In Reply to: Spas posted by nabeykid on Tuesday, 30. September 2003 at 18:30 Bali Time:
The Sicili Spa is a treasure (I've misspelled this on purpose--the editors wont let any use of this spa on here since the employees were using the boards to advertise their business. There is an a on the end of the word). Located in Seminyak, it is easy to miss. It was mentioned on the Bali Travel Forum so we set out to find it. As you drive to the sea on Jl Double Six, Jl Arjuna is a small road (almost an alley) about 100 meters from the beach. We missed it the first time (okay the second time too). We finally found a sign and the driver dropped us off and we walked down Jl Aruna. I was somewhat apprehensive as we walked down it, because it didn't look like there would be a real spa down this street, but as we turned right we found a lovely facility.
There are six rooms, the last of which was a double tub so two people can share a treatment which includes a bath. All the rooms have massage tables and are have a nice wall open to the outside (you can see a picture of the room at http://www.trekshare.com/members/goodspkr/?p6=5127 ).
Here are some of the treatments with prices as of November 2002.
Traditional Massage (one hour) 60,000 IR
Mandi Lulur 100,000 IR
Milk Bath (Mandi Susu) 100,000 IR
Spice Bath (Mandi Rempah) 115,000 IR
Honey Bath (Mandi Madu) 125,000 IR
Fruit Bath (Mandi Buah) 125,000 IR
Facials 60,000-80,000 IR
Packages
Herbal/Milk bath-facial-spa gift 205,000 IR
Spice Bath –facial-Cream bath spa gift 220,000 IR
Honey Bath/Fruit bath—honey facial-cream bath 245,000 IR
Facial-cream bath-manicure and pedicure-gift 190,000 IR
Jackie and I shared a room and got treatments together. When you go in they give you a pair of paper underwear and leave you to get out of your street clothes and into these. The massage table has a clean towel over it and they lay you on your stomach first and massage your neck, back , back of your legs, and feet. You then flip over and are massaged on the front.
After the massage is done you move on to the exfoliation. In the Mandi Lulur they use some kind of exfoliate that is orange in color (this is a little messy). They then rub you down with cold yogurt. Finally they rinsed us off in the shower and put flower petals in the bath. They give you about 20 minutes to soak in the tub.
If found the Spice bath (mandi Rempah) to be the best. The exfoliate was less messy and the spice bath (oil bath) was great. In fact, it was the last massage we got and Jaclyn's skin looked like she was twenty years old after three treatments in a week.