Editors’ Picks: Top 10 Best Casino Spas
Editors' Picks: Top 10 Best Casino Spas
Gaming and relaxation go hand in hand at casino spas—you can get energized by trying your luck at the slots or poker table, then unwind at the spa to celebrate your winnings (or forget your losses!). Any way you roll the dice, you can’t lose—it’s a win-win at casino spas.
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Atlantis Casino Resort Spa – Reno, Nevada
Spa-ing: The Zen-like Spa Atlantis at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa is a 30,000-square-foot complex housing a full-service salon; cardio theater; fitness center; 15 treatment rooms; Rasul chambers; laconium relaxation and brine inhalation-light therapy lounges; aqua spa lounge; tea lounges; and more. Whew!
Gaming: The 24-hour casino offers 60,000 square feet of non-stop action, consisting of 39 table games, a poker room featuring live games and tournaments, and a race and sports book area outfitted with more than 30 high-def, flat-screen TVs and surround sound; for young guests, the Atlantis Fun Center has 100-plus arcade games.
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Sahra Spa & Hammam at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada
Spa-ing: Luck has nothing to do with the success of Sahra Spa & Hammam—this 32-treatment-room facility at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas creates its own fabulousness with desert-like, Red Rock Canyon decor (created from 420 tons of sandstone!) and a 1,200-square-foot Turkish hammam.
Gaming: The casino is a 100,000-square-foot gaming space, complete with views of the Strip, casino cabanas, a race and sports book venue, video poker, and a collection of table games and slot machines.
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Peppermill Resort, Spa & Casino – Reno, Nevada
Spa-ing: Spa Toscana at Peppermill Resort, Spa & Casino features a Tuscan-style design esthetic evocative of an ancient Roman bath. Here, enjoy a full-service salon and a caldarium with an indoor pool, sundeck, and lounging area set in a garden, as well as iPods and high-def plasma TVs with SoSound acoustic resonance therapy in each treatment room. Other wellness spaces are equipped with hot and cold plunge pools, experience showers, eucalyptus-infused steam rooms, and cedar wood saunas.
Gaming: Casino fans have access to nearly 2,000 slot machines, a poker room, race and sports book theater, and table games.
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THEhotel at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada
Spa-ing: THEhotel’s Bathhouse offers a refreshing respite in Sin City. Sleekly designed interiors (dark slate, suede-covered walls, and trickling water sounds) instantly calm as you unwind with elite treatments—including an extensive array of baths and soaks befitting of the spa’s name.
Gaming: The 43-story, boutique-type THEhotel connects to Mandalay Bay’s three-story casino (not to mention its beach playground!).
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Skaná Spa at Turning Stone – Verona, New York
Spa-ing: Skaná Spa at Turning Stone reflects American Indian healing principles and cultural influences in every aspect of its treatment menu and design. Skaná, the Oneida word for “peace,” complements signature spa services—which begin with The Balance Waters Ritual, incorporating benefits from the steam rooms, saunas, whirlpools, and co-ed mineral pool—with facilities like a private VIP suite, full-service salon, fitness center, café, indoor herb garden, and a welcome area inspired by a traditional longhouse.
Gaming: The gaming floor features thousands of slot machines, 80-plus table games, a high-stakes bingo hall, and poker room.
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Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian at The Palazzo – Las Vegas, Nevada
Spa-ing: The colossal Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian | at The Palazzo lives up to the Canyon Ranch brand’s approach to health and fitness in the midst of Las Vegas. Not only will you find 82 (yes, 82!) massage rooms, 12 facial rooms, a full-service fitness center, salon, retail boutique, and private bridal and barber suites, but you’ll have the chance to try Aquavana. This European-inspired water-therapy circuit includes thermal spa cabins, a salt grotto, ice igloo, and more.
Gaming: With options like Stadium Gaming and the largest Sands Poker Room in Vegas, high rollers will be in heaven.
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Spa Toccare at Borgata – Atlantic City, New Jersey
Spa-ing: Mimicking Las Vegas’ lavishness, Spa Toccare at Borgata features stylish amenities like plasma-screen TVs in the waiting area, 31 wet and dry treatment spaces, and couple’s treatment rooms with private bathrooms, lounges, and whirlpools in its 54,000-square-foot complex.
Gaming: Roulette, keno, baccarat, and craps are among the table games available in this 125,000-square-foot gaming facility—but the signature offering is poker (there’s a separate 85-table poker room!).
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The Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada
Spa-ing: The Spa at The Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas’ sophisticated interiors, made up of white birch gardens, white tiles, and black and gray tones, match a well-appointed bevy of facilities: 17 treatment rooms; locker rooms with showers; and separate men’s and women’s wet areas with steam rooms, saunas, whirlpools, and meditation lounges.
Gaming: Hotel highlights aside from the spa include a 100,000-square-foot casino, where gaming fun encompasses a poker room, race and sports book area, and table games like blackjack, craps, and roulette.
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Spa at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada
Spa-ing: Just the image alone of the Spa at Encore speaks volumes—it’s a safe bet you’ll fall in love with the lavish space, which includes garden villas, complemented by signature proprietary treatments.
Gaming: Together with its sister property, the hotel features a 111,000-square-foot casino.
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MGM Grand Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada
Spa-ing: A full array of treatments are available at the 30,000-square-foot MGM Grand Spa at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino; to heighten the wellness experience, you can book one of the Stay Well rooms, which comprise over 20 evidence-based health and wellness features.
Gaming: Gamers can try their luck at the slots or the table games, and in the 22-table poker room or race and sports book betting arena.
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The Norwich Spa at Foxwoods – Mashantucket, Connecticut
Spa-ing: Relax following some gaming fun, or get reenergized before going back to the slots at The Norwich Spa at Foxwoods. There’s plenty to do to complement the comprehensive treatment options, including swimming in the heated pool, working out in the fitness center, relaxing on the outdoor terrace, or unwinding in the steam room and sauna.
Gaming: The 4.7 million-square-foot Foxwoods Resort Casino offers an impressive total of six casinos filled with 7,000-plus slot machines; 400 table games, plus 100 poker tables; a 3,200-seat bingo hall, and more.
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Kate Phillips
About the author: Kate Phillips
Spafinder Wellness 365 Editor and self-proclaimed Starbucks fanatic, Kate is an avid enthusiast of writing, all-things-travel, and fashion magazines. Before SFW365 she was a freelance contributor to Time Out New York and the online editor for Chemical Week magazine, where she penned articles on chemicals found in beauty products. She spends her downtime testing out spa and beauty products on her mom and sisters, including her identical twin.