Best of Boston

2013 Best Day Spa

Exhale, Battery Wharf

We love the daily bustle of living in Boston, of course, but sometimes we need an escape. At this expansive waterfront spa, the hammam—a stunning, stone-tiled Turkish bath—lets you while away time between treatments with a magazine, or just your wandering thoughts. The amenity-packed locker room, shampoo-commercial-worthy showers, and attentive aestheticians, meanwhile, all make the city feel far, far away.

2 Battery Wharf, Boston, 617-603-3100, exhalespa.com