The Best Spas in Regional Victoria

Updated 9 months ago

Share

Day spas are the ultimate self-care package. Some of them are prized for their mineral pools (looking at you, Hepburn Springs), while others have renowned massages. Most have comprehensive beauty treatment menus that cover every base you could imagine, from whole body mud wraps to pinot-grape foot scrubs.

You can stay for the night at most of these places, if you're in need of a longer retreat. Alternatively, you’re never too far from some of Victoria's best accommodation.

Looking for something specific?

  • One of the biggest and most ambitious projects in Victoria’s wellness scene is set on a hilltop escarpment with hundreds of metres of Gippsland Lakes frontage. Each of the 10 lagoon-side tents contains a private bathing barrel, which means you can soak in solitude around the clock.

  • With private rooftop pools, a hidden bathe cave and a seven-jet lay-down shower, this hot springs takes things to the next level. In-house restaurant Thyme is also a destination in itself.

  • Since opening in 2005, this spa retreat has been one of the best spots in Victoria for a steam and soak. Now that it's added luxury glamping to its services, it's a true escape.

  • The final piece of the puzzle at Sorrento’s completely reimagined Conti Hotel is this 1000-square-metre relaxation destination – with four steamy, interconnecting hydrotherapy pools you can hop between, and a whole lot more.

  • There's a dizzying array of options and treatments here. But the jewel in the crown is the Hammam bathing space area– an elegant, contemporary take on the traditional Turkish bath.

  • Indulge in a massage, try a steamer that looks like a cocoon, take a dip in the salt-therapy pool or opt for the private pure-mineral-water baths. The bathhouse taps into an underground natural spring, with waters high in iron, calcium and magnesium.

  • This Hecker Guthrie-designed day spa is nearly as striking as Mitchelton's iconic tower. The treatment menu here is concise: five massages, a handful of manicures and pedicures, and a few body scrubs and wraps. Add-ons include head massages and foot soaks.

  • Jackalope Hotel – and its associated complex of restaurants, bars, a vineyard and a shop – is one of the most opulent spots on the Peninsula. The day spa is as luxurious as the rest. There are plenty of treatments, and if you're staying in the hotel, there's a room-service spa menu of treatments that will come to you.

  • You'll find this stunning hotel on a rugged hilltop about 90 minutes from Melbourne. Its adjoined day spa is small (there's just three treatment rooms) but you'll find a full suite of options to choose from. There are deep tissue massages, group spa packages and a stack of facials and body treatments.

  • The height of experiential wellness at the end of the Great Ocean Road. This hotel and day spa boasts rejuvenating geothermal pools, cutting-edge spa facilities, plus a restaurant and top-tier accommodation. Self-care never felt so good.

  • This eco-certified, carbon-positive day spa restores balance and wellbeing to weary bodies, and uses its own natural product range made from ethically sourced, sustainable ingredients.

  • Historic spa country and modern dining converge at this luxury hotel. At the on-site mineral spa, you can sweat out the week out in a lavender sauna or steam room, then cool off in the plunge pool.

  • This versatile winery has a dining room modelled after Versailles, graffiti-splattered walls, an in-house Spanish restaurant (with the occasional Sri Lankan pop-up) and, in the day spa, a Turkish-inspired hammam steam room. It all works.

  • Though Lake House is perhaps best-known for its award-winning restaurant and luxury accommodation, its spa treatments are rapidly gaining a reputation of their own. There's a variety of traditional massages, soaks and mineral treatments; as well as more specialised options, such as treatments for expecting mums.

  • This exquisite day spa and wellness centre offers facials, massage, body rituals (including aromatherapy and exfoliating treatments) and “cosmic tattooing”.