Retreat-by-the-Sea

Luxury Resort & Spas: While your friends were sailing in the Caribbean and golfing away the afternoons, you were chained to your desk- a virtual slave to paperwork. Your workload seemed never ending. At the end of it all the whites of your eyes have taken on a seemingly permanent bloodshot hue, while your skin is as sallow as week-old salmon. Now the tide has passed and you can take a vacation. A Green Tea & Ginger Seaweed Wrap followed by an Orange Blossom Body Scrub is in order- as is a plentiful plate of Herbed Ricotta Agnolotti or Seared Hudson Valley Foie Grassor both.

Quail Lodge, situated on 850 acres of inland property on the Monterey Peninsula near Carmel-by-the-Sea, offers guests countless options for relaxation, rejuvenation and ultimate pampering. The Lodge's spa features relaxing spa gardens and poolside treatment suites, including one just for couples. Body treatments reflect the region's natural riches, while their celebrated restaurant's ever-changing menu highlights the freshest ingredients from local farmers and fishermen. Tableside service is enhanced by an award-winning wine list.

For LxM Amy Covington