Rancho La Puerta

About 1.5 hours inland from San Diego, and just over the border, is the wondrous Rancho La Puerta in Tecate. Noted as one of the World’s Best Destination Spas, they’re now hosting week-long health and fitness programs with the goal of enriching your mind, body and spirit through exercise, relaxation and luxurious surroundings. Their regular classes include hiking, tennis, volleyball, yoga, weight-lifting, golf, Pilates, volleyball as well as organic cooking and every treatment you can think of in their famous spa. If you can’t go for an entire week, check out their other new 1-day programs which include transportation from  San Diego. If you’ve ever considered going away to a spa, this is one you’ll absolutely need to look at. It’s one of the original destination spas in North America.