As Mother’s Day approaches, author, journalist, and mum-to-be, Martel Maxwell, heads to COMO Shambhala Urban Escape for a little bit of prenatal pampering. First Impressions Entering the spa gave me that feeling of shoulders lowering three inches, quite instantly. Calm. The smell hit me first. Aromatherapeutic, comforting and cleansing. The staff were friendly and engaging […]

First Impressions Near the market town of Farnham in Surrey, the description of Amida Spa Farnham as part of the area’s David Lloyd Club is somewhat misleading - the implication being that it has the air of a gym.  This place however, is what spa is all about, in all its contemporary, purpose-built glory. The […]

She was the first British woman on ESPN in America, and as a sports journalist has interviewed everyone from David Beckham to Kobe Bryant.  With a schedule like that, a spa break at Alexander House Hotel was just what Georgie Bingham needed! First Impressions Set just 35 miles from my base in Central London, Alexander […]

Last week we launched our Accessible Spas … this week we decided to put one of them to the test: full-time wheelchair user and Director of Global Access Award Scheme (GAAS), James Price, tells us what he thought of Spa6 in the Cotswolds!

Pregnancy can be a delicate time, when mums-to-be are in need of a little understanding and head-to-toe pampering, which is exactly why Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa created their very own line of pre-natal organic products and exclusive treatment just for them, as Therapy Manager Kirsty Amato explains! What does the Pea in a Pod […]

First Impressions I am sure it was just a massive coincidence, but on passing through the gates of Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa and driving up the rhododendron lined road towards the five star hotel and spa, the clouds parted and driving rain gave way to glorious sunshine … such is the nature - never […]

With Valentine’s Day coming up, the spa industry is awash with recommendations for mud rasuls as the ideal treatment for couples.  That is all very well but the clue isn’t really in the title as to what it is or what it does, is it?  So we asked Jemma Fidler, Spa Manager at Harte & Garter Hotel […]

The slimming market is saturated with a plethora of offerings when it comes to weight loss, from the sublime to the ridiculous, but when Galia Grainger, founder of Slimmeria Retreat at Hye House, devised a detox diet and exercise programme that helped her lose four stone, she just couldn’t help but share it! What makes Slimmeria different […]

Who went? Spabreaks Editor Bonnie and Product Executive Danielle Where is it? Dartford, Kent Perhaps it is the signposted ‘duck’s crossing’, the forested journey up a winding drive, or simply the nineteenth century house and clock-house with Hansel and Gretel thatched roof, but the first glimpse of Rowhill Grange as you drive to the front […]