Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants, the rapidly growing company headquartered in Larkspur, California, unveils its first health and wellness spa at the historic Casa Munras hotel in Monterey, California. Providing Larkspur’s signature “warm and inviting” atmosphere, SANO Spa offers a serene and tranquil refuge through customized services, relaxation alcoves, spacious treatment rooms, and an intimate Spa Garden.

Larkspur, CA (EMWNews) July 30, 2008 — Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants, the rapidly growing company headquartered in Larkspur, California, unveils its first health and wellness spa at the historic Casa Munras hotel in Monterey, California. Providing Larkspur’s signature “warm and inviting” atmosphere, SANO Spa offers a serene and tranquil refuge through customized services, relaxation alcoves, spacious treatment rooms, and an intimate Spa Garden.

Taking inspiration from the word Sano, meaning “health”, SANO Spa’s services are centered around supporting each guest’s personalized journey to greater wellness. Says Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants Chairman, Karl Hoagland, “Larkspur continually strives to develop new ways to create extraordinary experiences for our guests and creating a place for wellness appeared to be a natural next step. We are very excited to introduce SANO Spa into our growing portfolio.”

Adding to the theme of greater health and wellness, SANO Spa’s contemporary “light and airy” design concept, (made possible by GGLO, LLC) creates an overall feeling of serenity that is executed with the use of soft yellows and taupes, and offset by dark, rich wood cabinetry.

Some of the spa’s unique amenities and design features include:

• Four spacious treatment rooms; one room accommodating parties of up to six people
• Four relaxation alcoves providing privacy and seating for two to four people
• Preloaded iPods with a selection of SANO Spa playlists, provided to all guests upon check-in
• Intimate outdoor Spa Garden complete with a whirpool, fire-pit, and an outdoor shower
• Specialty SANO Spa menu providing guests the opportunity to order light bites from Estéban, Casa Munras’ award-winning destination restaurant

SANO spa offers a wide variety of services including massage therapy, body treatments, skin care and waxing. All of SANO’s skin care lines are available for purchase at the retail boutique. Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants is looking into developing further spa brands over the next several years.