The Experience

The Golden Door has been known for over 50 years as the ultimate health and fitness destination. The lavish personal attention given each guest and the commitment to creating a completely customized week of fitness, nutrition, and skin care that meets each individual’s goals is the reason over half of guests who choose the Golden Door come to love it as their home-away-from-home and return year after year.

The Golden Door is just 40 minutes north of San Diego, California. Resting in the protective shadow of a private mountain, the architecture replicates an ancient Japanese Honjin inn with thirty-nine private guest rooms surrounding four distinctive courtyards amid formal gardens, streams and waterfalls.

Each guest’s highly personalized week includes:

  • A private arrival-day program interview, up to 4 sessions with a personal Fitness Guide, plus a customized take-home fitness, nutrition and skin care plan.
  • A daily in-room massage, detailed skin analysis, facials, herbal wraps, a body treatment plus a manicure and pedicure.
  • Farm-to-table cuisine from our 3-acre organic vegetable garden as well as local, sustainable food sources. Three healthy meals and two snacks daily. Food restrictions and preferences are graciously accommodated.
  • Hikes and walks on 20 miles of private trails on over 600 acres; a selection of over 60 fitness classes with small class size to ensure individual attention; seven gyms including three aerobic gyms, a 1000-square foot equipment gym, and dedicated spaces for yoga and meditation, cycling, and Pilates.
  • A private room with a garden deck or patio, a complete spa wardrobe.

At Golden Door, we help you balance mind, body, and spirit through a personalized program that integrates fitness and inner focus activities with wellness treatments such as daily in-room massages, customized facials, and aromatherapy. Our expert, highly trained staff members offer guidance and encouragement throughout your journey, giving you the tools you need to find your radiant center – and take it home with you.

At Golden Door, you will learn to listen to your body, adopt healthier habits of living, achieve inner peace, and lay the foundation for a rich, new life. Above and beyond your typical California spa, Golden Door offers a comprehensive wellness and fitness training program combined with luxury amenities – all set against the natural beauty of our 600-acre property in the foothills of the Peninsular Ranges. From our serene and spacious accommodations to our deliciously nutritious cuisine (featuring produce from our own organic garden), every aspect of the Golden Door experience is designed to you help you obtain a new level of personal well-being.

Travelwizard.com Guests Receive:

  • For 2014
  • All accomodations are comparable
    • (all room categories are single)
  • Full Breakfast Daily (personalized by dietary requirements)
    • as well as all meals already included in rates
  • Three months of fitness follow up
    • with the guest’s personal trainer (either by phone or email)
  • Early check-in/late check-out
    • subject to availability
  • For 2015
  • All accomodations are comparable
    • (single occupancy only)
  • Full Breakfast Daily (personalized by dietary requirements)
    • as well as all meals already included in rates
  • A complimentary round of golf
    • ( for up to two people, per room, including greens fees and cart rental, once during stay)
  • Three months of fitness follow up
    • with the guest’s personal trainer (either by phone or email)
  • Early check-in/late check-out
    • subject to availability

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