Amangiri, Utah Vacations, Honeymoons and Luxury Travel Packages

Amangiri, ‘peaceful mountain’, is located in the southwest region of the USA also known as the Four Corners, where the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. Boasting one of the most dramatic landscapes in the USA with deep canyons and towering plateaus, the region has been home for centuries to the native Navajo and Hopi tribes yet is sparsely populated and presents the raw landscape for which the American Southwest has become famous.

Amangiri opened in October 2009 and is located on a 243-hectare (600-acre) expanse of wilderness in Canyon Point, Southern Utah, close to the border with Arizona. The resort is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views over colourful, stratified rock towards the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. Architecturally, the resort has been designed to blend into the landscape with natural hues, materials and textures a feature of the design. The structures are commanding and in proportion with the scale of the natural surroundings, yet provide an intimate setting from which to view and appreciate the landscape.

Arrival to the resort is via a winding road that descends into the valley and leads to the central Pavilion. Built around the main swimming pool, the Pavilion embraces a dramatic stone escarpment. Within the Pavilion is the Living Room, Gallery, Library, Dining Room, Private Dining Room and Cellar. Two accommodation wings lead from the Pavilion into the desert: 16 suites are located within the Desert Wing and another 18 suites together with the Aman Spa are located within the Mesa Wing. Outward views from the resort look over the untouched valley surrounded by lofty bluffs.

Amangiri offers 34 suites in total: 13 Desert View Suites, 14 Mesa View Suites, one Terrace Suite, two Pool Suites, two Terrace Pool Suites, the Girijaala Suite and the Amangiri Suite.

All suites offer air-conditioning for summer and under-floor heating for the cooler months. Entry to each suite is via a private courtyard that features a Douglas Fir timber screen and includes a dining table, two chairs and a sculptured light form. A glass wall with a central door opens to a combined bedroom and living area which includes a writing desk and a king-sized bed. Beyond the bed is a sitting area which features a low-set sofa, a coffee table, reading chairs and a side table. A soaring timber cabinet separates the bedroom and living area from the dressing room, and houses a television and combined CD/DVD player. Concertina glass doors open from the sitting area to a spacious desert lounge that frames the view of the natural landscape beyond. The lounge contains a plinth with resting mattresses and a central fireplace. The adjacent sky-lit dressing room extends the full length of the suite and features an extensive wardrobe with a personal safe and spacious dressing area with twin vanities atop a stone plinth. To one end of the dressing room is a separate toilet room and to the other, a spacious bathroom lined with sage green tiles. The bathroom features twin rain showers and a comfortable soaking tub with uninterrupted views of the landscape. Design finishes include white stone floors and concrete walls that echo the natural stone of the surrounding landscape. The furniture features rawhide, natural timbers and fittings in blackened steel, while light-coloured cushions and soft throws add warmth.

Desert view suites

These suites enjoy uninterrupted views of the surrounding dunes and plateaus.
 
Mesa view suites

These suites offer a panoramic view of the surrounding mesas which look particularly spectacular at sunset when they are bathed in hues of gold and rose.
 
Terrace suite

The Terrace Suite enjoys a larger desert lounge with two lounging chairs opposite the resting mattresses.

Pool suites

Each Pool Suite features a private plunge pool, a large daybed in the arrival courtyard and a private sky terrace accessed via a flight of stairs. The sky terrace features a daybed that is ideal for daytime lounging or night-time star gazing.

Terrace pool suites

The two Terrace Pool Suites offer larger private pools measuring 5 by 4 metres (16 by 14 feet) and views of surrounding dunes and plateaus.

The girijaala suite

The Girijaala Suite features panoramic views of the surrounding mountain ridge and an over-sized desert lounge. Guest entry is through a spacious courtyard with stairs leading up to a sky lounge offering two large day beds and a dining area. Broad stairs lead from the entry courtyard to an expansive swimming pool and terrace. The swimming pool, with spectacular views, measures 14 by 4 metres (46 by 12 feet) and the terrace provides four sun-loungers and built-in lounge seating with a dining table. The interior follows the layout of the suites, however the dressing room features two expanded bathing areas separated by a breezeway connecting the desert lounge with the swimming pool; one featuring twin rain showers and the other a comfortable soaking tub.
 
The amangiri suite

Entry to the Amangiri Suite is through a spacious courtyard, extending around the suite to an expansive swimming pool and terrace. The swimming pool measures 18 by 4 metres (60 by 12 feet) and the terrace provides two daybeds, four sun-loungers and built-in lounge seating around a dining table. The interior of the Amangiri Suite follows the flow of the suites with an additional bathroom containing twin showers.
Separating the two bathing areas is a breezeway that connects the desert lounge with the swimming pool terrace. Rising from the entry courtyard are steps that lead to the sky terrace. This features a large day bed for lounging during the day or star gazing in the evenings.

The Aman Spa at Amangiri is a 2,322-square metre (25,000-square feet) escape from the stresses of the outside world. As guests move from space to space within the Spa, their sense of discovery and peace echoes that of moving through the rock formations and canyons within the surrounding landscape. The entrance to the Spa is reminiscent of nearby slot canyons, and opens into an intimate reception and lounge area featuring a glass tiled sky-lit reflection pool and central fireplace. Leading off the reception are consultation rooms and a walkway opening to a private courtyard that in turn leads to either individual dressing rooms or a series of pavilions.
water pavilion

A key feature of the Aman Spa is the Water Pavilion which offers a steam room, a dry sauna and a cold plunge pool. Guests enter via a large reception area complete with fireplace and lounge seating. Large wooden doors pivot to reveal an outside area containing a heated, stone-lined step pool with desert views.
floatation pavilion

Floatation therapy is a sensory treatment allowing guests to reach a depth of relaxation which takes many years to achieve with classical meditation techniques. Entry to the Floatation Pavilion is via a stone pathway leading across a reflection pool towards an open fireplace. The moulded floatation room utilizes colour therapy and is a meditative experience. Connected to the Floatation Pavilion is a private timber-screened open-air relaxation terrace with day bed and hot plunge pool for guests to enjoy after their treatment while reconnecting with their surroundings.

Treatment rooms & outdoor treatment terraces
Five walnut-lined, candlelit Treatment Rooms (one double and four single) each feature a foyer, dressing area, treatment area, steam room and bathroom, as well as individual music systems. A range of massage, body treatments, hot stone and healing therapies are offered with accents of Native American wellness traditions. A variety of beauty services including depilation and signature facials are also on offer. Adjacent to the Treatment Rooms is a large reflection pool. Located at one end are two outdoor Treatment Terraces that enjoy sweeping views of the untouched valley.

Beauty salon, yoga pavilion and fitness centre

The Beauty Salon offers manicures and pedicures and other beauty treatments while the Yoga Pavilion offers individual and group yoga sessions in a light-filled setting. The Fitness Centre on the upper level of the Aman Spa is fully equipped with a wide range of cardio, strength-training and free-weight exercise equipment. Personal training sessions can be arranged by appointment.

Amanresorts is pleased to announce the sale of villas at its newest resort in the United States. 28 luxurious villas are set to be added to the exclusive lifestyle portfolio of Aman Villas on the 2,000-acre expanse of Utah wilderness shared by the Amangiri resort. Just a fortunate few will have the opportunity to enjoy these exclusive homes in such an unmatched setting.

The Villas at Amangiri are spread over a generous swathe of starkly beautiful desert and are hidden from Amangiri resort by a dramatic rock escarpment. This means that each villa enjoys the utmost privacy, out of the sightline of resort guests. Each villa is still part of Amangiri resort however, and its owners will enjoy access to every resort facility, including the 25,000 foot Aman Spa, bar, restaurants and services that cover staffing, cleaning, entertaining, maintenance and security. Most importantly, owners of villas at Amangiri will be embraced by the Amanresorts' lifestyle that, ever since Amanresorts' founder, Adrian Zecha, unveiled Amanpuri 22 years ago in Thailand, has transformed and remolded expectations of the luxury traveler.

The first wave of construction includes eight villas, the first of which is due for completion in 2011. Because of the spectacular topography of the Amangiri landscape, each villa is individually designed to meet the demands of the slopes on which it is perched. Lot sizes range from 1.6 to 2.9 acres, and the actual footprint of each home averages 7,500 square feet, with interior space averaging 6,000 square feet.

Designed to evoke the colors and textures of Utah's Canyon Country - as is the entire Amangiri resort, each villa epitomizes the character of the Bauhaus, with flat roofs, square angles, oblique terraces and walls of glass that showcase the extraordinary desert vistas all around. Every three-storey villa has a minimum of four identical master bedrooms, each with a large bathroom and dressing area, and terrace.

The main floor of each villa features an open-plan living room separated from the dining room by a double-sided fireplace. The living room leads into a large medi room and an eat-in kitchen - and the entire floor is surrounded by a wrap around terrace, complete with out-door dining area and sun beds. Each villa has a 700-square foot rectangular infinity pool, the edge of which appears to drop away into a desert panorama. The interior design of the villas is similar to that of the resort with the use of pale woods, earth tone fabrics and the highest quality fittings, fixtures, furniture and appliances.

The villas have a lower floor (the size of which depends on the lotís topography) that can be completed according to purchasers' wishes. Options include creating a fifth bedroom, staff quarters, home theater, exercise studio, offices, den, game room, steam room, sauna and/or wine cellar, amongst others.

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