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Massage Marathon
After an hour of massage on just their feet and legs, another hour spent on their upper bodies and 90 minutes of expert rubbing from head to toe, those taking advantage of this seven-night, CTL-readers-only exclusive package at Maca Bana Villas may actually melt. If that doesn’t work, perhaps a 90-minute facial and a private session of yoga, tai chi, Pilates, meditation or chi kong will do the trick. You’ll also find the fridge in a sea-view villa stocked with a welcome package of basic breakfast supplies.

Location: Grenada
Package: CT&L Spa ’07
Rate: From $1,040 per person, based on quadruple occupancy for seven nights; $1,190 based on double occupancy
Available: Until September 30
Contact: 473-439-5355; www.macabana.com

Wrap it up
Is a four-night trip long enough to relax? It is if you treat yourself to a wrap in Colombian clay or volcanic mud, have a full-body couple’s massage in a beachside cabana and take in a yoga session on the beach. Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa offers all this pampering plus an ocean-view room with private balcony overlooking Eagle Beach, the island’s longest.

Location: Aruba
Package: Rejuvenation Getaway
Rate: $1,139 per couple
Available: Until December 21
Contact: 800-223-1108; www.manchebo.com

Cuckoo for Cacao
Willy Wonka, eat your heart out. Spa guests of the Lodge at Chaa Creek in Belize go beyond the bonbon for a totally immersive chocolate experience. Five treatments given during this three-night vacation integrate cacao beans, which were first cultivated by the Maya in 500 B.C. The Maya Chocolate Polish is an exfoliative treatment with cocoa powder, local brown sugar and roasted walnuts; the Cocoa Massage is a full-body rubdown with a blend of cocoa, cocoa butter and almond oil. The offer includes a thatched garden cottage, a tour of a cocoa grove, canoeing on the Macal River and daily breakfast and dinner.

Location: Belize
Package: Chocolatissimo
Rate: $1,200 per person, double occupancy, for three nights; $1,435 for four nights
Available: Until December 31
Contact: 877-709-8708; www.chaacreek.com

Room Service
To celebrate the debut of its new spa, Grenada’s True Blue Bay Resort & Villas is offering guests a Swedish massage on their room’s private veranda and a lunch for two with fresh-fruit smoothies, homemade breads and hand-churned nutmeg ice cream. Spend the balance of your five days chillin’ by one of the resort’s two pools, watching sunsets from Stuart’s Bar and exploring nearby reefs with the on-site Aquanauts Dive.

Location: Grenada
Package: Serenity Day Spa
Rate: $835 per couple
Available: Until December 20
Contact: 888-883-2482; www.truebluebay.com

Take the Credit
Mad for a massage? Relish a wrap? Feel like a facial? At Sun Village Resort & Spa Cofresi’s new 17,000-square-foot spa facility in the Dominican Republic, the hard part is choosing exactly how you want to be pampered. CT&L readers receive a 30-percent discount off normal room rates and, if you stay a minimum of five nights, each guest receives a $50 credit at the spa.

Location: Dominican Republic
Package: Spa Credit
Rate: Rooms from $125, based on double occupancy, minus 30-percent discount
Available: Until December 21
Contact: 800-941-6750; www.sunvillagebeachresort.com (e-mail reservations@sunvillageresorts.com for discount rate and mention Caribbean Travel & Life).

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