What is a SPA hotel?

What makes a SPA hotel different from others? It not only provides conditions for guests to stay, but also offers a large variety of general health, cosmetic procedures. Come to Igora resort and you will feel the difference!

• The country complex is located in a pine forest at the foot and at the top of the slope. The territory and well-developed infrastructure of the resort offer a variety of outdoor activities and sports all year round.
• There are 47 double rooms in the hotel, 20 two-story apartments and 26 modern cottages.

At Igora resort you can combine outdoor walks and sports with a visit to the pool or sauna, restaurants and cafes. But the most important thing is that there is a large SPA with a large variety of services.

Igora: from tubing to cryosauna

A visit to the SPA hotel is a real holiday for body and soul. People come here specially to recuperate after hard, exhausting work or sports training, relieve stress, improve physical fitness and appearance, and get a charge of positive emotions.

Dozens of restorative and relaxation programs developed by the resort's specialists are waiting for guests. The SPA centre at Igora resort is one of the best in the North-Western region (offers more than 250 treatments), it includes:

• a swimming pool (for children and adults),
• a Finnish sauna, a Turkish hammam,
• a Jacuzzi,
• cryosauna,
• thermal complex,
• massage and cosmetology rooms,
• artificial beach,
• gym,
• Pool-bar.

The wellness area of the hotel includes everything that can be attributed to kinesiotherapy: slopes for downhill skiing, tubing, cross-country skiing. There is also an ice arena, a gym, a bowling alley, a paintball court, and a laser tag. Igora resort is ready to offer all this to its guests. Athletic activities can be alternated with rest, which, of course, is better to look for in the SPA.

Swimming pool: sun all year round

Water treatments are widely used in our SPA. After skiing and descending from the mountain, you can swim in the pool. There are two closed reservoirs: for adults (length - 25 m) and children.

In the pool area, the artificial sun burns all year round, so in winter you can not only swim, but also get a good portion of spectrum-balanced light corresponding to the sun for this time of year and day.

Relaxing on the «beach» in the SPA centre will help get rid of depression, seasonal emotional disorders, eliminate migraine attacks and improve sleep.

To quench your thirst, you don't need to go anywhere — a pool bar is located right by the water. There are always fresh vitamin juices, smoothies. You can buy a cup of fragrant coffee or ice cream.

Hydrotherapy

Water treatments are represented by baths (milk, pearl, whirlpool, anti-cellulite), «Tranquillity», «Sea water» and showers («charcot», «Vichy», circular). They are used for cosmetic correction and just a pleasant pastime. The positive effect will depend on the temperature, chemical composition of the water and useful inclusions. The shower, depending on the type, relaxes or tones up. A pearl bath will help you relax, and a hot tub will increase the tone of the muscles of the whole body.

Thermal effects on the body in combination with water can be experienced when visiting a bath, sauna or hammam. Such SPA is one of the most favourite at the resort. They have a hygienic and general health effect. Heat stimulates blood circulation, relaxes tired muscles, helps to cleanse the skin, relieves the body of toxins.

The hammam offers a popular soap massage with manual peeling (using a woollen glove and foam). One hundred percent humidity and high moderate temperature enhance the effect. Author's programs have been developed especially for the hammam: «Arabian heat», «Charmel», «Journey to the East».

Cryosauna is a shock therapy for the body, which starts self-healing processes at low temperatures. 

The procedure in the NEO-Qi capsule includes a combination of the following factors: steam sauna, infrared sauna, chromotherapy, Vichy shower, low intensity vibration therapy.

Cosmetics and innovations

The healing power of recreation at any resort is based on the action of natural factors: a favourable climate, therapeutic mud, mineral waters. Today, cosmetics with natural components are produced especially for the SPA industry: essential oils, seaweed, salt, extracts of medicinal plants, minerals.

This allows you to get the most out of, even the simplest at first glance, SPA. Igora can offer a whole range of services using natural cosmetics from the best foreign manufacturers, who are always in search of new formulas, innovative ingredients and advanced technologies.

Gentle cleansing

With age, the cells of the epidermis peel off more slowly, so the skin looks tired and dry, the colour changes and becomes grey. Therefore, the skin should be cleaned with scrubs and gommage. They will help to remove toxins, restore microcirculation in tissues. This will allow the active components of masks and wraps to penetrate deeper and act more effectively.

Gommage in the SPA centre of Igora resort

• «Grains of the sea». The triad of algae - lithothamnium, kelp, chondrus crispus - in the form of grains in combination with cream glide over the body like grains of sand, providing skin cleansing, giving the skin a supply of minerals, stimulating metabolism, which is especially pronounced in figure refinement programs.
• «Red Coral». A thick red gel with a subtle aroma of Amazonian fruits contains sea salt, Brazilian tree oil, extracts of ginseng, spirulina and sargassum. It has a tonic effect, stimulates microcirculation, restores skin tone and elasticity, leaving a light protective veil on it.
• «Mineral». The scrub with sea salt crystals effectively removes impurities, leaving a light and gentle protective film on the skin. Sea magnesium calms the nervous system, relieving all kinds of overstrain. Calcium strengthens, seals and heals the skin.

Gommages are performed with French Thalion preparations. The unique composition of the preparations provides a moisturising, draining, bactericidal effect, restoring skin tone and elasticity, saturating it with useful trace elements.

Masks

This procedure helps to get rid of cellulite, local fat deposits, eliminate puffiness and sagging skin. Masks contain a complex of natural substances, including fruit acids, antioxidants, retinoids, peptides, etc. This allows you to additionally rid the skin of wrinkles, free radicals that interfere with the production of collagen, stimulate the formation of elastin and hyaluronic acid. 

Masks-wraps for figure correction

• «Atlantic» — with sea water, kelp and kritmum algae extract (relieve stress).
• «Sea water» — magnesium salts (lymphatic drainage effect, pronounced relaxation).
• «Nutrition and elasticity» — natural Karite oil regenerates and moisturises the skin, making it elastic.

The SPA centre has developed programs to combat excess weight based on cosmetics Thalasso Bretagne (France).

• «Thalasso Calcium» (35 min.) — enriches the body with calcium, which is involved in muscle contraction, necessary for the breakdown of fat.
• «Detoxification» (75 min.) — stimulates blood microcirculation, removes toxins and excess fluid. 
• «Weight loss» (75 min.) — starts the process of burning fat in the body. 
• «Three teas» (75 min.) — makes the skin elastic (contains extracts of green, white and black tea, spirulina).

For relaxation -  go to the SPA center

The body reacts to stress by releasing hormones that affect the heart rate, blood pressure, and cause muscle tension. All this leads to insomnia, anxiety and depression. But the body is able to withstand stress, reaching a state of relaxation. SPA can help with it.

Stress therapy treatments at Igora resort include masks, wraps, baths, massages. The procedures help to eliminate muscle spasms, achieve deep relaxation, pronounced relaxation of the body and normalise sleep. French preparations Thalasso Bretagne, Thalion, Sultan de Saba are used. They contain moisturising substances, vitamins and natural vegetable oils that restore the protective function of the skin, maintain tone.

• «Thalasso Magnesia» (full care - 60 min.) - saturation with magnesium and other trace elements.
• «Exotic SPA treatment» (120 min.) - is based on ancient African, Polynesian, Mexican recipes.
• «Journey to the East» (90 min.) - care that will allow you to choose your own travel destination – to Bali, China, Japan or the islands of Polynesia: relaxing Frangipani fragrance, tonic - Green tea and Ginger or Neroli, sensual - Tiare will accompany you during the entire trip. Body peeling - rice, coconut or bamboo resin drops, wrapping in karite oil, relaxing massage with aromatic oil will fill your body with ease and your soul with peace.
• «Journey to the Amazon» (120 min.) - is a modelling care that saturates muscles and skin with energy, so that the body literally fills with strength, becomes elastic and fit. A bath with essential oils of lemon, orange, mint, natural energetics of a warming body mask: guarana, acerola, cocoa, chilli, in combination with oceanic algae and sea water, restore the body's overall tone, improve mood.

Massage

Massage is one of the forms of manual therapy. It relieves muscle tension, improves blood circulation in tissues, increases joint mobility, reduces blood pressure, heart rate, eliminates the effects of stress. It is difficult to list all its useful properties.

The SPA centre of Igora resort offers various types of massage. Guests can choose the most suitable (taking into account the state of your health) or purchase a package of services that include this procedure.

Thalasso massage with magnesium and calcium is ideal for athletes, chiromassage - for those who do not want to get old. «Stone» restores energy flows, and Hawaiian «Lomi-Lomi Nui» relieves stress.

Women will surely appreciate lymphatic drainage and anti-cellulite massages which remove excess fluid, toxins, eliminate the «orange peel», stimulate the production of elastin and collagen and correct body shapes.

Exotic massage

The «Road of Nirvana» program includes massages according to the Indian Ayurveda system - «Abhyanga», «Shirodhara», «Kalari».  The procedures use mixtures of herbs and oil saturated with aromatic substances, which are selected individually. This massage relieves fatigue well, eliminates negative emotions, nourishes the skin, makes it more elastic, younger.

«Kalari» and «Podikizhi» are the most exotic. Kalari-Toning foot massage. This unique massage increases the flexibility of the spine and joint mobility, removes muscle spasms, improves blood flow and metabolic processes, drains lymph, increases vitality, improves athletic performance. With his foot, the masseur works like a palm, not stepping on the body, but making long rubbing movements along its energy channels. A faster and stronger massage effect is obtained due to a stronger and more uniform pressure and a larger coverage area during foot movements (compared to hand and brush movements).

Podikizhi is an Ayurvedic body massage with warm pouches filled with medicinal herbs with the use of healing oils. Oils, penetrating into the tissues, dissolve the toxins accumulated inside, the body is filled with strength and lightness. A special technique of execution contributes to the harmonisation of the psyche and emotions, relieves fatigue and mental tension. This course is used for diseases of bones, joints, sports injuries

Thai oil massage allows you to achieve deep relaxation, and Thai traditional massage includes movements and poses reminiscent of yoga asanas, performed to music and by candlelight. 

Igora resort offers several Thai SPA programs using national cosmetics with natural ingredients (pineapple, mango, papaya, mangosteen, tropical plants). The purpose of the procedures is to give the skin radiance, increase its tone.

Balinese massage uses techniques of five different techniques, is aimed at deep muscle impact, relieves fatigue well. It is customised for the client (you can choose the pressure level). The SPA of the resort employs certified massage therapists from other countries - specialists in Balinese, Thai, Indian massage.

SPA for all occasions

The SPA center of the resort has developed cosmetology programs for facial care for different skin types using cosmetics Maria Galland (France), Forlled (Japan), Comfort zone (Italy). They include procedures for cleaning and moisturising, activating the processes of cell repair and intracellular metabolism.

The SPA centre uses the latest devices for cosmetic procedures.

• Skin Master Plus allows you to get rid of wrinkles, bags under the eyes, the second chin, adjust the oval of the face, improve skin colour, eliminate acne, scars, stretch marks.
• Cryolift restores skin elasticity, gets rid of bags, tightens the skin of the face, neck.
• Darsonvalization eliminates vascular «asterisks», wrinkles and signs of inflammation.
• Iontophoresis is suitable for the treatment of problem skin, rosacea, acne and correction of the oval of the face.
• LPG Systems - improves the condition of the skin of the face and body, gets rid of excess fluid, treats cellulite.

Injection cosmetology is used: biorevitalization, facial contouring, correction of facial wrinkles, treatment of hyperhidrosis. Additional services: eyebrow correction, eyebrow colouring, eyelashes, haircut, hair colouring, depilation.

Hotel guests can choose any procedure they like at will or purchase a standard SPA package that combines several offers. In one day, you can get a set of different services with a certain sequence.

The center offers 6 ready-made packages, including more than 10 types of procedures. Are you going to rest? Come to Igora resort, give yourself a great mood