#TheList: 11 Decadent Airport Spa Treatments

Airline travel has become so stressful that, once you arrive at your final destination, it can take two days just to unwind from long security lines and packed flights. In response to our collective travel anxiety and growing interest in beauty tourism, several airlines and airports around the world (and in the U.S.) are expanding their spa facilities to include unique and utterly enticing treatments.

In the past, flight delays meant slouching in uncomfortable chairs with headphones plastered to your ears hoping to catch a few zzz’s under the glare of florescent lights. Now, depending on where you roam, you can get a fish spa pedicure, virtual reality massage, spray tan, oxygen therapy, or a cooling treatment designed to revive tired, jet-lagged legs.

Kind of makes you think twice about dreading the travel part of your trip, doesn’t it? Ahead, 11 of the most exciting airport spa treatments you’ll find in the U.S. and around the globe.

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9. Ayurvedic Foot Massage

Where: The Dragontree Holistic Day Spa in Portland International Airport

Why: If you’re the sort of wellness enthusiast who knows the importance of taking care of your feet for your overall health, you’ll find a kindred soul in this Portland spa. Incredible foot-centric treatments include Pad Abhyangha, an Ayurvedic foot massage that focuses on key energy centers called marma points, and has been known to relieve anxiety, hypertension, insomnia, cramps, you name it. The spa’s Foot Baths are worth boarding your flight a little later: choose among a menu that includes a warm milk foot bath, healing Himalayan pink salt bath, and an anti-inflammatory honey bath. You’ll find this spa past security in Concourse C.

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