10 Best Local Spas in Phuket

De Flora Spa offers a full range of pampering, particularly if you also need to get your nails done in Phuket. Located in Patong, the spa occupies a Sino-Portuguese-style building that's reminiscent of Old Phuket Town. Treatments range from traditional Thai massages and reflexology to specialist sports massages, 4-hand oil massages and hot stone treatments.

Orientala Spa Phuket has 4 branches in Patong, where you can enjoy massages and treatments during your vacation. While the choices are limited to Thai, sport, aromatherapy, scrub, foot and back/shoulder massages, the quality of the setting and service is much higher than many budget massage parlors around Phuket. Orientala Spa is quite affordable, with their signature 150-minute package (body scrub, Thai massage, aromatherapy massage and foot massage) starting from 2,500 baht.

Pranvera Spa Phuket occupies a Thai-style teak house in verdant grounds close to Patong Beach. It's certainly big enough and has amazingly luxurious facilities, including a swimming pool, private massage rooms with outdoor showers. Signature spa treatments range from aromatherapy massages and body scrubs to herbal ball compresses and facials, with prices starting at around 4,000 baht for a 4-hour treatment. Buy-1-get-1-free promotions are available at certain times of the day.

Turquoise Cove is part of Oasis Spa, an award-winning spa brand in Thailand. The center has a cool Moroccan style with traditional Thai touches, offering a choice of individual treatment rooms around a central pool, a steam room, deep-soak baths, and outdoor rain showers. Its extensive spa menu ranges from traditional Thai massages (from 1,000 baht) to its signature 2.5-hour-long Siamese Therapeutic Wisdom package (from 4,600 baht).

The Santosa Detox and Wellness Center offers accommodations to help maximize your vacation with a full spa retreat in Phuket. It has a full-service spa and vegan restaurant, along with a choice of fitness and yoga classes. The resort's signature packages take detoxification and relaxation very seriously. Prices start from 400 baht for a 30-minute traditional back, neck and shoulder massage. Santosa also offers Shirodhara treatment, which is an Ayurveda therapy that involves steadily trickling oil over the forehead.

Let’s Relax Spa is a well-established and award-winning franchise of spas around Thailand. You can find several outlets in Phuket, 4 of which are in the popular Patong area. They offer a good choice of treatments specializing in Thai techniques, including back-and-shoulder massages, body scrubs and wraps, as well as their signature aromatic hot stone massages. Special packages are available at Let’s Relax Spa, some up to 3.5 hours of complete relaxation in contemporary Thai surroundings.

5-Star Massage & Beauty Salon offers several unique treatments not widely available around Phuket, including ear candling, lymphatic drainage massage for detoxifying and reducing water retention, and a collagen golden facial. The spa also has many of the more traditional treatments and massages, generally in a 2-tier price structure for either their standard or private/VIP treatment rooms.

Sweet Lemongrass Massage’s reputation is outstanding, even though it's a very small operation. Their massages are excellent and their signature packages are very cheap for what you get from them. A simple 2-hour rejuvenation package (natural oil massage and facial) costs from 750 baht, while the signature 4-hour rebirth package (body scrub, body wrap, blended aromatherapy massage, and facial) is priced at around 2,100 baht. Sweet Lemongrass Massage has a second outlet closer to Phuket's city center.