Ukwelapha kwasenyakatho

I-MONT TREMBLANT - Ngibheka ukukhanya okunjengengilazi kwechibi elingapheli ngemuva kokutotoswa ngamamasaji, imaski yobuso, nokwelashwa okuhlukahlukene okuwubukhazikhazi, kungazelelwe ngizwe sengathi nginombono ocacile wokuthi kufanele kube njani ukuphila impilo yobukhazikhazi bangempela. Lokhu kwafundwa ohambweni lwesonto lonke Ezintabeni zaseLaurentian kokuthile okufana nengxube yokunakekelwa nokutotoswa kwezikhulu zaseYurophu ezinomthamo omuhle wokudlula indlela yokuphila yezihlabani ezicebile nezidumile zaseHollywood.

Kodwa umsebenzi wami wokuvakashela izintaba zaseCanada iLaurentian wawumayelana nokuthile okuhluke kancane. Ngenkathi ngiphuma ohambweni lokuyozibonela izindawo zokungcebeleka zikanokusho ukuze ngingene empilweni emnandi, kwaba nomphumela ongaqondile wokuhlehlisa okunye ukungezwani engangikuthole phakathi nonyaka omude nobuhlungu ngiphila ne-disc ye-herniated. Ngaphezu kokutotoswa, lokhu kwaba uhambo lokuphulukisa.

I-Laurentians iyihora elilodwa enyakatho yedolobha laseMontreal futhi ifana nezintaba zeCatskill ngosayizi. Isimo sinohlane kune-bucolic, futhi izintaba zimboza indawo zidala umuzwa wokucasha phakathi kwamahlathi asenyakatho aminyene. Esontweni lami lapha, ngithole uchungechunge lwezindawo zokungcebeleka ezizimele, ngayinye ilwela uhlobo lwayo lokuphumula nokuphumula.

AbakwaLaurentians baziqhenya ngezindawo zokungcebeleka ezingaba ngu-32, ezingama-21 kuzo izindawo zokungcebeleka, eziningi zazo ezakhiwe eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu edlule. Kulolu hambo, ngivakashele i-The Ofuro Spa, i-Quintessence Spa and Resort, i-Hotel du Lac, ne-Spa Scandinave, kanti ezinye izakhiwo zendawo eziphawulekayo zihlanganisa i-Le Westin Resort & Spa, i-Fairmont Tremblant, i-L'Oasis de l' Île, kanye ne-Polar Bear Club.

I-OFURO SPA

I-Ofuro Spa itholakala edolobheni laseMorin Heights futhi inendikimba esempumalanga ye-Asia. Umuzwa lapha yiRococo Zen; lapho ngingena emgwaqeni omude, ngabingelelwa yizithombe eziqoshiwe zikaBuddha ezinkulu ezinikeza umuzwa wokuzola ngokushesha. Kulabo abafuna ukuchitha ubusuku, kunamagumbi amahlanu, ngalinye lihlotshiswe nge-decor yesimanje ye-boutique, ama-TV wesikrini esiyisicaba, i-bamboo flooring, nokubukwa kwentaba.

Umlilo ngemuva kwe-Ofuro Spa umnikazi u-Jacques Aubry, owayekade eyisitolo sokudla nowayenombono wokwakha le ndawo engcwele eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule. Amacebo akhe ashintsha ngokushesha lapho, lapho esebenza ophahleni lwesakhiwo esikhulu ewela amafidi angaba ngu-25 etsheni eliqinile. Wayehlala isikhathi esingangonyaka esibhedlela futhi watshelwa nokuthi angase angaphinde ahambe.

Kodwa njengokuphakama kwePhoenix, u-Aubry wayezimisele ukwakha umbono wakhe wezindawo zokugeza ze-spa kanye nezaseNordic, athi zamphulukisa. Manje akasenawo amahloni okukhombisa izibazi zokulimala kwakhe, aze abukise ngazo njengezicoco zempi.

“Ukube bekungeyona indawo ye-spa, imishanguzo, izindawo zokugeza zaseNordic,” kusho u-Aubry, “ngangingeke ngiphinde ngihambe.”

U-Aubry ungidlulisela endalweni yakhe - ibhilidi eliyinhloko indawo yokwamukela abantu futhi inqwaba yamabhilidi e-catwalks kanye ne-pagoda iqukethe ama-saunas, amagumbi okuzithokozisa, nezindawo zokuphumula. U-Aubry uzikhethela yena ama-antiques, izinsalela zamasonto awile, kanye nomsebenzi wobuciko owakhiwe endaweni. Ingaphandle ihlelwe kahle inamachibi amakhulu, amachibi amancane - ashisayo futhi abandayo, okuholela ekucwilisweni kokuzikhethela emfuleni, ngemva kwalokho izindawo zokuphumula zinikeza ukushisa okuvela ezithandweni ze-cauldron zakudala. Lapha, konke kuthule futhi kunokuthula. Akukho ukukhuluma, namaselula awavunyelwe.

Izivakashi zijabulela ukugeza kwe-Nordic kusenesikhathi, zikhulula umzimba ngaphambi kokwelashwa kwazo. I-masseuse u-Ginette, oye wafunda e-Italy ngaphansi kwenkosi ye-shiatsu, ungikhumbuza ukuthi ama-Laurentian ake abade njengama-Himalayas, futhi yilawo mandla asendulo angaqondakali afaka isandla emuzweni wokuba kwenye indawo. Ngemuva kwenhlanganisela evelele ye-Swedish-Shiatsu massage kanye nobuso, ngisele ngizizwa ngikhethekile njenge-spa ngokwayo.

I-QUINTESSENCE SPA NE-RESORT

I-Quintessence Spa kanye neResort iyisitobhi sami esilandelayo. Kulula ukuphuthelwa, ukude ngokucophelela noquqaba nokho maqondana naso sonke isenzo se-Station Tremblant. Indawo yaseTremblant ibuye ibe nesikhumulo sezindiza esizimele futhi iyindawo eyimfihlo yezinkanyezi - zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe.

U-Quintessence uyingqondo ka-Tom no-Nancy Clagett, abathandana nesifunda ngemva kokuvakashela i-Mont Tremblant Lodge besuka e-Ireland. Indawo lapha bebezoyithenga kowesifazane okuvele ukuthi wangena endlini yakhe bezijabulisa. Ngakho-ke igama le-spa, i-Sans Sabots (ngaphandle kwezicathulo).

I-Quintessence iyihhotela le-boutique elinamagumbi angama-30 afana ne-loft ngalinye elihlanganisa indawo yomlilo, ibhavu yejethi enamandla, udonga lwamafasitela, kanye novulandi obheke ichibi le-resort elingapheli futhi, buqamama, neLake Tremblant. Le ndawo yokungcebeleka ibe ngeyokuqala endaweni ukuba namamasaji angaphakathi ekamelweni, futhi ngamasuite afana nalawa, iyindlela eyamukelekayo kakhulu. Indawo isondelene futhi ifudumele kulokho obekungaba ubukhazikhazi obungafinyeleleki.

Le spa ephambi kwechibi ebekwe kahle inezicabha zaseFrance eziholela kuJacuzzi kanye nedamu elingapheli. Lapha ngakhethela i-Revitalizing Body Rénovateur, indlela yokwelapha enomsindo eyayihlanganisa ukukhuhla, isifihla-buso somzimba, ne-rinse, elandelwa amatshe abandayo ebusweni nokwelashwa ngamatshe ashisayo emzimbeni.

Ngenkathi abasebenzi benakile, ukwelashwa ngokwako bekumatasa kakhulu, kudinga ukuxhumana okuningi kimi ukuze ngikhululeke ngempela. Lapho nje ekugcineni ngiqala ukukhululeka, ngangiye ngincengeke ukuba ngijike ukuze ngithole enye ingxenye yokwelashwa. Ngiphinde ngiphazamise isimo, ngabe sengiwela endaweni yegumbi lokulinda, ngimbozwe udaka - kunokuba ngiyogeza egunjini lokwelapha uqobo. Ngatshelwa ukuthi umphathi-jikelele omusha uhlela ukulungisa kabusha izindlela zokwelapha.

IHHOTELA DU LAC

Ngaphesheya kwechibi kuneHotel du Lac, elinye itshe eliyigugu elifihliwe. Uma ubheka ngaphandle ihhotela libukeka lifana nesakhiwo sase-Swiss kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1970s, ependwe ngombala omhlophe ngezinganekwane ezisikwe nsundu njengenganekwane.

Abasebenzi baseHotel du Lac bajabule, futhi umoya ungowobungani baseYurophu. Isebenzisa imikhiqizo ekhethiwe, lesi sikhala sihamba ibanga elide ukuze sibe ne-crème de la crème yokwelashwa ngezithako eziyigugu zokugaywa kabusha amaminerali, futhi zinikeza ngisho nomugqa we-spa wengane.

Ihhotela liphethwe yi-jet-setting octogenarian aristocrat, i-Belgian Marquis Alain De Rosanbo, ovakashela kabili ngonyaka ukuze azihlolele ukwelashwa. Ngakhetha i-Sea Treasures, okuyi-hydrotherapy kanye ne-massage, elandelwa ukugoqa umzimba bese ngicwiliswa kubhavu we-144-jet; ngokusobala lena yindlela yokuzikhethela ye-Marquis.

Njengoba ngangintanta kusawoti wasolwandle kubhavu omkhulu, nami, ngazizwa nginjengezicukuthwane, futhi ngaqonda ukuthi ngingalujwayela kalula lolu hlobo lwempilo.

Le spa iyaziqhenya ngenkonzo, ukunaka, futhi izinga lokuphumula lihle kakhulu ngenxa yalokho. Uma sekuqediwe endaweni ye-spa, ijusi nezithelo zinikezwa njengengxenye yenqubo yokuphumula futhi izivakashi zingahlala zicabangele kuvulandi obheke echibini. Yeka indlela ephelele yokuphumula.

I-SPA SCANDINAVE

Isitobhi sokugcina kwaba iphayona elibeleselayo manje kule ndawo, indawo yaseNordic ebizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi iSpa Scandinave. I-oasis ephuma nje kuthelawayeka, ithule ngokumangazayo ngemuva kwemigwaqo ephithizelayo eseduze. Umehluko wokunaka phakathi kwamahhotela esitolo kanye nalesi sipa esizimele ubonakale kusukela ekuqaleni. Abasebenzi balapha abahlangene kangako nokwamukela izihambi kwezindawo zokungcebeleka eziseduze kakhulu.

Ngenhlanhla isevisi yedeski le-curt front engaba nayo yanxeshezelwa nge-massage ye-rock eshisayo evelele esebenze kanzima ukuze ihlehlise ukushuba kwezinyanga ngenhlanganisela yayo yama-saunas namabhavu kanye nenqwaba yamagumbi okuphumuza. Isilungiselelo sengezwe ngayo yonke i-yoga edingekayo, ukuzindla, nomagazini bomoya abakuvumela ukuthi ucishe ulale kamnandi.

Umsizi, nokho, wayehlale edonsa isivakashi lapha ukuze agcine ukuthula, njengoba amakhasimende ayekwazi uku-chitchat. Noma kunjalo, kumuntu othanda i-spa njengami, ayikho indlela engcono yokuchitha usuku lwemvula ugxuma usuka e-sauna, uye endaweni yokugeza ebandayo, uye kubhavu oshisayo, uye endaweni yokuphumula.

I-spa ngayinye esifundazweni saseQuebec's Laurentians inikezela ngolwazi oluhluke kakhulu ngokuya ngabasebenzi babo, umkhathi, kanye nokwelashwa. Konke kuyingxenye yothingo lwezindawo zokungcebeleka ezigcwele le ndawo lapha eminyakeni yakamuva. Ohambweni lwami, ngathola ukuthi nakuba ngangingeyena umuntu ongenabala, noma ngingeyena umuntu olwela “Indlela Yokuphila Yabacebile Nodumo,” ukutotoswa okuhle kufana nokuphulukisa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungubani.