BRITAIN

The Spa at Pennyhill Park, Bagshot, Surrey
An epic spa with underwater music and ice walls for the brave

Champneys Tring Health Resort, Hertfordshire
Luxurious if faintly tired with attentive service

Ragdale Hall Spa, Leicestershire
The grande dame of old school health farms - newly refurbed

St David's Hotel and Spa, Cardiff, Wales
A fun pool with water jets and a good range of treatments

Ayush Wellness Spa, St Helier, Jersey
Four-hand massages and full Ayurvedic treatments

IRELAND

The Heritage at Killenard, Co Laois
Wallow in whale music, mud and golf in rural Ireland

Delphi Mountain Resort & Spa, Leenane, Co Galway
End a day's fishing and hiking in the wilderness with a massage


EUROPE

Thermes de Spa, Radisson SAS Palace hotel, Spa, Belgium
Slick James Bond-style spa specialising in a range of baths

Hydrotherapy Centre, Avène Les Bains
A healthy hilltop spa in South of France with a spring water source

Hélianthal, Saint Jean de Luz, France
Water frolics at seaside spa near Spanish border

Toskana Therme, Bad Sulza, Germany
Floating bliss in saltwater pools and Dr Hauschka treatments

Buhlerhohe Schlosshotel, Baden-Baden, Germany
Raising the wunderbar in the Black Forest

InterContinental Resort, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Panorama and aboriginal treatments at historic Alpine retreat

Parkschloesschen, Bad Wildstein, Germany
Go Ayurvedic in Art Deco surrounds

Auriga Spa Schloss Velden, Austria
A revamped castle with a contemporary lakeside spa and snow cabin

Quellenhotel & Spa, Styria, Austria
State-of-the-art health farm in woods with pools and treatments galore

The Supreme Hotel, Bad Tatzmanndorf, Austria
A Shaolin monk and Lipizzaner horses add to the wellness factor

Berzieri Spa, Emilia-Romagna
Salty waters and Liberty-style architecture in Salsomaggiore Terme

The Hill That Breathes, Le Marche, Italy
Deep breathing and bonding over good food

Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy
Thermal springs and teabag baths Italian style

Espace Vitalite at L'Albereta, Lombardy, Italy
Dine or detox at spa with medical staff and Michelin star

Terme di Saturnia, Tuscany, Italy
Clinical spa in minimalist hotel built around a volcano crater

Termas Marinas, Spain
Healthy water treatments at charming family-run hotel

Hotel Fortina, Sliema, Malta
An epic resort with therapeutic spa bedrooms

Smrdaky spa, western Slovakia
Will up to 50 treatments in 10 days for under £600 cure psoriasis?

AquaCity, Poprad, Slovakia
A huge geothermal resort with subzero treatments

Balikli Kaplica Spa, Sivas, Turkey
Swim with man-eating fish in remote Turkey

THE REST OF THE WORLD

The Daniel Hotel, the Dead Sea, Israel
Week-long health programmes in curative waters

In:spa, Marrakesh, Morocco
My group is a mixed bag of fitness, fatness and gestation

Hasdrubal Thalassa Hotel, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia
Thalassotherapy is always top of the Tunisian spa menu

The Masai Wellbeing Space, Kenya
The location and the Masai touches are its trump cards

Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa
On its own private quay at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

East Canyon Hotel and Spa, Palm Springs, California
The classiest of 40 gay spas in the area

Parrot Cay Spa, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies
Salmon treatments and Dr Perricone age-defying facials

Taj Green Cove spa, Kerala, India
Yoga virgin is gently seduced at a seaside spa in Kerala

Ananda Spa, Uttaranchal, India
An exclusive spa offering 79 body and beauty treatments

Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary, Ko Samui, Thailand
A totally tropical retreat that focuses on inner well-being

Chiva-Som, Hua Hin, Thailand
Thailand’s most fashionable spa resort

Ponta dos Ganchos, Ganchos de Fora, Cep, Brazil
Tent treatments and fresh-air therapy at a Christian Dior spa

Body & Soul Adventures, Brazil
Down the coast from Rio in a hilly rainforest teeming with exotic wildlife

Aqua Vita Medical Spa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Facials start at £15 facial in a smart but down-at-heel spa in Recoleta

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