Positano • Amalfi Coast • Italy
Le Sirenuse Spa
I'll just say it straight up: Le Sirenuse is the Holy Grail of where to stay when you visit Positano.
Ok...that's out of the way and that experience is left for another blog post. Now let's talk about the spa here.
Just look at this amazing cold plunge pool. I mean, it's gorgeous!
A walk through the Louvre, an elevator up the Eiffel Tower and a gruelling climb up the stairs to the Arc De Triomphe. Is this the Paris you have planned to…
It's small. So is everything in Posi because it's all built on the hillside. Small it may be, it is still elegant and modern inside designed by renowned Italian arichitect, Gae Aulenti, and embraces you in warm teak wood and white marble. I totally ignored the work out equipment--seriously...we're in Positano where it is the walking kind of life. Your legs will be so tired from traipsing up and down hundreds of stairs. You NEED a massage of any kind! When I was escorted to the little teeny closet of a dressing room to get in my robe and slippers, check out what was there waiting for me (see center photo below) Eeeeeep. 😳
My very first paper panties! I seriously considered bringing them home as a souvenir but kind of grossed myself out at the idea. So I left them in the dressing room. Didn't even wear them under my robe...do people do that? I mean wear them. Anyway, I got a good laugh and picture from them. I opted out of that that little piece of luxury!
I'll be honest...my treatment room was much smaller than the one in the photo above. I didn't bring my camera, so I pulled the one from the Le Sirenuse website. Once my eyes were closed and I was in the capable hands of my masseur Gianni, the size of the room was irrelevant. I chose the Sirenuse Signature Massage because it's based all around lemon and orange oil and Positano culture is all about the lemons and citrus they grow there. (For this trip, I actually bought and brought a pair of new Soludos with lemons embroidered on them as my nod to my destination.) This entire treatment is performed on a WATER BED! oh man. The water bed was warm too and created the most amazing sensation and experience. I drifted off and my body melted.
After your spa treatment there are two great options, both are recommended.
Option 1: Head down to the famous poolside bar. Even if you aren't staying at the hotel, they won't treat you like a tourist. Friendly staff set the table up with all kinds of tiny bowls filled with nibbles like olives, some kind of crisped and salted beans, little cookies and so forth...then you order a nice prosecco. We asked our adorable waiter, Luigi, for some affogato, which is ice cream with coffee poured over it. Luigi said of course they have 'avocado' 🥑 Laughed so hard when he realized. Apparently, it was SUCH a funny story that every time we came back to sit in the bar, the rest of the wait staff knew about us and would run squealing 'avocado! avocado!' Made us feel loved.
Option 2: There is a secret exit from the hotel on the very bottom floor that exits you down to the beach! Take the minuscule elevator down, down, down then follow the 'beach' signs. You'll feel like a celebrity escaping the paparazzi.
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The Deets:
Le Sirenuse Spa, Via Cristoforo Colombo, 30, 84017 Positano, Italy www.sirenuse.it/en
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