Pamper Each Other on Valentine's Day At Esencia, a Seaside Estate on the Riviera Maya

The seaside Esencia estate in the Riviera Maya and former home of an Italian duchess offers couples pampering and an escape from everyday stress with a five-night Pampered Partners package.

Playa Xpu-Ha, Mexico (PRWEB) November 26, 2008 -- This Valentine's Day, couples need more pampering than ever before and an escape from everyday stress. The seaside Esencia estate in the Riviera Maya and former home of an Italian duchess offers just that with a five-night Pampered Partners package. Couples learn how to "de-stress" each other with a how-to-massage lesson with a massage therapist using Aroma Spa's indigenous potions of organic herbs and flowers. For the utmost in relaxation and romance in this privileged hideaway, a 60-minute Ritual of Love massage consisting of Ylang Ylang aphrodisiac essence and a love ceremony, plus a private couples yoga session complete the experience. Available from January 1 until March 31, 2009, the five-night package is an escape for couples to enjoy privacy, dedicated service, gourmet dining, and spa pampering at its organic Aroma Spa. The Pampered Partners package rates are $3,629 for a Garden Suite with plunge pool and $4,415 for an Ocean View Suite and also include round-trip transfers from the Cancun International Airport, daily breakfast and dinner for two in Esencia's main dining room. Rates are per couple and tax and service charges are additional. For reservations, call 1-877-528-3490 or visit www.hotelesencia.com.

About Esencia Estate

The 50-acre private estate, located on the secluded Playa Xpu-Ha south of Cancun and Playa del Carmen, is the essence of simplicity, elegance and beauty. Its 29 spacious suites and cottages include a range of features from private gardens to solariums and deep-soaking plunge pools. The estate is operated by ProHotel International of Houston, which also operates the celebrated La Pleta by Rafael Hotels in the Spanish Pyrenees and Casanova by Rafael Hotels in Barcelona, Spain.

Aroma Spa

Fully organic from its architecture to its products, the Duchess's oasis harvests its own lush herb garden for use in treatments. Five treatment rooms, four Jacuzzis, two Mayan-style domed steam rooms and a beachside Temazcal Mayan Sauna are also available. Complimentary group yoga and meditation classes are offered with an instructor in the main house terrace or garden area.

The Main Dining Room

The dinner menu specializes in Meso-American cuisine, using traditional Yucatecan methods such as banana-wrapped fish and meat cooked in a pib (an earth oven). The menu showcases the freshest local seafood as well as dishes from the rest of Mexico, all flavored with organic herbs and fresh fruits and vegetables. The ambience combines Mexican flair and rustic simplicity, with its palapa roof and view of a cenote, an illuminated underground fresh water pool.

Contact: Aimet Arill or Megan Sterritt

KWE Group

(305) 476-5424

arill@kwegroup.com

sterritt@kwegroup.com

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