Where the
Spas and relaxation
Paradise
found
The golf is the draw, but what to do once the irons are put away for the evening? A golfi ng holiday
in Ireland is about so much more than the game. The evenings are made for easing away any
aches, pains, stresses or strains that haven’t already been alleviated on the glorious greens.
I
f you are looking beyond the spa offers a range of face and body treatments using the
eighteenth (and the nineteenth!) luxury eco-friendly Aveda products, and drift into
hole, Ireland offers golfers the whole package for the relaxation as natural plant aromas work their magic.
trip of a lifetime. The Irish have always been a laid back Heading west continue your golfi ng odyssey at The
race, but never more so in the past decade as the whole Lodge at Doonbeg in Co Clare - enter the White Horses
country has embraced relaxation with renewed spa and submit yourself to the natural regenerative
enthusiasm. Spa facilities are now de rigueur in all top powers of natural salts, seaweeds and algae at this
hotels, and golf facilities now go hand in hand with mystical oceanside retreat. The Thai Spa at the Lough
handsomely designed treatments rooms and relaxation Erne resort in Fermanagh in Northern Ireland offers a
areas where highly trained staff are on hand to soothe completely different style of spa, with its treatments
and delight the senses with a wide variety of spa based on Oriental infl uences – perfect for those in
treatments. After a day out on the course nothing beats search of a zen experience. In Cork, the Sheraton Fota
a sauna and steam room to round off the experience, Island Resort boasts spa treatments to rejuvenate
wind down and refresh the spirits. Aching joints and golfers specifi cally designed by golf trainers and sports
tense muscles are soothed with a skilful aromatherapy massage specialists. Not to be overlooked are lesser-
massage. Enjoy pampering in absolute tranquillity and known facilities such as the Ballykisteen Hotel
even a little decadence. overlooking Tipperary racecourse; here in the heart of
From well-known haunts of the relaxation experience Ireland their Serenity Day Spa offers the discerning spa
connoisseurs, to secret hideaways, golf and spa go hand client sophisticated pampering using the excellent
in hand. Consider Carton House in Co Kildare, where the French skincare range Matis. Sample the delights of any
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