Spas and Wellness

Tour de Fit offers travelers the ability to find gyms, spas and wellness centers worldwide. In addition to listing traditional gyms and their contact information, the site offers listings for activities such as wall climbing, pilates and bikram yoga.

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And a time of peace and plenty prevailed over the realm. . . .

Four-day/three-night, women-only trip in the Bobbie Burns Mountains, western CANADA, Aug. 23-26, 2012. Highlights: Daily yoga lesson/helicopter into mountains with guide for hiking/cooking class/lodge with spa. Land, $2,615. Single supp., $300. Canadian Mountain Holidays (Banff, Alberta, Canada; phone 800/661-0252, www.canadianmountainholidays.com).

The Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa (229 Moo 1 T.Wieng, Golden Triangle, Chiang Sean, Chiang Rai 57150, Thailand; phone [66] 02 877 5803 04), on the Mekong River in Chiang Sean, northern Thailand, is offering guests a “Jungle Yoga, Elephant & Spa Experience.”

One of the largest mosques in Europe is the Grand Mosquée in Paris (39, rue Saint-Hilaire; phone 01 43 31 38 20). It’s on the southeast corner of rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and rue Daubenton, across from the Jardin des Plantes. In October ’10, my traveling companion and I ventured to the mosque’s hammam (Turkish bath).