Treat yourself to a relaxing spa vacation. Get away for a week or even just a spa weekend. Get a massage, soak in hot springs and relax in beautiful surroundings.

WASHINGTON

The newly redesigned Alderbrook Resort is a classy complement to its natural setting. The Spa at Alderbrook offers services ranging from aromatherapy massage to salt or sugar skin-scrubs.

The hot springs have been drawing visitors since the springs were discovered in 1876. Today you can stay in aging and rather funky lodgings — and enjoy the same relaxing bath plus a massage — with no TVs or radios to distract you.

This luxuriously relaxed Northwest getaway features whirlpool tubs and private decks from every room.

Enjoy a special experience on the resort's 30 acres overlooking Cascade Bay.

Spend the weekend at this romantic lodge and indulge in spa treatments for two, or pamper yourself with a 100-minute Ancient Thai massage.

Willows Lodge is an 88-room luxury spa resort near Woodinville's two largest wineries.

The resort caters to the whole family. Basic cabins with kitchens are available for rent, as are RV sites with water and power hookups.

Conveniently located near Mount Rainier, Stormking offers massage and other spa services, as well as comfortable lodging, to those intrepid souls who seek to tackle the mountain -- or simply sightsee in the area.

OREGON

Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center offers mineral-springs baths, trails forested with old growth, as well as a wide variety of programs aimed at healing body, mind and spirit.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Slip into the steamy waters of Banff's Upper Hot Springs and your body will tingle. Linger for 15 minutes and you'll understand why "taking the waters" is so important in bathing cultures around the world.

Bald eagles are just part of the wilderness allure for the 70-acre resort situated in one of the most picturesque and rugged regions of Vancouver Island.

Visit the Wickaninnish Inn and its Ancient Cedars Spa. Relax on the hotel balcony while you watch the waves rise and ebb on Chesterman Beach, or take a short stroll down to the sand.

One of the top ski resorts in North America, Whistler also has become spa heaven. You can indulge in almost anything, from the conventional (massage and manicures) to the unusual ("energy balancing" and ancient Indian Ayurvedic treatments).