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...Plateau's spa treatments are overseen by onetime choreographer and fitness expert Odile de Vars, who had a hand in the spas at the Four Seasons George V Hotel in Paris and the fabulous Grand Hotel du Palais in Biarritz. You'll find everything from hot-stone treatments to Vichy showers on the menu?but if that all seems a bit bracing, repair to the poolside Grill, where designer barbecue and long tall drinks await. Rooms from about $330 a night, plus...
...Spas' Galaxy boasts a 42-in. pop-up plasma TV, a built-in DVD player and 49 jets to massage your back, neck and bottom. But this tube tub doesn't just scrub your bodyit may also clean out your wallet. Cost...
...think of any other explanation for Hungary's stellar record in water polo. From 1928 to 1980, the Hungarian men won medals at every Olympics, taking home gold six times. In 2000, they won their seventh title. "Hungary has lots of spas," says Kemény, who coached the squad to gold in Sydney and hopes to repeat that success at this year's Summer Games. Nature's gift allowed players to train all year round even before the era of indoor swimming pools. But can Hungary rule the pool in Athens, where it will face one of the tightest...
...style of the Cirque du Soleil," says Ernest Albrecht, author of The New American Circus. Cirque has also sparked interest in vaudeville, acrobatics and street performance. Up next: another Vegas show, premiering in September, a new touring show for 2005 and possibly, down the road, even Cirque-themed restaurants, spas and casinos. The high-wire act continues. --By Steven Frank
Drive a stick into the ground anywhere in Hungary, the saying goes, and thermal water will come surging up. The country has some 100 thermal spas, part of a tradition dating back almost two millenniums. Yet today, when most travelers consider a spa trip, they think Japan or Iceland. Hungary is out to change that. By the end of next year, the government and the hotel industry will have spent some $510 million on up to 100 projects ranging from spa refurbishments to a $12.6 million thermal water park in the eastern town of Debrecen. Some of the best spas...