Three friends and I decided to set out for a different spa experience in Abu Dhabi yesterday. One of them had read about a "Moroccan Bath" and massage that cost 130 dirhams at the Violet Flower. Having never heard of such a thing, I decided to go ahead and give it a try. The four of us had no clue what we were getting ourselves into! When we walked into the Violet Flower...we realized that they take that name (and especially COLOR) very seriously. Everything in the salon was violet. The chairs, the curtains, the outfits....
The whole experience involved a soaping up with some mysterious green gunk, a long steam shower, full body scrub down and vigorous exfoliation, and finally an hour long massage - all by a very small, old, albeit aggressive Asian woman wearing shorts, a plastic apron, galoshes and a towel (tied like a bandana) around her head. The somewhat comical image of this little lady will probably stick in my head forever. I won't go into any more detail than that, but this pic from the salon sums up how my skin and muscles felt after the whole ordeal was finished. :-)
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Wow! 130 Dhs sounds like a good deal. Where is the Violet Flower in Abu Dhabi? Are guys allowed in too? or is it women only?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinkin' it would be a women-only type of deal. The Violet Flower is just down the street from Al Muhairy Center, across from the Grand Stores/Samsonite building. (gotta love AD directions...)
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