{"id":83539,"date":"2025-07-22T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/83539\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:43:07","slug":"chicagos-aire-ancient-baths-named-one-of-the-best-day-spas-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/83539\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s Aire Ancient Baths Named One of the Best Day Spas in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you can&#8217;t get away for an entire weekend-long wellness retreat, that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t fit some much-needed R&amp;R into your weekly schedule. That&#8217;s where the day spa comes in and, luckily for all of us in dire need of a massage and some jacuzzi time (guilty!), Chicago is home to one of the best day spas in the country, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-day-spa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">USA Today<\/a>&#8216;s Readers&#8217; Choice Awards 2025 rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coming in at number 10 on the spa list is the Windy City&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/health-and-beauty\/aire-ancient-baths\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AIRE Ancient Baths<\/a>, a temple of relaxation located in the River West neighborhood at\u00a0800 W Superior Street. &#8220;Set inside a restored 1902 factory, AIRE Ancient Baths offers a peaceful, low-lit atmosphere inspired by classical Roman, Greek, and Ottoman bathhouse traditions,&#8221; reads the outlet&#8217;s write-up, highlighting the center&#8217;s series of thermal baths (including a saltwater pool, ice plunge, and steam room) and special treatments like a Wine Bath or\u00a0Himalayan Salt Ritual. &#8220;The exposed brick and candlelight make it a unique and deeply calming experience in the heart of Chicago\u2019s River West neighborhood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can explore the baths themselves for $178 for a 90-minute experience, or enhance your experience by tacking on &#8220;rituals,&#8221; whether you want to dip a literal toe into cold plunging, enhance your skincare regimen or engage in more intentional relaxation. (The &#8220;Summer Essential&#8221; offering is a two-hour wellness experience with a 30-minute orange-scented massage alongside your thermal bath explorations; pricing as of press time is $210 per person.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Outside of Chicagoland, the Altar Spa in Greenville, South Carolina took the top spot off the strength of its &#8220;customized massages, rejuvenating facials, advanced esthetics, and restorative body therapies.&#8221; Rounding out the top five were\u00a0The Spa at S\u00e9c-he in Palm Springs, California (at No. 2); two Denver-based day spas, Oakwell Beer Spa and Sway (at No.\u00a03 and No.\u00a04, respectively); and\u00a0My Beer Spa in Orlando, Florida (at No.\u00a05).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even if you can&#8217;t get away for an entire weekend-long wellness retreat, that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t fit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":83540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[11234,960,5386,1818,11235,1164],"class_list":{"0":"post-83539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-categories-travel","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news-transport-travel","13":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114897656510672463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}