The next-level spa worth a 4-hour flight from NYC the panoramic sauna, snowroom and hammam are just the start

The New York Post almost lost me in May.I was lying in a treatment room at the newly-opened Meraki Wellness on Grand Cayman, getting a massage so relaxing I dozed off for a few minutes, and I thought, What if I just… stay here? No one can make me go home.How I’d support myself in the Cayman Islands? No clue.And realistically, I wouldn’t be getting the luxe spa treatment every day.

But who needs realism? I was in a spa so gorgeous that I wanted to beg the co-founders to make over my apartment, so who could help but fantasize a bit?Meraki is 16,000 square feet of pure zen.There’s none of that dark, moody stuff — no squinting to find your way, no too-loud forest sounds.

It’s light, airy and colorful, filled with curved lines and a sunburst motif.The hallways are designed to make you feel like you’re floating through fluffy clouds.Peter and Shula Clarke, who co-founded and designed Meraki Wellness, were already retired in Mallorca when they were asked to take on this new project — so to get back to work, it had to be worth it.“We only wanted to come out of retirement if we were going to actually do something very significant in our industry,” Peter told The Post.

“We didn’t just want to do a regular spa.We’ve always been at the forefront of what we’re doing.”“What Meraki means [in Greek] is you do what you do with love and passion, a piece of your soul in your work — and that isn’t just our name, that is our philosophy,” Shula added.Peter said that it’s apparent in the “exceptional detail” they bring to “every single touch point” — and it’s certainly easy to see in the luxe amenities.This isn’t some packed bathhouse contrast therapy.

Peter describes the Hydrotherapy Odyssey as “a very special place doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world” — and I certainly haven’t experienced anything like it.Meraki’s hydrotherapy ritual is led by a “spa butler” who takes you through each of the steps, furnishin...