PARADISE FOUND IN CHIANG MAI
There’s a beautiful synergy between this spa and its surroundings it occurs to me as I lie, face down, on a bed of fresh white towels, while warm, fragrant rice is worked into my skin, kneading away every strain from my upper body. Outside, the lush, working rice paddies of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai create an air of overriding serenity, as well as a deep connection to the heritage of the northern Thai landscape. And here, in the resort’s award-winning Dheva Spa, the rice from that same land is being used for its healing properties.