Monday, December 29, 2008

A French spa in Brazil's Italian wine country

Wine away at Villa Europa's Spa Do Vinho in Brazil

December 28, 2008
BY JULIANNE WILL

It wasn't the cushioned wooden lounge chair, the thick robe, the citrus-infused water or the soaking pool looking out on the rolling green countryside that truly spoke of relaxation.

No, it was only when I discovered that all of the magazines were in Portuguese that I finally shut off my head and indulged in the unique sensory experiences offered by a French spa in the heart of Italian wine country in southern Brazil.

Read my full story in the Chicago Sun-Times at
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/travel/1348208,TRA-News-brazil28.article

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