Just Thoughts

My friend Oryx had this urge to go swimming, so she looked up swimming pools. She then told me about this spa in Crowne Plaza and they had this therapeutic swimming pool, if you wanted to go for a day, it’s 50 KD. The good thing is they had an offer, for 30 KD, you’ll start at aquatonic pool for about an hour, then there is leg scrub treatment, then one hour massage and then you get a free lunch/dinner at any of Crowne Plaza restaurants. They had several packages, but we chose this one.

Aquatonic Pool’; the first of its kind in the Middle East and unique to the Crowne Plaza Kuwait, offers a selection of water therapies and experience showers, which adds a further holistic dimension to the facilities which we offer to our guests and members. The 500m² Aquatonic pool offers you a unique and holistic therapeutic experience via a variety of forces and temperatures being projected from jets and pipes. 163 different nozzles, aqua chairs and massage fountains, have been designed to create an active pool to exercise and rejuvenate.

The experience was amazing, there are specific hours/weekdays, allocated for ladies. Our slot was on Saturday from 9 AM to 12 PM. Upon arriving to the spa before 9 AM, we had to wait, I just remembered that we were promised drinks but didn’t get any! Anyway can’t complain for a 30 KD offer

The place is built-up really well, you don’t have to bring anything with you, they’ll give you robes and towels. We changed and were escorted to the pool, there was an instructor who handed us head caps and explained to us what needs to be done at each station in the water.

If you take a good look at the picture above from their site, there are showers and pressure points within the pool. You have to move from one place to another and stay at a position for a specific time. I really recommend it. There isn’t much swimming involved really, but we had loads of fun. One hour isn’t enough to go through it all, we had our massages booked for 10 AM.

We got out and then headed for the steam room, we stayed for about 15 minutes and were escorted to our next scheduled leg treatment and then massage.

The rooms were grand and had everything in them. Changing space, bathroom and a shower. After we were done with our massage, they took us to a resting place to drink herbal tea.

We asked about our lunch/dinner coupon and they called up the restaurant we chose and the downside of it they already selected the meals for you. We changed to a Lebanese restaurant that wasn’t that good. But again, can’t complain, it was a good offer.

Check out their site (link) and contact them to see if they have any offers.

An advice, show up early before 9 AM to get into the pool, because it gets kind of crowded. That way you don’t have to wait for your stations. The overall experience was great