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Our favourite day spas
Hotly debated, and regularly updated, here are our current Top 5 places to go for the day.
Eastthorpe Hall, Yorkshire
If you're looking for nurture in the midst of nature, pack your robe and head to Mirfield. This small, welcoming day retreat offers holistic treatments with an emphasis on well-being and relaxation. Eastthorpe Hall is the perfect place to chill and relax, and return to the world invigorated. Many of the visitors -- all women on the day we were there -- seem to have therapy rather than beautification in mind. They come to the twinkly rooms and the garden for me-time, for curling up in a chair in the garden with a book time, for emotional strengthening, and for time out from their busy lives. We loved the Eastthorpe holistic facial: it contained more gentle massage than we had ever experienced in a facial before.
Read our full review of Eastthorpe Hall
KuBu Spa, Henley on Thames
This beautifully calm, cool treatment-room spa in Henley on Thames is a Balinese temple to spa-ing, and takes a whole lifestyle approach to beauty and wellbeing. KuBu use 100% organic massage oils made specially for them in Bali, and the organic Lavera product range, so it's a perfect place for anyone looking for safe, natural treatments. Faultlessly clean, spacious, luxurious and welcoming, KuBu's attention to detail is what really makes your experience extra special -- from the perfect rose petals strewn in your footbath to the handmade chocolates and delicious, natural herbal tea. We recommend the KuBu Signature Ritual: over two hours of total indulgence. From the flower petal foot soak, to the expertly delivered full-body massage, scrub and bath -- different phases that make three hours feel like a whole spa day.
Read our full review of KuBu Spa
The Treatment Rooms, Brighton
Inside this modest-looking Brighton townhouse, you'll find ten calming treatment rooms. If muted, soft atmospheres, woody fragrances, and slow, deep, soothing massages are your cup of tea, then The Treatment Rooms is next door to heaven. Couches are so luxuriously made up with bedding that even a princess on a handful of peas would be able to lie back and enjoy her Eve Lom facial. Our Spa Spy was very, very reluctant to leave the fluffy cloud of bliss that The Treatment Rooms created for her
Read our full review of The Treatment Rooms, Brighton
Thermae Bath Spa, Bath
A very popular, very affordable spa, built around the natural hot springs in Bath. You can't beat the heritage of the Thermae Bath Spa site, the wonderful natural spring waters and the dramatic modern spa building that now houses the thermal springs. Many treatments at Thermae make use of the natural thermal waters, including Vichy Showers and Watsu -- a relaxing combination of water-based exercise, floatation and massage. Don't miss lounging in the rooftop pool while gazing out over the city of Bath.
Read our full review of Thermae Bath Spa
One Spa, Edinburgh
In the relaxation room, no-one will speak to you in anything other than a whisper, and you will be guided to and from your treatments as though you are ancient royalty. One Spa's three-hour Vakruti Balancing treatment is an extraordinary massage, using Ayurvedic influences, some reflexology, plus hot stones and the use of shiatsu pressure points. Quite a combination. Purists may well throw their hands up in horror -- but don't knock it until you have tried it. Glide out in the evening to beautiful Edinburgh, and the "mmmm" of your day will last for weeks.
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