If you’re like us you might not think of Jordan first when it’s time to plan a spa getaway. But there’s really no way to go wrong with a location like Ma’In — to say nothing of your hosts, Six Senses, whose Evason spa resorts are a model of high-end consistency. Put it all together and you get the Evason Ma’In Hot Springs & Six Senses Spa.
First the location. The Evason Ma’In lies by the side of a creek, at the bottom of a canyon whose walls are dotted with hot spring waterfalls. It’s something like 800 feet below sea level, but a hundred or two above the level of the Dead Sea, which is the one that matters locally — its heavy, salty water is widely believed to have therapeutic properties, and the spa, for its part, makes liberal use of the mud from the sea floor.
In these surroundings all a hotel really has to do is stay out of the way — but the Evason does a little bit more than that. The architecture is locally inspired, as well as just plain inspired — the atmosphere throughout is palatial, and the accommodations are exceedingly private. Services and amenities are five-star, and there isn’t a classification system that can adequately explain the canyon, waterfall and Dead Sea views. It feels like another world entirely — but it’s just an hour from the Amman airport.
author watson@mouselink.net, source www.tablethotels.com