monet’s makes it easy for you to enjoy a day or relaxation with your best friend or partner.
Like the Hotel Zazz it’s housed in, Monet’s Spa and many of its featured products are women-owned. Your spa experience is accentuated by Monet’s Spa’s prioritization of using locally made and female-owned products. Immerse yourself in their rejuvenating facials or relaxing massages, all perfectly paired with their hot tub and sauna experience. The industry experts at Monet’s Spa also offer guests the option to enjoy waxing, eyebrow, and eyelash treatments during their visit.
Sara Martinez, owner of Monet’s Spa
Sara Martinez, owner of Monet’s Spa, is focused on providing her clients with nourishment and healing through her spa’s treatments. Her logo was designed by a local artist to showcase the power and beauty of the perfectly imperfect human body, featuring the strong and beautiful figure of a woman. Sara’s first pregnancy was the inspiration behind the artwork, showcasing the beauty of the female form and its powerful ability to bring life into this world. While on maternity leave, Sara used her civil engineering background and passion for helping other women to create her very own oasis in the desert.
Sara says, “We believe that self-care should be accessible to all, and that's why we strive to make our services affordable, catering to every woman from every demographic. Step through our vibrant yellow door and indulge in a world of tranquility and serenity. Our dedicated team is committed to providing exceptional treatments that leave you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and empowered. Come experience the art of self-care with us.”
Sara’s number one treatment suggestion is the anti-aging facial, a 90-minute treatment providing a full upper body relaxation experience. From gua sha therapy and scalp massage to enzymatic exfoliation with red light therapy, this facial has clients raving about their results! Your anti-aging facial will exclusively use K & K Skin Care, a premium line of results-driven skincare that is New Mexico True Certified, a designation given only to top-quality products 100% made in New Mexico. A local facial celebrating locally made and women-owned companies? Sign me up!
The cherry on top of a spa day? A piece of the experience to take home with you! Continue your self-care journey by shopping in the boutique gift shop at Monet’s Spa, featuring specially selected products to take your at-home self-care game to the next level.
A full-service location providing clients with a large selection of treatments, Monet’s Spa is a bright spot in the heart of Albuquerque. Be sure to take the time to explore the highly-Instagrammable Hotel Zazz after your visit!
The Remedy Day Spa
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta [Image by Lauran Malott]
The soaring majesty of New Mexico’s mountain ranges and peaceful allure of beautiful sunsets blend together to create an ideal setting for Albuquerque’s unique collection of spas.
New Mexico is known as The Land of Enchantment, and it’s also the land all-inclusive luxury, indulgence, and charming retreats tucked away from hectic city life. Long heralded for its clean air, open spaces, and stunning views, Albuquerque is the perfect place for a break from reality.
Rio Rancho near Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa. [Image by Lauren Malott]
Our guide to the best spas in Albuquerque explores top picks for experiencing the healing powers of the desert southwest. Each spa offers specialized treatments, nicely complimented by the beauty of the natural environment.
Pink Albuquerque Sunset [Image by Lauren Malott]
As an Albuquerque local, I’m excited to share the best spa experiences our city has to offer. Whether you’re visiting the 505 for a temporary retreat or you’re a long-time resident, you’re sure to find something that will help you feel transformed and renewed as you take the time to practice self-care.
Betty’s Bath and Day Spa
1835 Candelaria Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107; (505) 341-3456
Betty’s Bath and Day Spa Front Garden and Sign
In the desert of Albuquerque, you’ll find the siren call of Betty’s Bath and Day Spa, beckoning you to visit their peaceful oasis. Betty’s Bath and Day Spa is located in Albuquerque’s scenic North Valley, a quiet area sitting in the Rio Grande Valley, surrounded by cottonwood groves and fresh desert air.
Operating for 23 years, Betty’s is a top pick for locals and visitors alike. Their high-quality services and customer care create a peaceful environment for all their clients, earning them numerous awards over the last two decades.
Betty’s Bath and Day Spa South Suite
During these cold winter months, Betty’s offers visitors a chance to refresh and renew their body and soul through various treatment options. Amenities include outdoor hot tub rentals, cold shower hydrotherapy, salt water hot tub soaks, and a sauna to melt away stress.
Inside, you’ll find nine treatment rooms (three fit for couples!) to provide massages and facials. Betty’s is great one-stop-shop option for self-care and wellness in Albuquerque.
Hot Tub at Betty’s Bath and Day Spa.
If your ultimate vision of relaxation is a sanctuary tucked away from the rest of the world, you’ll love the South Suite. Featuring a private eucalyptus steam room, private showers, and complimentary refreshments, the South Suite offers visitors a separate location within the spa, providing the ultimate level of privacy. Are group dates more your idea of the perfect self-care day? The South Suite is rentable for both couples and small groups.
“Pairing these amenities with a treatment can be profoundly relaxing, and since we are located 5 minutes from downtown Albuquerque in the North Valley, one can feel as if you are ‘getting away’ not far from work or home,” says Lisa McCulloch, Betty’s Bath and Day Spa owner.
With numerous enticing treatments to choose from, it can be difficult to decide exactly how to spend your time at Betty’s. When asked about her number one treatment recommendation for visitors, Lisa suggests The Beyond Betty’s treatment. “You can’t go wrong with The Beyond Betty’s – our version of a spa day: luxury herbal wrap, full body massage, a salt glow, feet treat, and a facial complete this renewing experience. If you don’t have that much time, our 60-minute full body massage is our most popular service. Add a 30-minute soak and you’ll feel brand new!”
End your experience by bringing a piece of Betty’s home with you. Their in-house boutique offers a variety of wellness items, including their signature line of products.
Green Reed Spa at Sandia Resort and Casino
30 Rainbow Rd, Albuquerque, NM 87113; (505) 798-3980
Script Disabled
SANDIA RESORT AND CASINO DEALS
A celebration of Albuquerque’s landscape, Green Reed Spa gives guests the opportunity to experience transformational journeys while enjoying breathtaking and majestic views of our famous Sandia Mountains and high desert foothills. The stunning high desert environment that surrounds you is a bonus to your spa treatments, working in harmony to help you achieve the ultimate level of tranquility and rejuvenation.
Paying homage to New Mexico’s natural resources, Green Reed Spa uses the purest forms of indigenously harvested ingredients in treatments, including prickly pear, lavender, and sage. You can even take a piece of the spa home with you by shopping their signature line of products, the Green Reed Skin Collection.
Green Reed Spa is located inside Sandia Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Pueblo of Sandia. This four-star resort offers guests an exciting location to stay and play, but the ultimate experience lies inside Green Reed Spa. Here you will find luxury full-service treatments, offering everything from hair and makeup services to custom facials and massages. With fourteen treatment rooms available and 12,000 square feet, this spa has a cornucopia of options to choose from to treat yourself.
Like the architecture and interior design of the property, the services offered celebrate the spa’s New Mexican home, providing treatments fit for the desert climate. The natural light that filters through the space only serves to elevate an already awe-inspiring experience. Everything about Green Reed Spa is designed to provide guests with a full sensorial treat—a journey into a beautiful world, untouched by the chaos of outside life. Green Reed-exclusive treatments, include the TARA aromatherapy blending bar. Here you can choose from eight essential oil blends to support your relaxation journey.
Customers love the River Stone and Sage Massage, featuring essential oils and heated stones to help ease tension and deeply relax the muscles of the body. The Signature Hydrafacial helps reinforce your skin’s moisture barrier in our dry desert climate. The three-step process includes a deep cleansing of the skin, extractions, and hydration to create a beautiful glow to the face.
Arrive early for your appointment so you can enjoy the spa’s hot or cold plunge pools, dry saunas, and steam rooms. Private couple’s suites are available for special getaways. And just when you think Green Reed Spa couldn’t offer anything more, you can take a moment for reflection and breathing in their indoor/outdoor meditation room, enjoy a nice reprieve from the world in their soaking tubs, or experience a specialized treatment in their Vichy rain showers.
A popular choice with locals and visitors alike, Green Reed Spa is a lovely option for a spa day in Albuquerque!
Hacienda Spa at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm
4803 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107; (505) 308-3453
Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm [Image by Lauren Malott]
LOS POBLANOS HISTORIC INN DEALS
Allow the scent of lavender to guide you to the next spa location: Hacienda Spa. Located inside the award-winning Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm, Hacienda Spa is tucked away in the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, surrounded by organic lavender fields, 100-year-old Cottonwood trees, and the nature one can only find in the Rio Grande bosque.
Hacienda Spa Reception [Image by Douglas Merriam]
With six treatment rooms, Hacienda Spa is an intimate space that lends itself to creating a serene environment for your spa visit. The wooden vigas (rafters popular in adobe architecture) and kiva fireplaces (beehive shaped fireplace seen in adobe architecture), you’re sure to feel relaxed as soon as you step through the doors.
Select from numerous facial and massage options on their menu, all of which begin with Hacienda Spa’s “signature opening ritual,” where you can choose one of their signature scents to help ease you into your relaxation.
Treatment room at Hacienda Spa
Hacienda Spa’s facial and massage treatments are all customized to fit your individual needs. If the scent of their property’s artisanal lavender oil isn’t enough to make your muscles let go of tension, the spa’s signature Hacienda Massage certainly will. Complete with a full body exfoliating treatment, therapeutic massage, and warm oil scalp massage, this treatment is the perfect option if you’re looking to incorporate all your senses into your massage experience. You can also choose to make any of the massages a couple’s experience if your ideal spa day involves sharing the moment with your closest loved one.
Make sure you arrive with plenty of time before your services to explore the 25-acre organic farm, including their formal gardens, lush walking trails, Wellness Yurt with regular yoga classes, and on-site Farm Store. Stop by Campo, their farm-to-table restaurant, to enjoy locally inspired cuisine made with seasonal, organic ingredients. Los Poblanos also creates their very own small-batch botanical gin, so even your craft cocktails are infused with only the best local flavors! Ranked as one of the “Top 10 Hotels for Food Lovers” by Bon Appetit Magazine, Campo is the perfect way to either start or end your Hacienda Spa experience.
Whether you’re staying overnight at the beautiful Los Poblanos Inn or simply enjoying a daytime visit to the majestic property, I highly recommend taking your time to enjoy the luxury that is Hacienda Spa at Los Poblanos!
Maddmethods Skin and Body
129 Jackson St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108; (505) 715-7476
Reception at Maddmethods [Image by Lauren Malott]
MaddMethods Skin and Body is your one-stop shop for all things wellness and self-care. Their bespoke approach to skin ensures every client has customized treatments perfectly tailored to their needs. D’lany Dee, lead esthetician and owner, believes your spa experience shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all. Her unique approach is designed to give you a focused, personalized experience that results in a treatment plan perfectly tailored to your specifications.
Maddmethods Skin and Body Products [Image by Lauren Malott]
With a full-body approach to wellness, your facial is an all-inclusive luxury with attention paid to not just your face but also your hands, neck, and decolletage. MaddMethods believes healing and wellness are vital elements of great skin, and numerous modalities are employed to create a transformational experience, including guided meditations, sound therapy, lymphatic drainage, and lifting massage. The warm and soothing scent of palo santo is also used to create a restorative environment for clients.
Treatment at Maddmethods
The MaddMethods approach is designed around the idea that skincare results are the effect of progressive treatments, combining in-office therapies with religious at-home regimens. As part of the destination’s commitment to providing clients with sustainable, effective practices, MaddMethods creates a unique skincare plan tailored to each visitor. They will customize your treatment to fit your time and budget— whether you prefer to come in every 12 weeks or on a monthly basis.
They even offer virtual consultations with your custom regimen shipped straight to your door amid regular check-ins. Based on the inspiring before and after photos on their website and Instagram page, the results look impressive. As Dee says, there’s a true “method to the madness” in how MaddMethods approaches skincare and treatments.
This spa utilizes cutting-edge skincare techniques including results-driven Korean treatments in their anti-acne and anti-aging services. I highly suggest the MaddMethods Signature Treatment, a comprehensive service that offers you a completely customized and all-inclusive experience designed by the owner herself.
With an emphasis on long-term, sustainable goals, the team at MaddMethods ensures their Signature Treatment provides you with a full-body relaxation experience while also guaranteeing your skin is receiving only the best in aesthetic wellness.
A transformational journey from start to finish, the Signature Treatment provides a respite from the craziness of the outside world while also proving an effective skincare procedure. Your senses will be awakened as you lie down and breathe in the aroma of MaddMethods’ signature blend of oils. A full sensory experience, the MaddMethods Signature Treatment is not-to-be-missed!
Whether your goal is anti-aging, anti-acne, hydration, scar-reduction, or something more, MaddMethods will customize your service for your needs. Located right off America’s Highway, aka Route 66, in Nob Hill, MaddMethods is a hidden gem in Albuquerque, making it feel like an exclusive club for only the most in-the-know skincare lovers. In addition to facial treatments, MaddMethods also provides award-winning tanning services, lash and brow treatments, intimate skin lightening, teeth whitening, and organic waxing.
With a proven methodology that incorporates top-of-the-line treatments with integrative practices, MaddMethods is a great choice for a deeply personalized spa experience.
Monet’s Spa
3711 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108; (505) 274-4974
Monet’s Spa products
Monet’s Spa is located just off the iconic Route 66, in Albuquerque’s famed Nob Hill neighborhood, offering visitors a chance to enjoy the famous boutiques and eateries on this iconic roadway, while providing a haven of tranquility and rejuvenation.
Hot Tub at Monet’s Spa
Monet’s Spa recently moved to the second story of the award-winning Hotel Zazz, a newly renovated property, featuring unique, immersive artwork and colorful visuals throughout. (A feast for the senses, Hotel Zazz’s beautiful exterior design is a highlight of driving through Nob Hill!) With a new, larger space to operate, Monet’s Spa now has three treatment rooms and a specialized spa room featuring a hot tub and sauna. Monet’s makes it easy for you to enjoy a day or relaxation with your best friend or partner.
Like the Hotel Zazz it’s housed in, Monet’s Spa and many of its featured products are women-owned. Your spa experience is accentuated by Monet’s Spa’s prioritization of using locally made and female-owned products. Immerse yourself in their rejuvenating facials or relaxing massages, all perfectly paired with their hot tub and sauna experience. The industry experts at Monet’s Spa also offer guests the option to enjoy waxing, eyebrow, and eyelash treatments during their visit.
Sara Martinez, owner of Monet’s Spa
Sara Martinez, owner of Monet’s Spa, is focused on providing her clients with nourishment and healing through her spa’s treatments. Her logo was designed by a local artist to showcase the power and beauty of the perfectly imperfect human body, featuring the strong and beautiful figure of a woman. Sara’s first pregnancy was the inspiration behind the artwork, showcasing the beauty of the female form and its powerful ability to bring life into this world. While on maternity leave, Sara used her civil engineering background and passion for helping other women to create her very own oasis in the desert.
Sara says, “We believe that self-care should be accessible to all, and that's why we strive to make our services affordable, catering to every woman from every demographic. Step through our vibrant yellow door and indulge in a world of tranquility and serenity. Our dedicated team is committed to providing exceptional treatments that leave you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and empowered. Come experience the art of self-care with us.”
Sara’s number one treatment suggestion is the anti-aging facial, a 90-minute treatment providing a full upper body relaxation experience. From gua sha therapy and scalp massage to enzymatic exfoliation with red light therapy, this facial has clients raving about their results! Your anti-aging facial will exclusively use K & K Skin Care, a premium line of results-driven skincare that is New Mexico True Certified, a designation given only to top-quality products 100% made in New Mexico. A local facial celebrating locally made and women-owned companies? Sign me up!
The cherry on top of a spa day? A piece of the experience to take home with you! Continue your self-care journey by shopping in the boutique gift shop at Monet’s Spa, featuring specially selected products to take your at-home self-care game to the next level.
A full-service location providing clients with a large selection of treatments, Monet’s Spa is a bright spot in the heart of Albuquerque. Be sure to take the time to explore the highly-Instagrammable Hotel Zazz after your visit!
The Remedy Day Spa
113 Vassar Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106; (505) 265-9219
Remedy Day Spa Treatment Room
If you’re in need of some serious self-care, I’ve found your perfect solution: The Remedy Day Spa. Another gem in Albuquerque’s historic Nob Hill neighborhood, The Remedy Day Spa is an urban retreat, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Just off Route 66, this all-encompassing spa provides a variety of services guided by experienced massage therapists and estheticians.
Remedy Day Spa
A spa designed for your full-body treatment and relaxation, The Remedy Day Spa has two rooms for facials and treatments, a couple’s room to share your spa day with a loved one, three massage rooms, and their special Vichy room, where you can experience their signature Vichy services. Amenities include a hot tub for melting away your stress and a grand bath and cool plunge area.
When asked about her most favorite treatment, Mandy Warr, owner of The Remedy Day Spa, says the Vichy Signature Service “is the most amazing treatment journey you'll ever be on!” A journey where I don’t have to do any driving or walking? Yes, please!
Remedy Day Spa
A true luxury experience, the Vichy Signature Service is the perfect treatment for those of us who want to go to the spa and be treated to the ultimate in skincare and massage. The two-hour Vichy Service takes place in the specialty Vichy room, showcasing The Remedy’s dedication to this ultimate treatment. A treat for the whole body, you won’t even have to get up and shower off after getting a combination of a full-body scrub and wrap.
The spa makes sure any wet towels are repeatedly replaced with fluffy, dry towels to lie on, ensuring you’re always on a dry layer while receiving your treatment. Following your body wrap, you can choose to enjoy either an included massage or facial.
Also available for you to experience is The Remedy’s Wellness Center, featuring a variety of holistic wellness classes and workshops, including early morning cold plunge groups and multi-level yoga class offerings.
Finish off your day of relaxation with a hot tub soak while breathing in New Mexico’s fresh high-desert air, which is especially crisp and clean in the fall and winter months. Nothing feels quite as luxurious and indulgent as leaving the cold winter air and melting into a perfectly heated hot tub. The contrast feels extra-indulgent, like drinking hot cocoa by the fireplace after a day in the snow.
While The Remedy Day Spa provides extravagant treatments, its special membership program offers members the chance to make self-care a monthly treat. With multiple membership tiers, you can find an easy way to practice monthly self-care.
Whether you’re a local hoping to decrease your stress and increase your relaxation, or a visitor looking to unwind and enjoy a day of luxury, The Remedy has the, well, remedy for you.
Santosha Skin
1761 Bellamah Ave. NW, Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87104; (505) 391-9099
Santosha Skin
A spa with a goal of achieving more than simple relaxation, Santosha Skin aims to provide guests with a transformative wellness experience—one that allows their clients to not just visit Santosha, but achieve santosha.
Sanskrit for “contentment within oneself,” Santosha embodies the idea that to treat the whole is to treat the soul. Their holistic approach to wellness and self-care is behind the design of all their treatments, from rejuvenating facials and soothing massages to cutting-edge skincare routines.
Treatment at Santosha Skin
Jessica Ungerer-Brown, owner of Santosha Skin, combines her healing background as a certified massage therapist and craniosacral practitioner with her sixteen years of expertise as an esthetician to create an integrative holistic approach to skincare. Her approach ensures the connection of the mind and body to the skin is honored, as craniosacral, reiki, and reflexology elements are all integrated into every treatment.
Ungerer-Brown says, “Santosha is known for the deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, as we draw from many integrative practices such as craniosacral and reflexology to promote a calm wellness throughout the mind, body, and skin.”
Facial at Santosha Skin
Located in the popular Sawmill District near Old Town Albuquerque, Santosha Skin offers clients a unique, full-body approach to skincare wellness. With three treatments rooms, Santosha Skin provides you with a whole new way of experiencing self-care. Santosha’s treatments are designed to heal your body from the inside out, ensuring you aren’t focusing on what’s only skin deep.
Santosha’s holistic perspective led to the spa’s signature approach: that the way to achieve beautiful skincare results is to focus on balancing the connection between mind, body, and skin. Their treatments are designed to encourage the body’s own healing processes to create long-lasting results from within.
Santosha also accounts for Albuquerque’s dry, high-desert location, which can wreak havoc on resident’s and visitor’s skin barrier. The spa’s climate-focused techniques provide clients with an individualized treatment specific to the New Mexico environment around them.
Check out the Santosha Signature Divine Facial, a 90-minute treatment providing you with a full-body experience. A relaxing and rejuvenating facial is combined with mind and body therapies, including lymphatic massage, LED light therapy, reiki, craniosacral work, and gentle cupping. The addition of their peptide masque treatment, steam cleanse, and dermaplaning allows you to walk out of the spa glowing from within.
Whether you’re stopping by with the goal of achieving a lit-from-within glow or simply need a retreat from the grind of daily living, Santosha Skin is here to provide you with a transformational experience to help you feel renewed and refreshed.
Spa at Chaco
2000 Bellamah Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104; (505) 318-3990
Spa at Chaco [Image by Emily Okamoto]
The Sawmill District in Old Town Albuquerque has another top mark on this list: Spa at Chaco. One of Albuquerque’s newest luxury spas, Spa at Chaco, located inside the luxurious Hotel Chaco, honors its indigenous origins through thoughtfully crafted treatments featuring elements specific to the New Mexican desert. From their body treatments and massages to their facials, the influence of New Mexico is prevalent throughout Spa at Chaco’s offerings.
Spa at Chaco Treatment Room [Image by Emily Okamoto]
Open since September 2023, the 4,000 square foot Spa at Chaco features the best in upscale luxury and will provide you with an opportunity for full-body relaxation and renewal. Your visit to Spa at Chaco will combine native desert botanicals and minerals with advanced, results-oriented skincare treatments.
From microneedling facials to anti-inflammatory mud wraps, Spa at Chaco provides an array of sophisticated and unique treatments sure to make you feel like a million bucks.
Outdoor relaxation area at Spa at Chaco [Image by Emily Okamoto]
Each facial will be customized for your skin type and personal needs, ensuring you get the best treatment possible during your visit. Numerous skincare treatments at Spa at Chaco utilize holistic skincare wellness brand Naturopathica, known for their combination of all-natural ingredients with cosmeceuticals. Spa at Chaco’s signature facial is the Chaco Custom Facial, featuring all Naturopathica products to help you achieve a youthful, glowing complexion. Enjoy a thorough skin analysis, followed by a facial massage featuring Manuka honey-infused products, enzymatic exfoliation, and targeted treatments customized to meet your skin’s needs.
An enticing body treatment option is the Native Herbal Wrap, featuring herbs used in indigenous medicine to help ease muscle tension and pain. Warm linens are drenched in a medley of herbs and wrapped around your body to soothe and destress. While enveloped in this healing treatment, you’ll feel especially indulged with a head and neck oil massage. Spa at Chaco recommends this treatment before moving on to one of their massage offerings. Go deeper into spiritual wellness and enjoy the Chakra Balancing Massage, featuring seven crystal-infused oil blends that are specifically focused on each chakra center within your body.
Nothing quite compares to the incredibly unique Wellness Journeys available at Spa at Chaco. These all-inclusive 3-hour packages begin with a specialized therapeutic ritual designed to maximize the benefits of your upcoming set of treatments. The ritual starts with a 5-minute sauna experience and ends with a 1-minute cool shower. You’ll then receive a specialized tea service aligned with your chosen Journey. Choose from three distinct Wellness Journeys, including the Journey to Purification, featuring Spa at Chaco’s Turquoise Sage Foaming Salt Soak, Turquoise Sage Detox Wrap, lymphatic massage, rain stick, and smudging. Lavender and wild sage are heavily featured to help you feel detoxified and restored.
Walk around The Hotel Chaco and you’ll notice a celebration of contemporary Indigenous American artists, whose original artwork designed exclusively for Hotel Chaco adorns the halls, lobby, and every guest room. The in-house art gallery, Gallery Hózhó, features a rotating collection of contemporary fine art from local artisans. A truly memorable experience, I would highly recommend checking out this local gallery during your visit.
Next, step over to Dakkya Boutique. Dakkya offers a variety of items from local artisans, from local jewelry to New Mexican artwork, clothing, and more. As with the rest of the property, the boutique is beautifully designed, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows that envelope the space in natural light, ensuring your shopping experience is just as relaxing and enjoyable as every other aspect of your visit to Hotel Chaco.
Interested in imbibing some local flavors? At Crafted Tasting Room, the entire drink menu highlights New Mexico produced wines and spirits. It’s a great place to enjoy some pre or post spa day drinks.
Finally, finish off your Hotel Chaco experience at award-winning Level 5 Rooftop Restaurant and Bar, featuring expansive and breathtaking views of Albuquerque and beyond. The local sunsets rival any you’ve seen in travel shows or movies, and Level 5 provides the perfect opportunity to take in the Instagrammable pink hue of the Watermelon Mountains aka The Sandias. The mountain’s stunning magenta shade, for which they are named, basks over the city at dusk, a sight you won’t want to miss. Pairing that beautiful view with a relaxing spa day AND award-winning food and beverages? Now THAT sounds like the perfect way to spend the day in Albuquerque.
Tamaya Mist Spa at Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa
1300 Tuyuna Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004; (505) 867-1234
Tamaya Mist Treatment
With great reverence for the history of the Santa Ana Pueblo where it’s located, Tamaya Mist takes visitors on a journey through the luxe landscape and natural offerings of New Mexico. It provides clients with unique treatment options, all taking place in their renowned 16,000 square foot, 13 treatment room property.
Named for the Tamayame people and the morning mist that envelopes the Rio Grande Valley, Tamaya Mist is a stunning local treasure that is popular with both locals and visitors alike. The spa is located inside the award-winning Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa, a 4.5-star resort tucked away just outside Albuquerque on the Santa Ana Pueblo.
Fans of “The Bachelorette” will recognize the resort as the spot where Katie Thurston filmed her Bachelorette season. From rose ceremonies to stunning weddings to weekend getaways, Hyatt Tamaya Resort and Spa’s 550-acre property offers one of the most beautiful locations in the area for whatever your visit may include.
While the spa is the star of the show, I’d be remiss not to mention the incredible offerings of the hotel it’s housed in. Make your spa day a full luxury vacation by staying a few days in one of Hyatt Tamaya’s beautiful suites, where you can end your day after experiencing many of the hotel’s premiere resort offerings. These include horseback riding through the pueblo, bike riding through the bosque, guided nature walks, or playing a round of golf at their popular Twin Warriors Golf Club.
Get to know the area even further through immersive cultural experiences, like trying traditional pueblo baked bread and guided art and crafts, which celebrates local art and tradition.
The hotel is also home to six restaurants, each offering their own take on local flavor. From café fare to rich treats, you’re sure to find the perfect place to dine before or after your spa day. Be sure to make time for some shopping, as the hotel offers visitors a special selection of boutiques located on the property.
Explore the Tamaya Mist property’s beauty and wellness amenities, including a full-service hair and nail salon, yoga wellness studio, fitness center, and outdoor meditation patio. Also included are jetted whirlpools, saunas, and eucalyptus steam rooms.
Try out a most special treatment offering with the Ancient Drummings Body Treatment. Featuring a combination of Pueblo Healing Mud and aromatherapy, the treatment involves applying the local mud all over the body to detoxify your skin, while your Tamaya Mist therapist uses essential oil-soaked flax seed bags in a gentle percussive motion across your muscles. Your treatment is finished off with a layer of warm oil covering your skin and a gentle exfoliating with seasonally scented scrubs.
You can take a reminder of your spa experience home with you by purchasing the Tamaya Mist signature product line. Whether you’re only staying for a few hours or you have a luxurious self-care getaway planned, Tamaya Mist Spa is one of Albuquerque’s finest luxury spa experiences.
Yes Organic Boutique and Spa
3420 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106; (602) 295-2278
Yes Organic Boutique and Spa
Also located in the famed Nob Hill District, Yes Organic Boutique and Spa redefines what it means to have a hands-on spa experience.
Licensed estheticians will help you mix your very own bath and body products in this apothecary spa. With a selection of locally-sourced, all-natural, and organic ingredients, you can expect only high-quality elements to be used in your self-made skin care. Yes Organic’s signature line of hand-made products also offers a variety of self-care enhancements, from herbal remedies to perfumes to rich body scrubs.
Yes Organic Boutique and Spa owner Indigo Verton
Growing up in Albuquerque, one of my favorite games to play was “Magic Potion,” which consisted of taking mixing bowls and wooden spoons from the kitchen and heading outside to create a magical concoction of whatever I could harvest in my backyard.
I felt like an alchemist, creating healing salves to use in my imaginary world. There was magic inside the idea of creating my very own skincare treatment, something to be useful and healing (even if I only made a mess as a kid).
Heck, I still enjoy mixing up a mud mask and applying it to my skin. If you’re anything like me, you too enjoy the idea of being a master cocktailer of skincare. Yes Organic Boutique and Spa allows you the opportunity to turn that fantasy into a reality.
Treatment room at Yes Organic Boutique and Spa
While one could easily spend the day sipping a complementary cup of tea while shopping and concocting in this women-owned and operated boutique, you would be remiss to not enjoy one (or more) of the many treatment options available.
The apothecary atmosphere of healing, restoration, and well-being elevates every spa treatment—from facials and massages to manicures and pedicures. A lash and brow bar and head-to-toe waxing are also available.
All facials with their licensed estheticians include a personal consultation to ensure your treatment is customized to meet your skin’s personal needs. Renowned line Eminence Organic Skin Care is featured in all facial treatments. Not sure which treatment to choose? Indigo Verton, licensed esthetician and owner of Yes Organic Boutique and Spa, recommends new clients try the Yes Signature Organic Facial.
After your facial, enjoy nail and massage services located just two doors down from the Boutique and Spa. Select from a variety of vegan, cruelty-free, and eco-friendly polishes, including gel. You can even create your own soak or hand and foot scrub! Yes Organic has massage therapists trained in ayurvedic restoration, craniosacral therapy, polarity therapy, reiki, Chi balancing, and gua sha.
Yes Organic Boutique and Spa is the perfect option for not just a day of relaxation, but a day of child-like wonder and a true hands-on self-care experience. Who says spa days shouldn’t include a little playtime?
[Images courtesy of the spas and hotels, Visit Albuquerque, and Lauren Malott]
Some of the links on our site may contain affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we may receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions remain our own.
Lauren K. Malott is an Albuquerque-based award-winning marketer and a freelance writer with a love for all things beauty and wellness. Outside of work, you’ll find her indulging in New Mexico’s famous green chile, creating art, and playing with her oversized but adorable cat. Follow her on Instagram: @laurenkmalott