Male spa treatments in Spain

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Traditionally, spas have always been much more for men than women from roman baths, through Turkish hammams to Victorian barbershops. In the 50s and 60s men went for a cleanse, shave and moisturising facial at the barbers.

Spa treatments for men vary, but good spas understand modern men want to look and feel good as much as they ever did.  

So spend some time choosing a spa in Marbella that sounds right for you:  whether you want to stand up straight again after years of back pain or lie back and relax think about your golf swing there is plenty to choose from on the Costa del Sol.

The most popular spa treatments for men include:

  • Facials which can be very effective because men tend to use fewer products on a daily basis than women making the effects are quite dramatic.
  • Deep tissue or sports massages for relief of muscular twinges or more severe stress-pains and tension. At a spa it is often completed with a foot bath or brief aromatherapy massage to make it more relaxing.
  • Saunas and steam rooms will really help warm  muscles before a massage and make it more effective. Mud treatments where you cover yourself in mud and sit in a private steam room or hammam  are a fantastic, sensual, muscle-warming, skin-softening, and spirit lifting  treat.
  • Thalassotherapy and hydromassage water based treatments can be quite rigorous but are active and relaxing.


Many Marbella spas now offer treatments and packages especially for men, with some even including traditional barbershop specials like wet shaves, haircuts and head massage.