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 Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club,
Acapulco, Mexico
Photos and article by Paris Permenter & John Bigley
Acapulco. The name is almost synonymous with the stars of Hollywood's heydays: Elizabeth
Taylor, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra.
Acapulco may have changed since its days as an exclusive Hollywood getaway, but at Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet
Club, the legend lives on. This hillside retreat has regained its glamour status following a $2 million renovation
of its 69 unique accommodations.
Today the boutique hotel serves as a getaway for stellar travelers (Farrah Fawcett always asks for the presidential
suite and Julio Iglesias has a private home on the hotel grounds) and any couple looking for peace, quiet, and
privacy.
The resort offers guest rooms and junior suites but it is perhaps best known for its villas named for its most
famous guests. Luxuriate during your stay in the privacy of the Lana Turner Villa (where the star lived for five
years), the Rita  Hayworth Villa or the Elizabeth Taylor Villa, where the violet-eyed movie icon vacationed yearly for
nearly two decades. Villas have private swimming pools, outdoor bars and hydromassage tubs.
Many rooms have tubs perfect for a soak --a deux--complete with a sea of bath bubbles. Lovers luxuriate in "Romance,"
a fragrance specially designed for Villa Vera. The hotel has also designed essential oils for its customers, a
light, fruity aroma designed to trigger memories long after a vacationer returns home.
The memorable oil is only one of the amenities offered by the resort's new spa, considered by many to be the finest
in Acapulco. Opened in December 1999, the spa was designed for quiet, luxurious pampering ranging from massage
to wraps and facials. Special treatments include oxygenating facials designed to bring oxygen to the skin and delay
the aging process, anti-stress massages, thermal mud wrap, and shower massage, a combination of relaxing manual
massage and water pressure. The resort also offers a signature treatment--the Villa Vera Cocktail. This exclusive
treatment combines mud, paraffin, and seaweed into a warm body wrap while the head and neck receive an aromatic
essential oil massage.
The spa is also adding treatments of special interest to romantic travelers. Couples will be able to learn massage
techniques on each other, using edible oils.
For more on Villa Vera, call 800-327-1847. Spa treatments can be booked by guests at other Acapulco resorts. Rooms
begin at US$150 per night.
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Husband and wife team Paris Permenter and John Bigley have authored over 20 guidebooks and also edit the FREE Lovetripper.com <A HREF="http://www.lovetripper.com/">,
a romantic travel magazine featuring worldwide destinations.
Copyright 2000 Paris Permenter and John Bigley
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