From bracing walks to mild electrocution – how the spa town experience has changed since the 1800s
The peach-stuccoed Pupp is also rumoured to be the inspiration for Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel. A night’s stay costs from €150/£125. Away from the waters The…
How Europe’s A-listers are rediscovering the age-old habit of taking the waters
The peach-stuccoed Pupp is also rumoured to be the inspiration for Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel. A night’s stay costs from €150/£125. Away from the waters The…
15 hot new spa holidays if you’re in need of a reboot in 2022
For, at Chenot, wellness is not something you can buy in a bottle, it’s something you achieve by focusing on the four pillars of health – nutrition,…
How a Goan retreat got me over my empty nest – and my broken relationship
An Indian friend took me to an ecstatic dance night where drinking, phones, talking and smoking were strictly not allowed. Everyone was having ultimate fun without any…
Could a Spartan lifestyle turn me from zero to hero? I travelled to Greece to find out
She has a point; one Leonidas I would probably agree with. The fabled 5th-century-BC warrior-king – a slayer of Persian invaders famously depicted by Gerard Butler in…
Five of the best hotels for a babymoon in the south of England
The non-alcoholic drinks The atrium bar is a buzzy place for an aperitif – all marble-topped counter and tangerine bar stools – so it’s good news that…
In need of a reboot? 15 hot new spa holidays for 2022
For, at Chenot, wellness is not something you can buy in a bottle, it’s something you achieve by focusing on the four pillars of health – nutrition,…
Why you might need an emotional detox
Fifteen years ago, it would have been a brave banker, teacher or journalist who admitted they were heading off for a WildFitness bootcamp in Scotland, or a…
What actually happens when a stressed-out midlifer visits a hipster’s paradise
Unlike many other swanky Alpine spas, it is not a white coat, starvation diet and enema kind of place. It offers an altogether kinder approach to wellness,…
‘Spa resorts remind me of prison, but I’d happily do another stretch’
In the Sensory room, there are even comfier, beanbaggy seats, all facing a giant cinema screen. Sadly, all that’s playing is a load of luminous fish and…
‘A spa detox week in Italy showed me that I do actually have a reset button’
“This is a load of tosh,” I thought to myself until the doctor told me that my biological age was nine years younger than my actual age….
The rise of the spa retreats that help you upskill as well as unwind
Rocket your relationships A few days with clinical therapist Sarah Tilley may be the equivalent of years of counselling – and so much more fun. Her bespoke…