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Forget about generic romance packages for two. Rhode Island’s hotel spa packages encompass more than just a massage and a place to lay your head for the night.

Hyatt Regency Newport
Girlfriend Getaway Package
$539 and up * newport.hyatt.com
Reserve this package and ditch the usual Newport tourist itinerary—mansion tour, local vineyard wine tasting, even shopping—for a night on Goat Island with your gal pals. After indulging in a fifty-minute body massage or facial at the hotel’s Stillwater Spa, more relaxation follows in the form of a spa tea cocktail, and coffee and dessert at the hotel’s Windward Restaurant. Return to your room to savor both the panoramic water views and the Godiva chocolates on your pillows.

The Providence Biltmore, Providence
Isn’t Love Grande Package
$689 * providencebiltmore.com
The fifty-minute couples’ massage at Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door Spa is just one reason to book at the Biltmore. Champagne, chocolates, and a rose petal turndown await you in a grande suite—the biggest and newest the hotel offers—with upscale amenities, like panoramic views of Downcity and sixty-inch plasma TVs, depending on your preferred form of entertainment.

Hotel Viking, Newport
Mother and Daughter Escape
Package
$450 and up * hotelviking.com
Mothers and daughters always agree when the Escape Package at the Hotel Viking is an option. Services offered change from month to month: A recent package included two nights for mothers with daughters thirteen and younger—and included a manicure and pedicure for two (Fijian for you, Twinkle Toes Pedicure and Princess Manicure for her), as well as breakfast and afternoon tea at One Bellevue restaurant.

Abigail Stoneman Inn and Cliffside Inn, Newport
Legendary Relaxation Experience
$325 and up * legendaryinnsofnewport.com
While these historic bed and breakfasts don’t have full spas, what they lack in size they make up for in convenience: massages, room service-style. Where else could you walk straight from your hour-long full-body massage to a drawn whirlpool bath with soothing salts in the privacy of your own room? Treatments are designed by local beauty expert Brenda Brock and utilize her organic Farmaesthetics line. Add the spa package ($175 a person, $350 for couples) onto a week-long vacation getaway or just a night away.