Spa Life E-Magazine Issue 1 Vol. 15 Spring Romance 2015 | Page 20

The Wakefield Mill Hotel & Spa – Wakefield, Quebec www.wakefieldmill.com

After being exfoliated, wrapped and massaged and your body feeling like a bowl of jello, the two of you retreat to the Spa Eau Vive’s terrace at the Wakefield Mill Hotel & Spa and a cascading waterfall mesmerizes you into a deep relaxed state. Water soothes, water revitalizes and water always instills a sense of romance. Maclaren Falls and the surrounding Gatineau Park area captures the natural essence of this hotel. It’s hard to imagine it’s less than 30 minutes north of Ottawa. It started out as a stone mill back in 1838 until being reopened in 2001 as a boutique inn with 42 rooms after extensive restoration. It still retains architecturally parts of the past – the wine cellar is the old turbine room. Some of the guest rooms are actually located in former grain silos. With Gatineau Park as its neighbour many couple’s activities await from canoeing, hiking, golf, skiing – or just relax in the outdoor hot tub with the sound of the rushing waterfall you can see from the distance as it lulls you back to a Zen state of mind.

Fox Harb’r Golf Resort & Spa – Wallace, NS www.foxharbr.com

Sometimes romance doesn’t come easy – especially for guys! Sometimes you need to make a compromise. Fox Harb’r Golf Resort & Spa caters to the golf and outdoor enthusiast as well is a perfect location for a romantic getaway. The resort is only a two-hour drive northwest of Halifax on the Nova Scotia coast in a tiny hamlet called Wallace. Let him play at the two championship golf courses (or play with him). For something completely different which may give you both a thrill – skeet and clay shooting! The spa at Fox Harb’r features many men specific treatments so for that shy spa averse guy this is an ideal place to overcome his anxiety and still feel his manliness. The setting whether you are dining together, having couple’s spa treatments, or even out skeet shooting – the view of the Atlantic Ocean won’t change. It will be stunning and create the right mood for some old-fashioned ocean side romance.