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True Life: I'm At A Spa On Long Island

Where: 80 West Broadway [map], Long Beach, NY, United States
March 20, 2009 at 3:41 PM | by | Comments (2)

It takes a little chutzpah to open a spa in an economy like this. Naturally in any climate developers would look for the perfect place to develop that dream getaway, without anything that might make a potential customer blanch. But like a foaming hot tub pool, we're not quite ready to get into the Allegria Hotel and Spa just yet.

On paper, the Allegria looks like a perfect plan: A luxury hotel in a mostly condos-only strip, with big plans for LEED certification. But we can't get over that the hotel used to be a nursing home -- as in two years ago. (Then it had 170 rooms; now it only has 143.) Gut reno or no, paying $199/night or more for Grandma's old place, with the added bonus of being nowhere in particular, gives us the shakes. At least at the Spa Castle the old people get to play along.

Related Stories:
· November 2007: Long Beach's New Welcome Mat [NY Times]
· Allegria Hotel and Spa: LEED on the Ocean in Long Beach [Green Buildings NYC]
· Los Angeles Spas Celebrate Detoxification, Ogling [Jaunted]

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Wow

I grew up one neighborhood over in Rockaway Beach and they have tons of run down nursing homes on their boardwalk (who were the geniuses that came up with that idea?). I hope to stop by this place in the summer and check it out. TheBrooklynNomad.comn
brooklynnomad on March 20, 2009 at 4:38 PM #Permalink

You get the idea.

You get the idea. It's about taking the time out of your busy life and making a choice to do what's best for you. Some of the things that you might want to do here on the romantic North Fork things, might be to visit a nearby vineyard tasting room of one of our award winning wineries, take a wine tour, eat a delicious meal at on our fine kid friendly restaurants, get a relaxing couples massage, or by having one of our award winning aromatherapy baths, sipping a glass of sherry curled up in the arms of your loved one by our fireplace or just d e c o m p r e s s i n g, - that's (check out how the French do it) "doing nothing". It's a Zen thing, doing something without DOING. Remember, at Arbor View House the R's have it; you can Rest, Relax, Re-create, Restore, Re-establish, Refresh, Revive, Renew, Retreat from the world or Romance your lover, it's your choice.
melanyor on March 23, 2010 at 1:00 PM #Permalink

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