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Hythe Imperial
Coastal air and panoramic sea views make this splendid hotel and spa a haven of luxury and relaxation. With space to chill out, there’s an indoor pool and spa area overlooking the patio and gardens, as well as four treatment rooms, a nail bar and relaxation lounge. From expert facials to truly relaxing hot stone massage therapies, the spa menu has something for everyone, best enjoyed before some time out in the secret hot stone relaxation area.
Spa and hotel facilities
- Pool
- Hot Tub
- Sauna
- Parking
- Relax Room
- Gym
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Spa breaks for any nights
4 packages found based on your criteria.Drift Away Spa Break
1 night
1 meal
1 treatment
- One night bed and breakfast
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
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- One night bed and breakfast
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
Seashore Sundays
1 night
2 meals
1 treatment
- One night dinner, bed and breakfast
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hour use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Meal: £30 allowance per person towards dinner
Spa treatment choices:
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
Spa treatment to be taken on Monday
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- One night dinner, bed and breakfast
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hour use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Meal: £30 allowance per person towards dinner
Spa treatment choices:
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
Spa treatment to be taken on Monday
Imperial Retreat Package
1 night
2 meals
1 treatment
- One night dinner, bed and breakfast
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Meal: £30 allowance per person towards dinner
Spa treatment choices:
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
More details
- One night dinner, bed and breakfast
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Meal: £30 allowance per person towards dinner
Spa treatment choices:
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
Sea Breeze Package
2 nights
3 meals
1 treatment
- Two nights bed and breakfast
- £30 allowance per person towards dinner on 1st night
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
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- Two nights bed and breakfast
- £30 allowance per person towards dinner on 1st night
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the facilities
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Luxury Manicure
- Luxury Pedicure
- Crushed Seashell Facial
- Salt and Oil Scrub with Indian Head Massage
- Bespoke Body Wrap
Can’t find what you are looking for?
Purchase a monetary voucher that can be redeemed at a later date.
- Valid for 12 months
- Redeemable against any spa experience
- Schedule e-voucher
Spa days
2 packages found based on your criteria.Pamper Day
Spa day
1 treatment
- Choice of one 25 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the leisure facilities.
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Back, Neck and Shoulder Massage
- Scalp, Neck and Shoulder Massage
- Indian Head Massage
- Facial or Rapid Nail
£10 voucher to redeem on Caudalie Products purchased (£25 minimum spend)
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- Choice of one 25 minute spa treatment per person
- 2 hours use of the leisure facilities.
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Back, Neck and Shoulder Massage
- Scalp, Neck and Shoulder Massage
- Indian Head Massage
- Facial or Rapid Nail
£10 voucher to redeem on Caudalie Products purchased (£25 minimum spend)
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Tea and Stones Package
Spa day
1 meal
1 treatment
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- Afternoon Tea
- 2 hours use of the facilities.
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Crushed Sea Shell Facial
- Hot Stone Full Body Massage
- Hydrating Body Wrap
- File and Polish fingers and toes
£10 voucher to redeem on Caudalie Products purchased (£25 minimum spend)
More details
- Choice of one 55 minute spa treatment per person
- Afternoon Tea
- 2 hours use of the facilities.
- Robe, towel and slippers provided
Spa treatment choices:
- Crushed Sea Shell Facial
- Hot Stone Full Body Massage
- Hydrating Body Wrap
- File and Polish fingers and toes
£10 voucher to redeem on Caudalie Products purchased (£25 minimum spend)
Can’t find what you are looking for?
Purchase a monetary voucher that can be redeemed at a later date.
- Valid for 12 months
- Redeemable against any spa experience
- Schedule e-voucher
Enhance your experience
Here are some upgrades you can add when selecting a package above. More can be found during checkout.
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Afternoon Tea
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Bottle of Champagne
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Room Upgrade to Junior Suite
Why people visit here
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GolfThe hotel has its own nine-hole golf course running parallel with the Royal Military Canal.
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CorporateThe hotel offers meeting rooms and facilities that cater for up to 220 delegates.
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Family FriendlyThere are five family rooms as well as 12 connecting rooms.
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BeachA four star seaside retreat, Hythe Imperial sits on the Kent coast, with panoramic sea views to enjoy from your room and various parts of the hotel. Team it with a glass of champagne from the Moet bar and few things could be more ideal.
- Condition of Spa6.6 out of 10
- Quality of Facilities6.4 out of 10
- Quality of Food7.8 out of 10
- Quality of Treatments9.0 out of 10
- Staff8.2 out of 10
- Value for money7.2 out of 10
- The spa needs a revamp.
- The spa is in desperate need of renovation. It doesn’t have a spa feel at all, it’s all very dark ( not in a tranquil way). The treatments themselves were lovely as were the therapists, we later saw them them cleaning the pool changing rooms; which all seems very odd. We were very disappointed with the spa in comparison to the hotel, it really does let it down which is a shame.
- The treatments, treatment area and therapists were great but the pool area and staff not so good. Dirty floors covered with hairs, suit spinner and a couple of toilets not working, steam room stsnk of urine and there was a worm on the floor to cap it off!
- We did not make full use of the facilities but the treatments were very good as the staff excellent.
- Location9.8 out of 10
- Quality of Bars & Restaurants8.2 out of 10
- Quality of Facilities9.0 out of 10
- Room Comfort9.0 out of 10
- Staff8.8 out of 10
- Value for money8.2 out of 10
- Sadly we did not get the sea view as expected but still a nice stay.
- The hotel is lovely, the room was very spacious and clean with a large walk in shower. Situated right on the beach. We had a lovely stay.
- Poor quality breakfast and evening meal ...
- Arrive for a 40th birthday celebration, 8 friends, to be told that they had made a mistake with our booking and had only booked us 4 rooms instead of the 5 we had paid for. Then Informed that the hotel was fully booked and no other rooms, after some “discussion” they eventually arranged 2 sofa beds in 2 of the rooms. Far from ideal. Then told that the evening meal we had booked in the restaurant would now take place in a side room as they had a wedding on. They booked our breakfast time wrong the next day too so once agin had to argue for a table. Staff were clearly stretched as hotel was at full capacity, some staff were rude others good. Food quality mixed. Overall it was extremely disappointing.
- I want to prefix that our first night's stay and next day at the spa was lovely! Very relaxing and the staff had been very pleasant throughout. However, all of this was marred, spoilt and left us disappointed when after we'd gone up to the room around half eight, the wedding celebration was in full swing right under our room. We'd organised some drinks, cards and everything else to celebrate our three year anniversary. The whole point of us coming to the hotel and spa. Neither our own music or the tv could drown out how loud the music was, causing the floor to vibrate and hear each lyric of every song word for word. At around ten o'clock I'd called down to reception after already suffering through it for an hour and a half, where the duty manager, Peter (who was very sympathetic and lovely) unfortunately let us know that the hotel was booked up and we couldn't be moved to a different room. It would be two hours until the music would be turned off and not being able to choose when to sleep on a getaway with my partner and enjoy our evening was stressful and ruined our moods and impression of the hotel. One of our two nights was ruined, our anniversary getaway, no less, and though Peter did his best to comfort us and sympathise, we still had to escape to the back end of the bar and wait out the festivities for two hours before heading back upstairs, just for some semblance of 'quiet'. Not how we imaged spending our evening as part of our relaxing spa getaway. Unfortunately we'd both had something to drink so we couldn't drive home leaving no option but to wait it out. We weren't told there would be a wedding on and had we known where our room was situated we wouldn't have booked at all! It seemed an oversight to not book anyone attending the wedding to our room instead and move where we stayed in the hotel instead of directly above it. Other people we'd met during our stay, who were the floor above us, said even they thought it was loud as they could hear everything clearly too. (They very kindly offered us earbuds) Having not slept well, going to sleep after 1am after the music stopped at midnight and finally settling down, we woke up with the impression not to stay again, or in the least have to ask relevant questions ourselves to get a reasonable idea of our potential stay next time. Again, the staff have been fantastic, the hotel itself and facilities were great, but this unfortunate case has left us regretful of our time lost and requesting part of our money back. Sadly this has meant we are leaving feeling stressed rather than relaxed. Staff were great 5* Location was amazing, Hythe is lovely 5* Room comfort would be a 5* if not for the event. Facilities could do with a spruce but otherwise very good 4* Coast Restaurant had very little variation or choice on menu. 3* My partners meal the first night made her ill, choosing different the second night was a good move and she enjoyed it. Value - low 4* based on the above
Hythe Imperial frequently asked questions
- Who owns Hythe Imperial?
Hythe Imperial is currently owned by the GSE Group, who bought it in 2008. The group ownership follows an illustrious history having opened in 1880 and hosted the good and the great across the centuries.
- How do you get to Hythe Imperial?
The Hythe Imperial is easy to get to by car. It's about 30 to 40 minutes from Canterbury by car and there is ample parking. From London and/or the M25, take the M20 towards Folkestone. The closest train station is Folkestone Central (high speed train to London), which is about four miles from the hotel and they are minutes from the Le Shuttle Channel Tunnel as well as 30 minutes from the Eurostar terminal in Ashford, with fast trains to London St Pancras (32 minutes).
- What is included in a Hythe Imperial spa day?
What's included in a spa day at Hythe Imperial depends on the experience that you book. However, the spa is complete with a range of facilities and treatments. There is a gym, fitness classes, a spa bath, sauna and steam room, as well as a pool and space to relax. There are also six treatment rooms where therapists use the Caudalie brand in face and body therapies.
- What is near Hythe Imperial?
Hythe Imperial is well located for exploring the surrounding area. The hotel has its own nine-hole golf course, while nearby recommended attractions include a day on Hythe Beach, a trip to St. Leonard's Crypt, experience Hythe South Mirror or head to Saltwood Castle.
- When was Hythe Imperial built?
Hythe Imperial was built in 1880, constructed by the South Eastern Railway and named the Seabrook Hotel. It was expanded upon in 1896 and was acquired by the Marston family in the 1940s by which time it had become the Hotel Imperial at Hythe. In the 1970S a leisure wing was added. In 1990 it was renamed The Hythe Imperial Hotel.
- What amenities does Hythe Imperial have?
The hotel has ample grounds including its own nine-hole golf course, there are 92 bedrooms - each with their own style and ranging from intimate spaces to cottage-style suites and family rooms. The hotel has its own restaurant, as well as two bars - it is proudly the home of Moët & Chandon in Kent. The spa facilities include a gym, fitness classes, a spa bath, sauna and steam room, as well as a pool, space to relax and treatments from Caudalie in six treatment rooms. The hotel aims to be as accessible as possible in a historic building. Wheelchair users can access the reception area and ground floor via a ramp and they have a lift to other floors.
- What are the food and drink options at Hythe Imperial?
The hotel's main restaurant is Coast - an award-winning fine dining experience serving modern British cuisine using locally sourced ingredients. The elegant Moët & Chandon Bar is a proud statement - it's the only one of its kind in Kent, is for those over the age of 18 only and enjoys breathtaking views of the seafront. The Martello Bar meanwhile is a sociable spot for team coffee, light lunches or afternoon tea.
- How many treatment rooms are there at Hythe Imperial?
There are six treatment rooms in the spa at Hythe Imperial, where therapists offer treatments using the famous Caudalie product line, drawing on the luxurious healing powers of grapes.
- What time is check in/check out?
Check-in at Hythe Imperial is from 4pm, and check-out time is 11am. If you're a day spa guest, please check the details of your booking or specific spa package before arrival.
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