5 of the best
Words: Sophy Grimshaw Check in… tune out Be pummelled, be polished and be pampered at some of the world’s most luxurious hotel spas Pink pamper Females who are feeling flush can enjoy the new two-night, £290 “Pink Lady” package at the Culloden Estate & Spa near Belfast. Included is pink champagne, a buffet lunch, selected beauty treatments and use of the swimming pool, jacuzzi and steam room. Culloden Estate & Spa, Holywood, Belfast, [...]
Words: Sophy Grimshaw
Check in… tune out
Be pummelled, be polished and be pampered at
some of the world’s most luxurious hotel spas
Pink pamper
Females who are feeling
flush can enjoy the
new two-night, £290
“Pink Lady” package
at the Culloden Estate
& Spa near Belfast.
Included is pink
champagne, a buffet
lunch, selected beauty
treatments and use of
the swimming pool,
jacuzzi and steam room.
Culloden Estate & Spa,
Holywood, Belfast, +44
(0)28 9042 1066; www.hastingshotels.com
When the chips are down…
Take a break from the Las Vegas glitz
amid the sleek grey slate of the
refreshingly uncomplicated Mandalay
Bathhouse Spa. Take time to indulge in
aromatherapy or warm stone massage
treatments to the lulling background
sounds of a flowing waterfall.
Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, +001
877 632 9636; www.mandalaybay.com
Go inside your shell
Oriental zen meets a
touch of sci-fiwow at
Copenhagen’s Ni’mat
spa. It is worth a visit
just to enter the “golden
egg” – a soundproof
chamber in which you
can lie down and tune
out. A little strange
perhaps, but a blissful
experience nonetheless.
Hilton Copenhagen
Airport, Denmark, +45
3244 5454; www.nimat.dk
Swiss ease
Millions of pounds have
been invested in bringing
the century-old, five star
Lausanne Palace & Spa
near Zurich bang up to
date. Revive yourself in
its treatment rooms and
Japanese gardens. Cool
off from the sauna in the
ice fountain, or work out
in the fitness room. It
even has a private tower.
Lausanne Palace & Spa,
Switzerland, +41 (0)21
331 3131; www.
lausanne-palace.com
Secluded star
Gilpin Lodge, 20 minutes
from Manchester, is a
country house hotel
with what you might
call “en suite” spa
facilities. Garden suites
have a private hot tub,
and you can book inroom
spa treatments,
including body wraps,
massage and reflexology.
Gilpin Lodge, Crook
Road, Windermere,
+44 (0)153 94 8 8818;
www.gilpinlodge.co.uk
