new
opening
The club offers a range of high-end F&B offerings, a sumptuous lounge area, 48 Mulberry-furnished hotel rooms, and a large spa with extensive wet areas and six treatment rooms
area equipped with all sorts of training tools: Gymsticks, ViPRs, medicine balls, Swiss balls, stability cushions… Around the edge, a couple of Power Plates and two Kinesis from Technogym. Although there are two studios upstairs – one for group cycling, with 20 Technogym bikes, the other a large, well-equipped group exercise studio including seven wall- mounted TRX – small group sessions, included within the membership, are also offered in this functional space at regular intervals throughout the day. The rest of the gym is equipped by
Technogym, complemented by four Water Rowers. There’s plate-loaded Pure Strength equipment downstairs, alongside free weights, functional trainers, 16 pieces
of CV equipment and a full set of Kinesis Stations. Upstairs there’s a second set of Kinesis Stations, strength equipment from the Selection range, and another 30 or so pieces of Technogym CV equipment – with integrated screens offering the VISIO AV system – alongside the Water Rowers. I could honestly have worked out all
day – as it was I was kept entertained for a good few hours, including my first proper workout on Kinesis Stations and Water Rowers, both of which get a big thumbs-up – but I had a spa to get to!
SPA RITUAL The Europeans put us Brits to shame when it comes to spas: it’s so much part of the national psyche in places like Germany
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and Austria that the spa offering is really as important as the gym. And once again Aspria comes up trumps with a huge spa area that spills out into the gardens. There’s a spa pool that begins indoors,
with a swim-through to an outdoor, infinity-edged section. Five different styles and temperatures of sauna are on offer, plus a steam room, all supplied by Finnjark. Dead Sea salt scrubs are available for the steam room, with a different scent every day, while the saunas host an hourly ‘aufguss’ – essence-infused water poured onto the coals to increase humidity, all wafted towards participants by a member of the knowledgeable, helpful spa team. Facilities also include experience showers, footbaths, ice fountain and a
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