Spa on the Plaza
201 Alvarado St., Monterey
(831) 647-9000
The fountain of youth exists, and it’s located in downtown Monterey. With its luxurious treatments—the myoxy caviar facial, tropical salt-mousse scrub and coconut balm massage, to name a few—the Peninsula’s first major day spa remains Weekly readers’ favorite place to be pampered, polished, massaged and scrubbed. And for good reason: Who doesn’t want brighter, tighter, more youthful-looking skin?