Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, Shankara Ayurveda Spa offers accommodation 18 minutes' drive from Boone city centre. Features include complementary steam rooms, a fitness centre, and a vegetarian buffet at every meal. Guests can relax with a flat-screen TV and a private bath. Some rooms have a mountain or forest view and are located in the Spa Building. Apartments with a kitchenette, private deck, and an en suite are available as well. Hiking and yoga classes can be arranged at Shankara Ayurveda Spa. Spa treatments such as hot stone oil massage and detoxifying herbal massages are offered for an additional fee. Guests can opt for exfoliation and facials. Fruit, vegetables, and edible flowers are grown at the Art of Living Retreat Center. Menus range from seasonal soups and salads to polenta cakes and mung bean rice pilaf. Shankara Ayurveda Spa is surrounded by heavy forests, and Turtle Island Preserve is 1.9 miles or 34 minutes' walk away. Guests can also go exploring in Moses H. Cone Memorial Park 18 minutes' drive from the property.