Love, Loyalty, Compassion, Faith, Honesty, Trust, Dream Freely, the Spa at Beechworth.
The Spa at Beechworth is located in the picturesque town of Beechworth in North East Victoria. Known for being one of the best preserved gold towns in Victoria the township offers boutique shopping, accommodation, wineries and fine dining experiences, hiking and bike trails for all levels of fitness wind their way through the region.
The Spa at Beechworth is situated on the historic site of the former Mayday Hills Hospital. Building began on our site in 1864 and was completed 1867.
The spa operates in the Birches building which formerly housed the administrators for the hospital. The Birches building is a symmetrical structure of three storeys dominated by a pair of Italianate towers and highlighted with paired and tripled windows. Constructed of rendered brickwork, listed by the National Trust and lovingly refurbished by spa owner Deb Donkers prior to opening in 2006.
Mayday hills operated as a psychiatric hospital from 1864 to 1995.
The heritage gardens surrounding us are a lavish 27 acres allowing our treatment rooms to offer an abundance of natural light and views into the tree tops. An arbour of English oaks grace the drive as you wind your way through the gates. The extensive number of imported and exotic trees are noted as having been acquired from plantings at the Royal Botanical gardens in Melbourne.
Self or guided walks of the property are available and feature points of interest such as the Ha-Ha wall, gate house, chapel and the two cement vases that today stand at the entrance to the Birches building that were sent by rail in 1891 from Melbourne to Beechworth.
Good health is achieved not only through the physical, but also with a healthy mind and spirit. The Spa at Beechworth is designed to rejuvenate mind, body and spirit with a superb selection of treatments and therapies. Surrounded by 100 year old gardens on 27 private acres a calming backdrop is provided to our beautiful facilities in a stately National Trust building.
Beechworth is situated in North East Victoria an easy 3 hour drive from the centre of Melbourne. Fly/drive getaways are available, flights land in Albury Wodonga (direct flights are available from Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Wagga) followed by a scenic 40 minute drive. Incorporate your stay with our fine food restaurants, award winning wineries, boutique accommodation, water sports on Lake Mulwala or the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail, just a few suggestions. Day trips include a plethora of historic townships Yackandandah, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Myrtleford, Bright and the Milawa food region all waiting to be explored.
We embrace a holistic spa philosophy drawn from ancient and modern wellness rituals to provide you with a private retreat dedicated to your total wellness and body care via personalised treatments and self care rituals to bring immediate results, long term benefits and enhance wellbeing.
At the Spa at Beechworth the choice is yours, have your body massaged all over, indulge in an organic body scrub, select a personalised facial, emotionally detox, meditate, soak in our spa bath, drink tea or take a nap, we provide a space where time is just for you! The program of services incorporates a unique range of natural spa care products including Pevonia, Li’tya and Id bareMinerals make up.
Truly an inspirational place for mind, body and spirit of men and women that can be enjoyed alone or with that special someone for a day, half day, weekend or week.
Love, Loyalty, Compassion, Faith, Honesty, Trust, Dream Freely, the Spa at Beechworth.
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