A Romantic Getaway at the Trump Chicago

An Urban Retreat: A Spa Room at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Downtown Chicago

With Valentine’s Day coming up, thoughts to turn to what to do for your sweetheart. Should it be a romantic dinner for two, or how about a Valentine’s Day cruise on Lake Michigan?

Really want to surprise your significant other?

Book a night in one of the Spa Rooms at the 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in downtown Chicago. You won’t be disappointed by the rooms’ relaxing decor and calming attributes, including:

- Heated neck and eye pillows.

- Yoga mats, blocks, and straps.

-  Yoga DVDs.

- Hand weights.

- Healthy mini-bar items.

- Flameless candles.

- Desks that converts into a make-up stations.

- Meditation and classical music CDs.

- Deep-soaking tubs with in-mirror TVs.

- Walk-in showers.

- 42-inch, flat-screen TVs.

- Floor-to-ceiling windows with views of downtown Chicago, the Chicago River, and/or Lake Michigan.

- Free wireless.

The Trump Chicago has 53 Spa Rooms, all of which have access to the hotel’s spa via a grand staircase that connects the spa’s reception area to the guest floors. This is ideal for putting on your robe and walking straight from your room to the spa; you’ll feel like you are staying at a private spa resort.

The Perfect Way to Stay at the Trump Hotel

I recently stayed in the one of the Trump Chicago’s Spa Rooms and I found the best way to experience the room and the hotel was to first take a hot bath in the room’s deep-soaking tub using the hotel’s bath amenities and bath salts and then throw on your robe and walk to the spa for a gemstone massage that uses “gem-infused oils” such as sapphire, emerald, and ruby, followed by a Kate Somerville facial that will honestly give you that “Red Carpet Glow.” (Tip: Be sure to leave time before or after your treatments for the spa’s steam shower, sauna, and its Kohler deluge shower that comes with nine separate jets, mood lighting, and music. The spa also has a relaxation lounge with magazines, herbal teas, snacks, and fruit-infused water.)

Post spa, book  a romantic dinner at the hotel’s signature restaurant Sixteen with its massive Swarovski-crystal chandelier (inspired by Ivanka Trump) and floor-to-ceiling windows that offer picture-perfect views of the Chicago Tribune Building and other iconic buildings in the Windy City, as well as delicious menu items from celebrated chef Frank Brunacci, including halibut on a bed of truffle-bacon risotto. (Sixteen also has tasting menus with wine pairings that are worth every penny. From my experience, I found the restaurant’s sommelier to be brilliant at matching Brunacci’s creations with some of the world’s best wines.)

After dinner, retreat back to your room where the hotel’s turn-down service will leave heated neck and eye pillows on your bed.

The next morning, start the day off right and head to the fitness center (on the same floor as the spa) with views of the Chicago River, or take a swim in the spa’s 75-foot heated indoor pool. Finish with an in-room yoga or meditation session and breakfast in bed and you may never want to leave your room again.

For current room rates and more information:

Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago
401 N. Wabash Ave. (map it)
877-458-7867
http://www.trumpchicagohotel.com/

Photo credit: William Huber – used with permission by Wagstaff Worldwide.