Summer of Self-Care

Serene spas, salt therapy, and so much more await in Frisco

Build in time to actually relax on your vacation.

Photo courtesy of Omni PGA Frisco Resort

When you're on vacation it can feel like nonstop go-go-go, but it's always important to find some time to sit back, relax, and unwind.

Luckily, Frisco has you covered with more than 20 different spas and places to treat yourself to a massage, facial, or complete day of pampering. Here's an insider's guide:

Spas

Culture: A Day Spa
Experience an environment solely focused on you, dedicated to renewing your mind, body, and spirit. Tailored services are completely unique, balancing the art of relaxation while providing result-driven treatments.

Hiatus Day Spa • Med Spa
The award-winning Texas day spa is known for its signature massages, facials, body treatments, and nail therapies in a modern, organic setting. Enjoy 15 treatment rooms, including a couple's suite and hydrotherapy suite with Vichy shower, a nail therapy lounge with four zero-gravity chairs, an inviting relaxation area, and separate men's and women's dressing rooms.

Fizz Facial Bar DFW
Express-style facial treatments are designed to be effective, affordable, and efficient, where you're in and out in 30 mins. Licensed skin professionals evaluate your skin needs, then use unique protocols, customization, advanced equipment, top-quality ingredients, and results-driven products to give your face exactly what it needs in an open and upbeat environment.

Places to stay

Omni PGA Frisco Resort
Just steps from the PGA of America headquarters, Omni PGA Frisco Resort is the new home of modern golf where players of all ages and skill levels can enjoy 500 guest rooms and suites, 10 four-bedroom ranch houses, four pools — including an adults-only rooftop infinity pool — and a full-service Mokara Spa.

The modern environment has an earthy palette accented with pastel hues that draw inspiration from flowering Texas succulents. The simplistic and detailed accents throughout the spa create a fresh and calming environment, allowing guests to enjoy a well-deserved reprieve from everyday stresses. Mokara Spa offers head-to-toe treatments and is complete with world-class amenities like whirlpools, steam rooms, and saunas.

For golfers and non-golfers alike, fun and enjoyment opportunities abound sunrise to sunset at the Monument Realty PGA District, where a variety of signature dining and retail concepts, virtual game experiences, and programmed entertainment is available. Whether looking for a premier location for your next golf trip, family-friendly vacation, or romantic getaway, discover endless experiences at Omni PGA Frisco Resort.

The Westin Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa
Recently renovated, The Westin Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa is the ideal retreat for business and leisure travelers. The hotel sits on 400 acres and is ideally located near top Frisco attractions. The resort has revitalized the pool area to include a water slide and private cabanas and added the luxurious, full-service Well & Being Spa that features eight treatment rooms including a couple’s room, three relaxation lounges, his-and-hers eucalyptus steam showers, and a Halotherapy Salt Booth.

During your trip, play a round of golf on the Fazio Course, where the rolling greens are perfect for beginners and seasoned players alike. The hotel is one of the only resorts in the Frisco area that provides luxury accommodations alongside extensive event spaces and locally inspired dining, all situated in one serene and spacious setting. Contact The Westin to reserve one of the wellness amenities or to book the Topgolf Swing Suite, a popular favorite.

More ways to relax

The Salt Retreat
Salt therapy is a completely natural and non-invasive way to help alleviate skin and allergy symptoms in a relaxing environment. You can expect dimly lit rooms with glowing salt walls, relaxing music, and luxurious, leather, anti-gravity, heated recliners.

VITA10
Invigorating IV drips are great for wellness, recovery, and revitalization. Bypass headaches, fatigue, muscle cramps, and other complications with the aid of IV drip therapy.

Enjoy the outdoors
Sometimes Mother Nature provides exactly what you need for a moment of relaxation, calm, and peace. With Frisco’s 70 parks and trails you can find a spot to enjoy a book, take a walk, listen to your favorite podcast, or simply enjoy the sounds of the outdoors.

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Fashion on display

Rare Halston fashion exhibition now on display in West Texas city

Halston: Inventing American Fashion exhibit Ellen Noël Art Museum

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An colorful eveningwear grouping takes advantage of Ellen Noël Art Museum's curved walls.

A rare exhibition honoring fashion pioneer Halston has popped up in an unexpected place: West Texas. Houston fashionistas who are fans of the designer can hop a flight (or drive eight hours) to Odessa’s newly revamped Ellen Noël Art Museum to view "Halston: Inventing American Fashion."

Halston’s minimalistic fashions are rarely the subjects of retrospectives, although the designer’s dramatic life story recently had a pop-cultural resurgence through a 2021 Ryan Murphy miniseries. "Halston: Inventing American Fashion" assesses the talent that made him a household name.

Known now for outfitting 1970s icons like Liza Minelli and Bianca Jagger, Halston changed the international reputation of American sportswear as part of the famous 1973 “Battle of Versailles” fashion show, holding his own against Paris’ most lauded couturiers. His uniquely louche style still influences contemporary brands like Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, and Tom Ford, who was briefly the creative director for a revised Halston label.

The mannequins in the Odessa display are outfitted with 75 ensembles from flowing Ultrasuede daywear to more dramatic draped gowns. The pieces “illustrate how Halston revolutionized fashion by prioritizing comfort, confidence, and modern femininity,” according to a release.

Although Odessa may seem an odd choice for the show, Halston had deep Texas connections. After he moved on from hat making, Amarillo millionaire Estelle Marsh was his sole backer willing to fund his first Madison Avenue boutique.

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An colorful eveningwear grouping takes advantage of Ellen Noël Art Museum's curved walls.

And the recently completed renovation of Odessa's Ellen Noël Art Museum has some of the designer’s signature sleek. Designed by architect R.J. Lopez, the renovation includes new galleries and improved circulation, but the centerpiece is a striking transparent façade, replacing the original brick of the 1985 building.

“The renovation project has been over 10 years in the making and in the construction phase for the past two years,” says the museum’s buildings manager, Steve Patton, via a release. “The completion of the project has resulted in an incredible facility that is a shining star in West Texas, offering programs and exhibits that will be a destination point for people all over the world!”

"Halston: Inventing American Fashion" will run through March 22. Admission to the Ellen Noël Art Museum is free.

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