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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: SPAS & WELLNESS TRAVEL
Immortalized in books by Lucy Maude Montgomery as the home of Anne of Green Gables, Canada’s most diminutive province is considered one of the country’s top golf destinations and as with all the Atlantic provinces, the seafood culinary experience is a big draw. Prince Edward Island lobster, oysters and mussels are world famous.
If you are looking for full-blown luxury spas, however, Canada’s smallest province is not the place to go. Winding trails linking rural communities, waterways for kayaking and the peaceful, country quiet that envelopes most of the island are a few features the wellness-minded traveler will find on Prince Edward Island. The 300 km (about 186 miles) Confederation Trail, for instance, is considered one of the finest cycling paths in the country. Read more>>>>
SPAS
Spa Boutique at Rodd Crowbush Golf & Beach Resort
We haven't visited but here's another spa on Prince Edward Island Spa 225 at Chez Shea Country Inn
Things you should know before you go:
• Confederation Bridge joining Prince Edward Island to the mainland is open year-round.
• Charlottetown and Summerside are the main cities.
• The soil is red (think adobe red) due to heavy content of iron oxide which rusts on exposure to air.
• Canada's smallest province is just 224 km (140 miles) from tip to tip. Population is just under 140,000.
Spa Boutique at Rodd Crowbush Golf & Beach Resort is located in Morell, on the North-east coast of the Island near St. Peters Bay and not far from the capital of Charlottetown.
Two lovely, large, multi-functional rooms make up the entire spa at Rodd Crowbush Golf & Beach Resort. An Aveda spa located on the lower level of the main resort is more of a guest amenity than a full-blown spa. There is no lounge just a few chairs set out by the reception desk. Just steps away on the same level is the hotel swimming pool and fitness centre shared with hotel guests. The sauna and whirlpool is located outside. Open May to mid-October, the spa offers a full menu of standard services plus a few more exotic body care treatments such at the Caribbean Therapy Body Treatment and the Chocolate Wrap. At under $100 Cdn. each, these 60 and 75-minute treatments are very well priced. Half day spa packages are also available. Located 15 - 20 minute drive from the city of Charlottown, the resort sits on the site of the Crowbush Cove Gold Course and has walking access to wide, sandy Lakeside Beach on the island’s north shore.
Rodd Signature Resorts also offers spas at their Mill River and Brudenell River locations both on Prince Edward Island.
Other spas on Prince Edward Island:
Atlantis Health Spa a day spa in Summerside
Radiant Reflection Day Spa at the Delta Hotel in Charlottetown.
The Cocoon Esthetic Clinic a day spa in Charlottetown.
MORE ABOUT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Linked to the mainland by Confederation Bridge (one of the world’s longest continuous multi-span bridges) Canada’s smallest province is as renowned for its lobster and Malpeque oysters as it is for being the home of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s red-headed heroine, Anne of Green Gables. In 2008 the island plans to celebrate the novel’s 100th anniversary of world-wide popularity.
And, yes, the soil on this crescent-shaped island, really is red - adobe red. But you’ll also find golden, sugar sand beaches, dramatic red sandstone cliffs, rolling sand dunes mixed in with hillside pastures, wide open fields and family farms. With scenic ocean-fronts and inspirational vistas, the island offers a leisurely pace of life that is in complete contrast to the urban rush of big cities. Even the cities of Summerside and Charlottown are more like big towns. Single lane highways wind past potato fields, grazing cows, tiny farms, lovely little villages with the mandatory church and beyond that more fields.
Most visitors explore the island during July and August but fall is also a good time to visit.
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