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Be My Guest Urban Spa

28Apr

One of the most important facilities a modern city boutique hotel should offer, is spa facilities. Especially in a Metropolitan city such as Athens, guests fly from all over the world to experience Greek history, Greek culture, Greek hospitality and Greek culinary. Often, guests spend more than ten hours on a plane to reach Athens and it’s more than revitalizing to get a massage upon arrival. In some cases guests are getting a massage right after their arrival at the city and few hours before their departure. A professional massage is the best choice after a jet luck! Be My Guest Athens hotel, via its sister company, Be My Guest Urban Spa, offers a big variety of massages such as Thai Massage, Oil Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Relaxing Massage, Sports Athletic Massage, Thai Foot Massage, Aromatotherapy Massage, Hot Candle Massage, Hot Stones Massage, various face massage treatments. More in detail below:

MASSAGES

Relaxing massage
Gentle massage that relaxes your muscles and stimulates blood circulation by revitalizing your body and helping to eliminate the stress of everyday life. With special pressure techniques, the tightened muscles will relax, and the knots created by the bad posture and lifestyle break out.

Deep Tissue Massage
This technique focuses on the area where muscle spasm and pain are present, releasing and relieving stress-relieving muscles. As a massage, it is similar to the Swedish, but the pressure is deeper and therefore more beneficial for the release of intense or chronic muscle tension. The focus is on the deeper layers of muscle tissue, tendons and fascia (the protective layer surrounding the muscles, bones and joints).

Thai Oil Massage
Our most popular massage. It combines three different body massages techniques, relaxing, deep tissue and Thai oil pressures.  It uses various forms of body pressure such as fingers, palms, elbows and feet. It focuses on the energy lines of the body and with intense kneading and pressure at the appropriate points.

Sports Massage
Therapeutic and for the prevention of healthy muscles. An in-depth, intense massage to relieve the muscles. Sports and / or Sports Massage is a combination of strong pressures as well as fast and dynamic techniques from different types of massages such as Swedish, Deep Tissue, Thai Yoga massage and Shiatsu. Sports Massage combats pain, stiffness of joints and restores muscle elasticity. It is aimed primarily at athletes and people who exercise intensively.

Traditional Thai Massage
“Traditional Thai Massage” is the most popular form of Thai massage both in Thailand itself and in the rest of the world. It is an ancient form of massage that has been applied in Thailand for many centuries, only recently revealed its importance in the Western world. A basic feature of this type of massage is that no oil is used and the recipient is dressed (with comfortable clothing) throughout the session. In addition, the traditional massaging bed is not used because the whole session is on a special mattress on the floor. Exercise techniques similar to yoga, as well as various forms of the healer’s pressures, are applied using various members of his body (such as fingers, palms, elbows, and lows). The therapist focuses on the body’s basic energy lines (always according to the ancient Thai tradition) in order to help release the energy flowing within us.

Thai Foot Massage
An aromatic foot bath and a relaxing foot massage are the best to calm down and rest from the pressure of the day. Foot massage is one of the best detoxifying and relaxing massages.  Massaging the paw area and surrounding the entire body from the bottom to the top. The entire tread has been mapped and specific points have been found that contain nerve complexes that give stimuli to specific areas of the body. That is, by affecting a point on the paw, one part of the body is reflexively affected.

Aromatherapy
Relaxation therapy with beneficial substances of essential oils. Aromatherapy is a combination of plant extracts and relaxing massage. The body and spirit follow the path of senses through a journey into the enchanting world of perfumes. Here the essential oils meet the harmony of a relaxing massage offering the ultimate rejuvenation.

Hot Candle Massage 
Unique massage experience, has the specificity of using candles that are converted into warm oil during treatment. Feel the essential oils to wrap you up. Ideal for your skin, it gives deep hydration and a dreamlike feeling and enhances the feeling of relaxation

Hot Stones Massage
Technical massage using hot, volcanic stones placed on the skin to suppress pain, offering a sense of relaxation and beneficial sleep, resulting in the revitalization and recovery of your natural well-being and luster while oxygenating the body. History confirms that the Chinese have been using volcanic stones for more than 2,000 years because they believed that their use improves the functioning of the internal organs.

FACE TREATMENTS

Gua sha  Natural Face Lift Massage
Gua sha in Chinese means “scraping off the heat” is a traditional Chinese medical treatment in which the skin is pressed with special tools after it has been lubricated with massage oil. A Gua sha massage session on the face, achieves revitalization of skin tissue, elastin and collagen production and facial muscle recovery.

Express Face Treatment              
Give your skin a break from the aggressions of the urban life and pollution, with an express facial treatment. It includes a deep cleansing of the skin to get rid of the toxins, followed by exfoliation to strip away dead cells.  Finally, a gentle face massage to stimulate the blood flow and cream hydration to nourish your skin.

Express Eye Treatment
Express Eye Treatment for tired and puffy eyes with dark spots that need relaxing and refreshing massage with Ancient Chinese practice to revive your natural glow and light around the eyes area.

Hydra Balance Face Treatment
The same as our popular Express Facial but with a gentle mask. Great for those short on time but in need of a little extra hydrating care! Includes face cleansing, gentle exfoliation for face, neck and décolleté and rejuvenating and lifting face massage with Ancient Chinese Practice.

Rejuvenating Face Treatment
Professional double cleansing and exfoliation. A delightful face, neck and décolleté massage will leave you feeling pampered!  The treatment is finished off with an anti-ageing face mask with hyaluronic and collagen ingredients.

Anti-Ageing Face Treatment
Combat visible signs of aging with this unique age defying treatment.  A powerful multivitamin exfoliant plus 2 anti aging masks for face and eyes which complete this amazing treatment! Amazingly lifting massage for face, eyes coupled with relaxing massage for hands and feet.  Truly innovative facial!

 

BODY TREATMENTS

Indoceane Body Ritual (by Thalgo Cosmetics)
A journey of absolute relaxation to all continents, including old traditions and rituals of beauty. This sensual session begins with an exfoliating process for a gentle skin with Mediterranean flavours. Heated oils are used and an ancient Indian technique inspired by Ayurveda. The ultimate Asian step is a silky body mask that completes this wonderful rejuvenation journey. Includes: a Thai massage with hot pouches for 30′ followed by a Thai Oil Massage for 60′ (a massage which combines 3 different techniques). Finishing off with a sensual Creamy Mousse body wrap for 30′

Polynesia Body Ritual (by Thalgo Cosmetics)
Experience Polynesia, the exotic ritual, inspired by four of the most beautiful islands hidden in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. This luxurious session begins with an exotic massage with vanilla scented vases, mixed with pure white sand from Bora Bora, salt and seawater, coconut shell and almond-mono. Lomi-Lomi rhythmic massage with Mahana oil to relax the muscles and nourish the skin. Finally, Polynesian Sanctuary Oil from the Raiatea made of gold and pearl grains will leave a lustier and a light smell of flowers all over the body. Includes: a smooth brown sugar body scrub for 30′, followed by a Hawaiian rhythmical Lomi Lomi Massage for 60′ and a Vanilla hydrating body wrap.

Sweet n’ Salty Body Peeling                    
A scrub or body polish is a treatment which exfoliates the skin on your body leaving it feeling fresh, smooth, moisturised and soft. An abrasive product is rubbed vigorously, and massaged across and into your skin, and is then rinsed away to reveal a moisturised layer of fresh, clean and smooth skin.

Silky n’ Smooth Body Wrap           
Detox wraps use a variety of products such as algae, seaweed, mud, clay or gel to help rid the body of toxins. When the product is applied to the body, it’s called a body mask. Then you are wrapped in plastic and covered with a blanket for about 20 minutes, which is the body wrap.

 

For prices and availability, please contact reception at info@bemyguestathens.gr or via a phone call at +302130449929.

Be My Guest team

Be My Guest, be my….FAMILY

05Mar

Be My Guest Athens, is a brand-new hotel located in Athens city center. It is an excellent accommodation for families, as the hotel’s spot is in a safe district, Thissio neighborhood, which is surrounded by locals. On the other hand, despite Thissio is a local neighborhood, it is only 5’ minutes walking distance away from the famous pedestrian street Apostolou Pavlou which leads to Acropolis, to Monastiraki Flea Market and to Gazi area.

Apostolou Pavlou pedestrian street, is busy the whole year with tourists and locals, as it suitable for a ‘’fresh’’ walk at the city center, away from vehicles, city sound pollution and any stress you usually find downtown a capital city center. Convenient as well for early morning jogging or cycling, you often find families exploring the city on a bike! Last, convenient also for our ‘’small heroes’’, families enjoy the pedestrian zone with their strollers.

While crossing Apostolou Pavlou pedestrian zone, you have the luxury to observe the most important archaeological monuments of Athens! Such as the Parthenon, the Ancient Agora, Socrates’ Prison, Pnyx, the Observatory etc. The view of Thissio’s neoclassical buildings, the trees, the Attica’s blue sky and the whole atmosphere, makes your experience calm and memorable.

Designed with natural materials and minimal decoration, such as pine wood and Naxian marbles, Be My Guest Athens rooms and public spaces are aligned with its the local character.  Book now your stay selecting either a triple room or a family room for 4 guests (Urban Suite, 1 Bedroom) at www.bemyguestathens.gr and come to meet us at Nileos 33, Thissio neighborhood.