I'll be in the area for a few days and looking for some nice places for a massage, tried searching trip advisor etc but nothing sticks out...anyone with personal recommendations?

Unless you go to a really high end place, physically keep your hands on your wallet.

Well, I'm not sure about what is Danang but if it's Da Nang in Vietnam, you can check this short list. I think it's quite late for macdonaldj2 but better than never.

1. Th� Spa
Add: 58 Bach Dang, Hai Chau dist
Phone: +84 511 3849009

The main company with 2 or 3 spas based in Ho Chi Minh City but the owner was born in Da Nang so they have a branch there. I think the service is good but not sure about they would welcome walk-in or not. The price ranges from $9 to $39.

2. Salem Spa
Add: 06 Nguyen Thien Thuat, Hai Chau dist
Phone: +84 511 3832036

They're good at facial massage with some therapy for local ladies who always worry about being tanned (yes, in Vietnam, we prefer light skin). The price is from $9 to 29. I'm not sure that the staff could speak English fluently enough or not.

3. Vincharm Spa in Vinpearl Luxury Hotel
Truong Sa road (the hotel is too big to have a number), Ngu Hanh Son dist
Tel: +84 511 3968888

It's high-end place with gym, sauna... and several types of body massage. I've never tried their service but I did heard my ex-boss recommended it dozen times. Price is from $20 to $80.

4. Blind Association's Massage Services
Add: 425 Hoang Dieu, Hai Chau dist
Phone: +84 511 3873476

Generally, this place for locals because they offer traditional-styled massage. No fancy stuff like candle or aroma oil burner, the facilities might be only acceptable even for locals, but if you'd like to enjoy an hour of really powerful massage, it's fun to try. The only problem is that the staff hardly could speak English.

That's all my experience in Da Nang's massage industry. Hope it helps.

It certainly does help tranthutrang, thank you for the recommendations

Also, I suggest that you ask staff at your hotel for a hair salon that gives head massages. It's a real treat for me when I go to Vietnam. They are not positioned for tourists, so likely no one will speak English. No worries, it's pretty simple to work out what you want. Get staff to call ahead so they are expecting you and get them to write out the name and address on a card for the taxi driver. It's typically one hour for shampoo, massage, and dry.

Yeah, you can find the salons as SanDiego1K mentioned (nearly) anywhere in Vietnam, especially in the North. In my opinion, hair salon is the most friendly kind of "spa" where Vietnamese usually come and relax. It's really really local with many stories to tell. They don't only provide hair related services but also makeup, nail manicure, and sometimes baby sitting or psychological counseling in rustic way. Thousands of women from our poor provinces move to big cities, firstly work as a maid-and-apprentice in a salon then move to another area of the city or come back home to open their own salon, earn living for the whole family. Well, it's off-topic now. Here's some tips for you to have a good hair salon tour:

- Ask a quite trustworthy local (hotel staff or friends of a friend) about the place and price. If it's possible, let the local friend go with you to ask the price and explain what you want, at least in the first time.

- Bring your own gear as well as regular hair care products, if you want to assure a safe and allergic-free tour.

- Avoid the days around public holidays, especially from late December to early February, they're extremely busy and don't have enough time/health to treat you well.

- If they do their job well and the price is lower than you expected, please leave some loose change as a tip.

- Don't sleep and if you can't help sleeping, don't snore.