Mississippi’s Relaxing Retreats

From the beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, to the flatlands of the Delta and throughout the heartland of the Hospitality State, Southerners have a knack for the art of relaxation. Mississippi boasts a unique blend of luxury spa experiences with a range of services to meet the needs of all rejuvenation seekers. Mississippi’s boutique hotels and grand resorts offer the perfect balance of sources of relaxation to energizing activities for a great couple’s getaway for any extended weekend.

The Alluvian– Greenwood, Mississippi

The forty-five rooms and five spacious suites envelop our guests in the quintessential aesthetic of luxury, and surround an intimate old-world courtyard. All suites feature whirlpool baths. Most include stainless steel fireplaces. One boasts a private terrace while other suites offer courtyard views.

Cross the sleek threshold of The Alluvian, and enter a realm with a nouveau-chic ambiance normally reserved for world cities. Luxurious and intimate. Elegant and eclectic. Created by world renowned architects and designers, this boutique hotel has claimed iconic status with its modern design. The Alluvian is an alluring alternative to the ordinary.

Giardina’s restaurant, within The Alluvian, is a Delta landmark. Famous for its steaks and seafood, Giardina’s also offers handmade pastas and sauces from the founders’ native Italy. Traditional favorites, innovative Southern cuisine and an impressive wine list. A late night bar that connects to The Alluvian creates the perfect hub for Delta nightlife.

The Viking Cooking School and The Alluvian have come together to offer unique packages and special culinary weekends for our guests. Information about our special culinary weekends can be found at thealluvian.com.

As if being in the Delta wasn’t relaxing enough, enjoy all the comfort and pampering of our luxurious full service spa during your stay. There are six treatment rooms including a couple’s massage and treatment room, with a whirlpool tub, super shower for two, and stainless steel fireplace. Indulge in proprietary treatments featuring our signature fragrance Sweet Tea. Experience escape, wellness, and luxury at The Alluvian Spa.

The Alluvian Spa

Located in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, The Alluvian Spa offers a unique blend of rejuvenating treatments with Delta style and ingredients. Visitors to this spa will leave feeling relaxed, pampered, and immersed in the gracious culture of this Southern gem.

The Alluvian Spa offers a five star luxury spa experience in a gorgeous facility that would easily fit in New York City. While the level of service rivals any spa in a major metropolitan city, special touches make this spa unique to the Mississippi Delta. Specially commissioned artwork, crafted by local Delta artists, hangs throughout the facility, while the music played in each treatment room is exclusive to The Alluvian Spa, composed by Delta native, David Moore. The spa uses handcrafted bowls made by McCarty Pottery of Merigold, Mississippi, for the manicure and pedicure treatments.

The Alluvian Spa is a full service luxury facility that offers facials, massages, body treatments, therapeutic baths, manicures, pedicures, waxing services, hair services and cosmetic coaching sessions. Many services feature ingredients indigenous to the Mississippi Delta. These include the Mississippi Mud Pie, a warmed bubbling brew of mud to soothe aches of the feet or spine, and the Delta River Rock, a massage using heated river stones. The Three Rivers body scrub utilizes traditional sea grains as well as a less expected ingredient, stone-ground grits, to exfoliate and polish skin. The Spa’s signature Sweet Tea fragrance can be found in several treatments, including a body scrub, manicure, and pedicure.

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Beau Rivage Resort & Casino – Biloxi, Mississippi

Getaways are more than a trip… they’re a state of mind. Immerse yourself in the ultimate relaxation, entertainment and recreational experience that will transform your visit into a memory that will feel fresh long after we’ve said our (temporary) goodbyes. Beau Rivage Resort & Casino amenities abound from a spa, full-service salon, to Fallen Oaks championship golf course, great shopping, fabulous resort pool and a video arcade for the young at heart.

The Spa at Beau Rivage

Beau Spa and Salon is a 20,000 sq. foot facility fully equipped with a sauna, steam room and whirlpool facilities along with a beautiful solarium overlooking the pool. Beau Spa features luxury spa brands such as Skin Authority, Sothys, Hydrafacial as well as Oribe. Their services range from massages, exclusive body therapies, nail services, hair treatment and results-driven facial offerings using their high-end selection of products. With all spa services, a client will receive complimentary access to all of the spa facilities for the day.

With highly skilled and trained therapists, the experience is sure to be spectacular along with the unique and luxurious offerings at Beau Spa and Salon. They have 35 total treatment stations that allow large groups to be easily accommodated for bridal parties or any kind of celebration!

The most popular experience at the Beau Rivage, the massage therapy services, will transport any person to a state of tranquility.

Beau Spa and Salon is very proud to offer the Hydrafacial service, which is a very exclusive, results-driven facial along with other facial offerings that are sure to provide great results. They also offer a variety of body therapies from their Sothys line, where each body treatment uses very ritualistic, intentional and rehearsed movements. Experience one of the wonderful facials that are meant as a treatment leading up to the wedding day, such as their “energizing facial” that will leave a bride-to-be with a beautiful glow!

The Spa at Beau Rivage offers specials Monday through Thursday for $99 such as a manicure/pedicure and blowout for $99 or a 50-minute signature massage. Beau Spa’s signature facials all include a complimentary glass of champagne as well.

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White House Hotel – Biloxi, Mississippi

White House Hotel, located on the beach along Hwy 90 in Biloxi, MS, is a historical hotel dating back to the 1890′s. Originally the home to Walter White, a Gulf Coast lawyer and later a Circuit Court Judge, and his wife Cora. While establishing his new law practice, Cora began accepting boarders into their home. As time went on, her side project became more and more popular to the point she and her husband acquired the home next door; eventually growing into a row of seven Victorian homes. Their next move was to join two of the buildings creating a lobby, dining room and ballroom; all with balconies adorned with huge columns overlooking the scenic beach. With the continued success of Cora White’s efforts, she and her two sons, Walter and John, teamed with architect George B. Rogers, designer of the Bellingrath Garden’s house in Alabama, to build two additions that are now the center and east wings.

The 76 room boutique hotel is located near the Keesler Air Force Base and is just one mile away from the casinos and new baseball stadium.  Relax in our over sized lobby or rooftop terrace overlooking the landscaped front lawn, designed for large outdoor weddings and parties, also home to our luxurious pool and hot tub that overlook the beach. All of our new renovated rooms come equipped with 400 thread count sheet and pillow top mattresses and every room is non-smoking!

Enjoy a meal at our restaurant, Cora’s, open for lunch and dinner. Cora’s menu mingles the Gulf Coast cuisine with well-seasoned steaks charbroiled to perfection, 40 wine selections that are available in 1oz., 3oz. or 5 oz. portions via their EnoMatic wine system that guarantees freshness for your sampling pleasure. Cora’s has 16 local and craft beers  available on draft that elevates the already extensive beer choices. Master mixologists have every trick and treat from fresh fruits and juices to house made specialty syrups to concoct creative libations in the beautiful lobby, restaurant or upstairs on our rooftop lounge with breathtaking vistas.

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 The Fairview Inn and nomiSpa – Jackson, Mississippi

The Fairview Inn, Jackson, Mississippi’s only AAA Four-Diamond small luxury hotel, has a long history of catering to brides’ every need and nomiSpa has been a big part of that history.

Located within The Fairview Inn, nomiSpa is available to guests as well as the public. The intimate atmosphere enables clientele to enjoy privacy away from the daily hustle and bustle. nomiSpa prides itself on using only the cleanest, high quality products available on the market, free of pesticides and harmful ingredients. Their highly trained therapists make sure each and every person receives a customized therapeutic experience depending on his or her specific needs. Besides the intimate atmosphere, nomiSpa uses only the safest and cleanest products available. Clientele can know that their overall health is paramount and only the highest quality products are used during various procedures.

Massages, body scrubs, facials, manicures and pedicures are all available services at nomiSpa. One of the massage favorites is the “Raindrop Therapy Technique” massage. This treatment uses 9 different therapeutic Grade A oils along the spinal column. It boosts the immune system, balances the body’s electrical system, and produces an overall spectacular result.

Dr. Hauschka skin care line is used at nomiSpa. The heart of every Dr. Hauschka facial includes lymphatic stimulation, which allows skin to experience a deeper cleansing. Shellac manicures and pedicures along with traditional nail services are available for clientele.

Some of the most popular services are the full body sugar scrub to exfoliate the entire body followed by a relaxing soak in the large jetted tub, and a Dr. Hauschka facial for a glowing complexion.

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Dunleith Historic Inn – Natchez, Mississippi

Nestled at the edge of the historic district on 40 acres of wooded bayous and terraced lawns, Dunleith Historic Inn is Natchez’s only full service inn offering a fabulous restaurant, The Castle Restaurant and Pub, a swimming pool, turn-down service and special guest room amenities. Our main house guest rooms are impeccably decorated with exquisite antique beds and period furnishings, while the courtyard wing rooms epitomize rustic luxury and the dairy barn rooms offer privacy and charm. Our rooms feature modern whirlpool tubs, gas burning fireplaces and luxurious bathrobes.

Imagine dining in the Main House parlors with period drapes, marble fireplace mantles and stunning chandeliers.  The Castle Restaurant is our original carriage house built in the 1790’s. Dunleith provides the perfect venues for rehearsal dinners as well as bridesmaid luncheons. Events can be coordinated to allow your guests to remain on property at all times. The talented staff at The Castle Restaurant has combined experience of over 60 years in creating Southern specialties. Together, they strategically coordinate all the food & beverage arrangements for the restaurant and all catered functions. A Wine Spectator, “Award of Excellence” winner since our opening 2000, The Castle Restaurant has a wine selection compared to no other establishment in our area. Located in an original 1790’s carriage house and stables, The Castle is the perfect setting for a wonderful dining experience.

The main building has a Greek revival design and includes 26 Tuscan columns built of brick and stucco. There are porches around the entire building on the first and second floor. The first floor includes windows similar to those in Monticello which roll up to become doorways. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. The main house has been a historic house museum with tours for the public as well as a historic inn since 1976.

In addition to the main property, Bowie’s Tavern, overlooking the bluffs of the mighty Mississippi River, is another historic property to enjoy while visiting. Bowie’s Tavern, located at 100 Main Street in an original cotton warehouse, has six beautiful and spacious rooms with oversized Jacuzzi tubs and separate showers. Downstairs, there is plenty of action featuring tavern –style cuisine and the largest selection of import and domestic beers in town.

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Monmouth Historic Inn – Natchez, Mississippi

An early 19^th-century antebellum mansion set in 26 acres of manicured gardens. Monmouth Historic Inn is a National Historic Landmark. Reflecting all that is charming about the South, expect gracious hospitality, excellent cuisine, wine tasting, historic tours of the house and a lovingly restored garden. Monmouth Historic Inn sits atop Natchez’s second highest hill; the property is located just five minutes east of the historic business district with its antique shops, the Mississippi River and riverfront gaming. Natchez is the oldest city on the Mississippi River; even older than New Orleans.

With an ambiance reminiscent of a bygone age, the rooms and suites are as perfect as a picture. Available either in the main house or in any of the seven outbuildings, rooms have period furnishings and/or antebellum-era reproductions.  Some include a spa tub and a fireplace.

Wander around the meticulously nurtured gardens amidst blooming magnolias, roses, azaleas and Monmouth’s signature collection of angel statuary, accompanied by the gentle humming of cicadas. Then enjoy mint juleps or a cocktail of your choice in the Quitman Study/Lounge, with complimentary hors d’oeuvres, followed by dinner in the award winning Restaurant 1818 inside the antebellum home.

 

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