Spa hotels

Many exclusive British hotels now provide the very best in health and leisure suites, helping guests fulfil the revitalising potential of their holiday. With the selection featured below, on this occasion you will definitely not want to leave the hotel.

Middlethorpe Hall

Stately home hotels

If your mood is for stately splendour, Historic House Hotels (www.historichousehotels.com) could be for you. 17th century Middlethorpe Hall (www.middlethorpe.com/) overlooking York racecourse is an obvious choice for racegoers. Celebrate your victories later in the health and fitness spa with a swim, steam and sauna. Bodysgallen Hall (www.bodysgallen.com/), in North Wales is a short distance from the upmarket shops and cosmopolitan restaurants of Chester and offers guests unlimited use of its spa.

May Fair Spa

May Fair Spa London

London itself is home to some of the world's finest hotels, with spas to match. For the ultimate spa experiences, the May Fair Spa (www.radissonedwardian.com/mayfair) is a hidden retreat for relaxation and wellbeing - this spa offers an impressive menu of treatments, for both him and her, including a range of facials, micro-dermabrasions, scrubs, massages and body wraps, inspired by beauty rituals from all over the world.
One Spa Sheraton Grand

Edinburgh & Cardiff

Scotland's leading destination spa lies in the heart of Edinburgh. One Spa at the Sheraton Grand Hotel (www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/photos/index.html?propertyID=474) is one of Europe's best urban spas, with a thermal suite, rooftop hydropool, hammam and themed showers. Also, St David's Hotel and Spa (www.thestdavidshotel.com/) is a short distance from the heart of Cardiff, but is a picture of quiet harmony in its waterside setting beside Cardiff Bay. The spa offers Europe's largest 50-seater free form spa bath, 16 treatment rooms and plunge pools.

Bath Spa Hotel

Heritage cities

The honey-stone walls and buildings of Bath are perfect for a romantic city break, and the Bath Spa Hotel (www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/bathspa/?ac=ggppc1) is an idyllic Georgian mansion house with the Vital Spa, which has its own swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and treatment rooms to envigorate you. The streets of York are always busy, but Alquimia Spa (www.alquimiaspa.com/) on bustling Stonegate, is a perfect place to wind down, with an elegant Baroque feel. The products used in treatments are made in traditional methods, using herbal oils such as rosemary, chamomile and juniper.

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