How to make traditional Welsh pancakes
The amazing chef at Lion Quays shares his recipe for the traditional Welsh pancakes, also known as crempog.
Read full postYou can’t really beat a classic approach to a romantic escape, and few things are more classic or classy than Champagne. With Valentine’s Day approaching, these are the spas with Champagne bars for a classically romantic celebration.
A truly spectacular destination, The Spa at Carden is an adult-only spa set within the 1000 acre Carden Park estate in Cheshire. There's a spectacular hotel, as well as an on-site vineyard from which they produce their own Carden Park Estate Reserve sparkling wine. There's an award-winning restaurant overseen by Executive Head Chef, Graham Tinsley MBE, and alongside it all is an extraordinary two-storey spa with a 2,500 square metre spa garden. The world of indoor and outdoor facilities offers year-round wellbeing, from saunas with glass walls to hot tubs sunk into the earth. To truly toast special occasions, partnership with Bollinger has ensured the presence of a beautiful Champagne bar, alongside indoor and outdoor thermal facilities.
A chic and modern hotel, Mercure St Paul's Hotel and Spa Sheffield sits conveniently close to top attractions, making it a perfect resting place for a weekend in the city. Rooms and suites offer contemporary convenience and tasteful décor, while the spa is the place to soak away any stresses and strains.
Enjoy the thermal experiences and a Decleor treatment before dressing up for dinner at The Yard Restaurant and a chance to enjoy the atmosphere in the Champagne bar. A hive of activity at the heart of the hotel, it’s a chance to dress up, have dinner and turn it into a real date night. Flirt over Champagne cocktails, enjoy the buzzy vibe, and people watch at this stylish Sheffield treasure.
The Vale Resort has a lasting reputation for offering a world of experiences for everyone who visits. A vast destination, surrounded by 650 acres of Welsh countryside the four-star retreat has a beautiful spa, tennis courts, golf greens, and a selection of places to eat and drink.
The spa is an experience in its own right, not least because there are five blissful relaxation zones where you can choose between water beds next to water features and twinkling lanterns and cosy duvets to nod off in.
Meanwhile, this all encompassing beauty boasts the so-called Salamanza Champagne Bar, named after a 12 bottle capacity Champagne bottle. It reflects a hint of the 1930s with a grand piano, modern art and a mirrored bar providing the backdrop.
Part of the Harbour Hotels collection, Guildford Harbour Hotel & Spa is a stylish city retreat with designer flair throughout. Offering a sophisticated place to stay, it's home to an award-winning seafood restaurant, a popular bar serving even more popular cocktails.
Its Guildford HarSpa however is the cherry on top, an urban oasis, where you can unwind in the hydrotherapy pool, crystal steam room and relaxation room. It's their outdoor Champagne Pool with submerged seating and stress-relieving water jets, which is an especially prized feature however. Supported. By a poolside bar, sit back and soak with bubbles of your choice, from Prosecco Galanti to Dom Perignon, before heading inside for a spa treatment or two.
Alexander House Hotel Utopia Spa has been a favourite romantic destination for longer than we can remember, with its star never losing any of its lustre. This West Sussex retreat combines the five-star glamour of a hotel that once held connections to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, with the bliss of a decadent spa.
Stay in stylish rooms and suites in the gothic mansion, for added privacy stay in one of the Garden Suites with their own terraces, or for extra special occasions the Duplex Master Suite set over two floors. Dine in one of two award-winning restaurants, and relax in the Utopia Spa with its host of indoor and outdoor experiences.
Then toast the occasion at the 1608 Champagne Bar. A nod to the history of the hotel, the 1608 Champagne Bar was named after the oldest brick found in their very walls, and with a taste for the finer things in life, they have more than 30 hand-picked Champagnes to choose from.
In a spectacular location with views over the English Channel, Hythe Imperial is a warm and welcoming hotel with a relaxed atmosphere thanks to its seaside location. The hotel has been hosting guests since 1880, and remains adept in the art of hospitality, from drinks and dining to refined leisure experience offering treatments from Caudalie.
Central to the experience is the main restaurant, which offers modern British cuisine using locally sourced ingredients. The hotel is particularly proud to be the home of Moët & Chandon in Kent. The aptly named Moët & Chandon Bar is an adult-only, sparkling paradise of a bar, where you can toast the famous brand - “the Champagne of success and glamour since 1743”.
In the pretty town of Broadway in Worcestershire, The Lygon Arms offers Cotswold charm for guests visiting for the day or overnight. Dating back to 1532, the inn invites you into a world of flagstone floors, wood panelling and stone mullions, where rooms and suites have been sympathetically designed to offer contemporary style and historic charm.
Surrounded by three acres of grounds, the spa is a modern modern addition, looking out across the gardens and enjoying a gym, a heated indoor pool, Jacuzzi, plunge pool, two saunas and a steam room as well as seven treatment rooms.
Drawing on the best of the British larder, food and drink is a locally-sourced treat served with an imaginative twist. Alongside European wines by the glass, carafe and bottle, The Champagne Bar offers the ideal setting for after-dinner indulgence or celebrations with a glass of your favourite fizz.
Offering a world of world-class facilities, there really isn't anything that Celtic Manor can't deliver on when it comes to a spa break. In the Usk Valley in South Wales, this famous destination has three golf courses, a five-star reputation, and 330 bedrooms in the Resort Hotel to choose from. When it comes to dining, it's more like a village than a hotel, with four bars and restaurants to choose from, whether you fancy steak, fine dining or something more casual.
The spa is a veritable feast of luxury and wellness, from a 20-metre pool overlooking the Rooftop Garden, to a Forum Spa collection of treatments including the Elemis Herbal Steam in a chamber where small lights mimic the constellations (it's the perfect shared treatment experience).
Adding extra sparkle, is the spa's Champagne and Beauty Bar, where you can indulge in a glass of champagne or sip a cocktail while enjoying a little pampering at the same time.
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