Great Spa Cities: Saratoga Springs, New York

A 19th Century Spa Experience neNhasi Maitiro Anonyaradza

Saratoga Springs yaiva rimwe remaguta makuru e spa muzana remakore rechi19, nzvimbo iyo vapfumi vakaungana mumwaka wezhizha kuti vaone uye vaonekwe, kukwikwidza mabhiza, kutamba, kutamba mumasindu, kuteerera mimhanzi uye kutora mvura. Iyo inozivikanwa se "Queen of Spas" muAmerica, yaiva yakawanda mumitambo yezana remakore rechi19 reEurope rinonzi spain seBaden-Baden, Germany.

Zvizhinji zveAmerican spa spa dzakapinda mu dowdiness uye zvakashata pashure pe "spa spa" yakatsiviwa nemishonga yemazuva ano.

Iye zvino pendulum yakadzokera shure kune dzimwe nzira dzakasununguka dzakadai semaminera ekugezera , uye Saratoga Springs imwe yenzvimbo shomanana muAmerica umo unogona kufara chimwe chinhu chinenge chakaitika muzana remakore rechi19 re spa spa - kushambidza uye kunwa mvura, kutengesa pamazamu, kudya kunze, vachifamba nepaki kana mabhizimisi emuganhu wekare, uye vachifarira ballet uye orchestra muzhizha.

Gara paGidheoni Putnam

Kana uri mudiwa we spa, nzvimbo yakanakisisa yekugara ndiyo Gidheoni Putnam. Iri hoteli yakanaka kwazvo iri mukati ma 2,200-acre Saratoga Spa State Park, yakagadzirirwa muna 1915 kudzivirira zvitubu. Gidheoni Putnam yakananga kubva kuRosvelt Baths & Spa, chivakwa chakanaka cha1935 uye chimestone neoclassical uko iwe unogona kufarira mineral baths muzvigadzirwa zvepakutanga uye kuwana unyanzvi hwekudzidzira pashure. Roosevelt Baths spa menyu yave yakawedzerwa zvikuru mumakore achangopfuura kusanganisira kwete zvisikwa zve spa chete semabhedha, masheji , zvipfeko uye marapirwo emuviri , asi zvipo zvakawanda zveesoteric zvakadai seAyurveda neBach Flower Remedy mazano, mirayiridzo yekufungisisa, basa rekushanda, uye kudzidzisa.

Saratoga Spa State Park inogarawo kune nyika inonzi Saratoga Performing Arts Center, imba yechando yeimba yezhizha yeNew York City Ballet uye Philadelphia Orchestra. Inongova maminetsi mashomanana kubva kuna Gidheoni Putnam, mukana mukuru kana uri kuenda kumakonti, sezvo motokari inogona kuva yakaoma.

Zvimwe zvinofambira mukati memiganhu yepaki zvinosanganisira Spa Little Theater, National Museum of Dance uye Saratoga Automobile Museum.

Gidheoni Putnam anopawoga yoga mashizha emitambo yeChipiri musi weChishanu, ne $ 10. Iwe unogona kuwana nyore nyore kutenderera kwezuva nezuva uye mapurogiramu ezvidzidzo anopiwa mukati mepaki, zvakadai sekufambiswa kunofamba mafambiro ematsime. Iwe unogonawo kudzidza nezvekuvakwa kwepaki, bluebirds, butterflies, uye miti. Nenzira iyi kugara paGidheoni Putnam kwave kwakafanana neyainzvimbo yekuenda spa.

Pane dzimwe nguva dzevhiki, Gidheoni Putnam neRosevelt Bhati vanopa "Spa Renewal Wellness Retreats" iyo inosanganisira pokugara, rimwe bhati nezuva, zvokudya zvakawanda, boka rokubika, pamwe nemabasa uye masangano.Shop inotevera ichagoverwa November 11-13, 2016.

Nhoroondo yeSaratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs ine chete inokonzerwa carbonated mineral inobva kumabvazuva kweRockies, uye inokwana 16 zvinhu zvinosanganisira bicarbonate, chloride, sodium, calcium, potassium uye magnesium. Mvura iyi yaiva tsvene kuMowwks, uyo anodana nzvimbo Serachtague, "nzvimbo yemvura inokurumidza". Kunyatsorondedzerwa kwezita iri nderokuti nzvimbo yacho yakazozivikanwa seSaratoga.

VaMamerica vekuAmerica vaidavira kuti mvura yakasikwa yakakonzerwa nemwari Manitou, ichipa iyo nekuporesa zvinhu.

Zvitubu zvaiva "zvakawanikwa" naSir William Johnson muna 1771 uye pasina nguva vakava kukokwa kwevatendi vachena, avo vaive nekutenda kweMohawk kuti mvura yekumvura inoporesa zvinhu. Apo Gidheoni Putnam akagara pedyo neHigh Rock Spring muna 1795, akaona nzvimbo yacho uye akatenga nyika pedyo neCongress Spring uye muna 1802, akazarura Putnam's Tavern neBhodiing House. Yaiva kubudirira, uye dzimwe dzimba dzakatevera. Muna 1831, nekuuya kwechitima kubva kuNew York City, kutarisa kwakatanga. 'Kutora mushonga' paSaratoga kwaive kwakasimbiswa tsika yezviuru zvevashanyi.

Ngoro yebhiza yakange iri chikamu cheSaratoga Springs chiitiko kubvira muna 1847, apo musangano we trotters wakanga wakaitwa pachitsiko chakasviba pedyo neUnited Avenue.

Muna 1864 imwe nzira yakakura yakavakwa kune rumwe rutivi rwe Union Union, nzvimbo yezvino Saratoga Race Course.

John Morrissey's Club House, iye zvino maCanfield Casino uye musamuziyamu muCongress Park, yakavhurwa muna 1870. Ichitevera masikati pamutambo wenhangemutange, vane mamionaire vakaungana kuchitamba chepamusoro-soro, vakakombwa nehukuru hweVictoria. Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, Lily Langtry, uye Bet-A-Million Gates vaiva pakati pevaya vakawedzera chiitiko chechiitiko cheSaratoga.

Nzvimbo dzomupurisa dzeAustralia dzakavakwa nevapfumi paNorth Broadway uye nepamusoro peguta kubva kuma1870 kusvika kutende remakore rechimakumi maviri. Yakasvibirirwa zhizha "dzimba" nevadzidzisi vavo, vakapinda vaMutungamiri vekushanyira, vaMutungamiri vezvematongerwo enyika, vezvematongerwo enyika uye mabhizimusi emabhizimisi. Zvimwe zviziviso, kusanganisira Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Bernhardt, Caruso, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Daniel Webster, uye Oscar Wilde vakashanyirawo.

Muna 1909, nyika yeNew York yakatanga kutenga nzvimbo yekuchengetedza mvura yemvura, iyo yakanga iri kupera kubudirira kwekutengeserana. (Makambani akavaka zvirimwa pamatsime uye anoshandisa mapumpu ane simba ane simba rekutsvaga mvura yemvura yemhepo, iyo yakabva yatengeswa kumakambani ekumwa.) Izvi zvakachengetedza pakupedzisira kwakava Saratoga Spa State Park.

Gavhuna Franklin Roosevelt aiwanzogara muzvigaro zvekugara muSaratoga Springs paairwisana nepolio, uye muna 1929, akagadza mutemo wekugadzira nzvimbo yekurapwa kuno, nekugadzirwa kwe spa yaSaratoga yakatanga. Hurumende yakabhadhara iyo purogiramu muma1930 yekuvaka Saratoga Spa State Park, kusanganisira Gidheon Putnam uye ina dzakanakisa zvekugezera zvemao-classical mukati mepaki.

Pamadziro edzimba, iyo chete Roosevelt Bathhouse ichiripo yakazaruka kumabhati. (Yakagadziridzwa uye yakasunungurwa zvakare muna 2004, sezvo mabhesheni eLincoln akavharwa uye akachinjwa kuva mabhati.) Vamwe vakatendeuka kune zvimwe zvishandiso, zvakadai saSpace Little Theatre, National Museum of Dance uye Saratoga Automobile Museum uye mahofisi . Mabhesheni eLincoln akachinjwa kuti ave nzvimbo yepamusoro, asi iwe unogona kuenda kune mamwe maMugovera kumusika wemusika uye uone matanho ezvakaitika kare.

Mumakore ekuma1940, kugara kwevhiki kwemavhiki matatu kwaifungidzirwa kuti ndeyekugara uye kwakabatanidza 21 mineral baths, mishonga yekuwana, zvokudya zvinodzora, kuzorora, kurovedza muviri nekuvaraidza. Nhamba yemabhati yakasviba muna 1946 pa 200 000 mabhati pagore. Muna 2015 pakanga pane mazana emakumi maviri emabhati akapiwa paRoosevelt Bathhouse.

Saratoga Zvitubu Bhati - Zvino uye Zvino

Ndakanga ndine ruzivo rwakakwana kuti ndine chikoro chekare cheSaratoga Springs chinoshamba makumi makumi emakore apfuura, apo Lincoln Baths vakanga vachiri kuzaruka. Hanzvadzi yangu yaigara muBoston uye ndakagara muNew York, saka takafunga kuti yaiva nzvimbo yakanaka yemusangano. Ini handimbofi, ndakambokanganwa bhati iyo. Bhati yeimba yekushambidzira yaiva imwe dowdy. Mumwe musikana ari pakati nepakati-akwegura akageza bhadha kwandiri kuitira kutonhora kwakanaka, andinyevera kuti ndisabata zvidzora sezvandingave ndiri mumvura kwemaminitsi makumi maviri uye haana kutora nguva yekupedza.

Kusvika pano ini handina kufadzwa. Asi mvura yaiva yakanaka yakasvibirira yakasvibirira nechepera yakavezwa yebhati. Ini ndinorara shure uye mabhodhi emvura anowira pasi peganda rangu. Zvose kakawanda, mumwe aizokanda ganda rangu kumusoro, achindipa manzwiro anonakidza kupfuura mamwe ose. Hazvishamisi kuti yainzi "Nature Champagne"! Mushure mekunge, ndakange ndakaputirwa mucheka ndoisa pamubhedha kwehafu yeawa kuti ndizononore uye ndisiye pfungwa dzangu dzichidonha. Asi paradhiso yakanga yava kuda kupera. Ndakanga ndatora masheji, uye ndakagamuchira rimwe remisi yose yakaipisisa yehupenyu hwangu. Bhuku rekare-rechikoro rakanga rakaisvonaka. Chikoro chekuchikoro chekare chakanga chisina. Izvi zvinongotadzisa kuve nokupiswa nemumwe munhu ane utsinye uye asingazivi zvavari kuita.

Ndakadzoka makore mazhinji gare gare, mushure mokunge Roosevelt Bhati azarurwa muna 2004, uye akanga achitarisira chaizvo kuti ndigeze. Asi pandakapinda mukamuri, ndakashamiswa kuona mvura ine ruvara. Paiva nemavhubu mashomanana, pano neapo, asi kwete manzwiro emufaro ekuputirwa mumabhutu ayo akatarisa mumwe nomumwe. Dai ndakanga ndisina kunaka here? Ndakanga ndiri mapenzi here?

Mushonga wangu wokurasikirwa (uyo akanga akanaka chaizvo) akatsanangura kuti mabhati aya akanga achinja zvechokwadi. Pakutanga hurumende ine zvigadzirwa zvakatsvaga carbonated mineral water, iyo inobva pasi inotonhora, kusvika pakushambidzika kwakakodzera. Asi iyo yakasvika kuma1930, uye apo iyo midziyo yakaputsa, hurumende yakasarudza yakadhura zvikuru kutora nzvimbo. Iyo iri nyore, iyo yakagadzirisa sarudzo yaiva yekupisa mvura yepombi kusvika kune yakanyanya kutonhora yepamusoro uye kuisunganidza iyo nemvura yakachena yemvura kuti ibude mubhokisi rine anenge 98 degrees farenheit. Kubatanidzwa kwemaviri kwakashandura mvura iyo ruvara rutsvuku.

Ndanzwa kuti kune mabhuku maviri apo iwe unogona kuwana izvo zvisina kusvibiswa zvicherwa zvemaminerari, asi zvakabatanidzwa zvakanaka pamberi pe cognoscenti. Pamusoro pezvakanaka, bhajiro rinonakidza kundipisa kwaro kwakange kuri pamusoro, uye vakawedzera zvimwe zvakadai saJudith Jackson aromatherapy uye mauto makuru.

Zvimwe Zvimwe Zvingaitwa MuSaratoga Spa State Park

Gungwa rePeerless Complex rine dziva guru rine kupinda-zero-yakadzika, rakaparadzana nedziva reine 19 'double slide uye nechekudzivirira vana nedziva rewa mushroom. Girazi rebhuriri rine zvishoma zvishoma zvakakosha kudiwa kwe 48 "kureba." Historic Victoria Pool igomba duku duku rakakomberedzwa ne-arched promenades.

Saratoga Spa State Park inopa mbiri dzakanaka dzegorofu; chikwata 18-hole course uye nzira yakaoma 9-hole, yakakwana nepro pro shop neresitorendi. Nzvimbo ine nyoro inopa mapikini, nzvimbo dzine ruvara rwomumigwagwa, dzinofanirwa nehupenyu-hunoda kana kuti munhu anofamba achifamba, pamwe chete nedzimwe dzidzo dzinozivikanwa dzinoshandiswa nejoggers uye vari kuchikoro chesekondari nevadzidzi vekoroji. Mabasa echando anosanganisira kufamba-famba kwechikepe kune makiromita anenge 12 emigwagwa, kuputika kwechando, ice hockey.