The Spa at Four Seasons Bogotá: Its Most Caring Space

Four Seasons understands that relaxation consists of taking every guest's physical and mental state and bringing them to the best possible place. In the spa of both Four Seasons locations in Bogotá - Casa Medina and Four Seasons Hotel Bogotá - the experience starts by finding out how every visitor feels and how they want to feel when they leave. It is a good challenge for the team to find that out using their skill, thanks to the insightful training they receive. And first and most, expressing their empathy and kindness. It is their wish to connect with each of them to make their time there really personal.

The experience aims to disconnect them from exhaustion and tension from the outside world to enter quietness, tranquillity, and harmony. In this sense, the ambience is based on the world famous Colombian emeralds with a mosaic at the front desk that creates a rainbow effect with the colours of gold, silver, and other gemstones. Every room in the spa pays tribute to an emerald mine in national lands, symbolizing craft, love, wonder, and energy, brightened by points of light on the walls. At the end, there is a carved stone evoking the ritual of cleansing and a magical time, that the staff honours too by wearing emerald-coloured uniforms.

How This Pampering Looks

There are massages and body treatments of 30, 50, 60 and 90 minutes, or as short or long as every guest requires. As soon as they arrive in the spa and settle they are offered a welcoming beverage. A refreshing one if they want to cool down, based on citrus, flowers and herbs, or a cozy green or white tea to warm them up. Every body and facial treatment is meant to cleanse the body, releasing all mental and physical tension, to recharge gently and wisely. The best benefits will be obtained if starting with a steam bath, to take the chosen treatment afterwards, and finalizing with a nail service or an exfoliation.

Signature body treatments

The citrus paradise ritual and the Colombian green wrap are two favourites. They both last 120 minutes and are based on the idea of working and getting the most of local healing and nutritious plants and fruits. The citrus ritual uses the qualities of grapefruit, starting with a dry brushing that enhances circulation and acts as an excellent anti-cellulite treatment. The citrus scent stimulates the senses, increasing the feeling of contentment and wellness. A gold body wrap is the next step, to soothe the skin and prevent ageing thanks to rejuvenating champagne ingredients and the compounds of acidic tropical fruits and grapes that help to remove old cells and detoxify the body. Finally, a dry grapefruit mist is applied by the therapist to hydrate and refresh the entire body.

The Colombian coffee wrap uses natural enzymes to improve skin. It includes a 30 minute relaxing massage for the neck and back and a body scrub that can be made with a special salt coming from the region of La Guajira in the north of the country, a coconut and lemon grass mixture, or Arabic coffee and cacao. This scrub will help to firm and tone tissues, remove dead skin, and sculpt the body. It is ideal to target cellulite, fluid retention, and uneven skin texture.

As an alternative, there is an offer of signature body scrubs and masks to bring a natural glow to the skin that use hot stones, bamboo, techniques of stretching and compression, or soothing essential oils and natural fragrances.

Facial treatments

Lasting 60 or 90 minutes, facial treatments target specific points of stress and nerve endings to unwind the mind and help the face recover from daily life and all sorts of substances that are out there in the air. The glamour is designed for immediate results, ideal for a special event; the detox, specific to remove impurities, pollution, residues, and make up; the anti-ageing, deeply moisturizing and made to relocate the facial oval and to fill expressions lines; the lifting that stimulates the skin, combining smoothing, pinching, vibrating, and modeling movements; and the oxygenating that detoxifies and stimulates the epidermis, and reoxygenate skin tissue.

Exfoliation and nail services

Exfoliation treatments are created to remove dead cells from the body given than they renew every month or so. Body, facial, hands, and foot scrubs subtly activate micro circulation, helping to oxygenate the blood. Every body and facial mask nourishes the skin, generating a soothing feeling that relaxes the specific area being treated as much as the mind. Both foot and hand exfoliation enhancements include a session of hydration and a hot candle massage.

The manicure and pedicure royal treatments are done with a mixture full of vitamins to nourish nails, accompanied by a deeply relaxing massage.

Special Touches

From beginning to end the journey is sweetened by thoughtful details. A space of retreat that honours Colombia’s most precious natural resources and biodiversity, to the welcoming beverage, a room to unwind and breath deeply, towels aromatized with essential oils to calm the nervous system, and personalized treats according to everyone’s needs and wishes (skin tonics, music, warm eye patches, and aromatherapy to stimulate the senses, among others) complete a ritual of personal care that make it unforgettable and tangibly peaceful.

Every message left by visitors are incredible expressions of gratitude: “Your hands are healing,” “this is the best massage I have had,” “blessing to you all for such a beautiful job,” “we enjoyed every moment at the spa, it is really amazing.”

Just a few of the words received at the spa day by day, that Four Seasons takes as the most important source of inspiration to keep working on a unique experience of hospitality.