So amazing! Hot pools out in the woods, and a mass...

So amazing! Hot pools out in the woods, and a massage room pretty much in the trees!

I went in September and Santa Fe was getting some rain and thunderstorms. The place was a bit hard to find at first because the google location was incorrect (but Ten Thousand Waves does know about this and indicate it on their website).

You enter and check in through a main gift shop area. Here you get a kimono-type robe (which was a little cold for the weather) and some slippers. The main outdoor water features are co-ed, so bathing suits are required. Some patrons complain about this (???), but I think it's great! Since the weather was cold, the steam rising off the pools was really therapeutic and wonderful. The pools were also very pleasant as it started to rain. Nature was all around us: rain, trees, mountains, some lightning in the distance.

We also reserved a massage, which the staff considerately arranged for us to have together. When our appointment came, they walked us down a winding gravel path to a small little cabin surrounded by tall trees. Not only was the massage amazing, but the huge windows in the cabin made it feel like we were in the trees.

After our day at the spa, we went to the restaurant and tried the omakase menu. This was a perfect way to complete the day! Little tastes of a bunch of yummy things, and some sake to go with. The spa/hotel also has a shuttle driver who will drive you to your car, which turned out to be really nice because the gravel parking lot had gotten fairly muddy since when we had first arrived.