Golden Door

The world-renowned Golden Door was opened in 1958 by Deborah Szekely, the visionary founder of Rancho La Puerta and known by many as the godmother of the spa industry. Among the Golden Door's many distinguishing features is a literal door to another realm, indeed its legion of devoted fans refer to the spa simply as the Door. Guests arrive on a Sunday for a week stay and walk through a jewel-encrusted entrance gate that symbolically transports them from the world of their quotidian worries to a world of magical possibilities and new beginnings. This grande dame of destination spas embraces women most of the year, with some co-ed and all men's weeks available. A true testament to its extraordinary position in the spa world, the 39-room Golden Door with its stratospheric price tag usually has a waiting list of people wanting to get in! They are surely doing something - or maybe everything - right. Located in Escondido, California forty miles north of San Diego, the Golden Door is designed in the tradition of Japan's courtly honjin inns. The breathtaking, yet meditative environment creates and inspires limitless possibilities for personal renewal. Guests stroll past serene sand gardens, antique stone lanterns, and koi ponds. The ever-popular labyrinth is used to teach the Zen Buddhist practice of kinhin, walking mediation, an important tool of self-evaluation. Year after year the same guests return, often at the same time of year so they can be reunited with their Door friends. Not only is the Golden Door atmosphere perfect for nurturing friendships, there is also a highly effective and customized fitness, nutrition, and beauty program. Decision-making is kept to a minimum as the all-inclusive schedule and program is magically created for each individual, allowing a truly stress-free week to unfold. Each night a daily schedule, perfectly tailor-made for each guests, arrives at turn-down service in the form of a Japanese fan.

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