TRENDS 2022
Les Près d’Eugénie offers visitors a large variety
of swimming pools and thermal baths
YOG A IN THE WI LDERNES S ULPOTHA YOGA & AYURVEDA RETREAT, SRI LANKA A rotating roster of yoga teachers and masseurs offers two-week stints of pure relaxation at this spa retreat that sprung up in the lush jungle in the midst of a traditional agricultural community. The yoga takes place in an open- sided shala, with curious monkeys peering in, and the massage table can be set up in a multitude of outdoor locations — perhaps on the peaceful banks of the beautiful ‘tank’, a lake man-made thousands of years ago, or beneath the surrounding trees. Expect delicious vegetarian food from local produce, showers open to the sky — and no electric light. Go to bed as the sun sets and wake as it rises to see buffalo ploughing the mist-drenched rice fields from your hut. A programme of expert ayurvedic treatments is available and part of the proceeds raised are used to fund a much-needed medical clinic for the villagers, so you’re doing some good for others, as well as yourself. DETAILS: From £1,890 per person for a two-week stay.
ulpotha.com
THERMAL AND HERBAL THER API E S LES PRÈS D’EUGÉNIE, EUGÉNIE-LES-BAINS, FRANCE The sumptuous Ferme Thermale spa is as much a draw as the resort’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant or chef Michel Guèrard’s famously delicious but low-cal cuisine minceur, with two mineral-enriched natural springs used to enhance wellbeing since Celtic times. Set in a beautiful timbered building within a pretty garden, where guests filter in and out of a peaceful, double-height relaxation area with crackling open fire and soothing tisanes, the spa offers treatments that use plant-based Sisley products and focus on herbal or water-based remedies. The facilities are amazing: white clay pools, Turkish baths, spray-downs and herbal baths with massages, aromatic warm mud wraps and yoga on the spa menu. DETAILS: From £210 per room per night.
lespresdeugenie.com
AC T IVE RE L A X AT ION AT THE B E ACH BODYHOLIDAY, ST LUCIA A 33-room Wellness Centre offering unlimited fitness, yoga, Pilates, tai chi and dance classes is the star attraction at this luxury all-inclusive beachside spa, which combines ancient Eastern wellness practices and Western science to create personalised programmes that sometimes includes training with Olympic athletes. A complimentary daily treatment can include full-body massages and a range of luxurious facials and beauty treatments is also on the menu alongside paid-for therapies such as
acupuncture. New programmes created in response to the pandemic include Wellness Rehabilitation, a personalised timetable that can include ocean swimming and bike rides, personal box fit, ayurvedic treatments, chanting, Bhutanese healing and osteopathy, depending on the guest’s goals; or a non-medical Covid Convalescence Programme, intended to replenish those who caught the disease, however mildly. And for anyone who thinks healthy living should also be enjoyed in moderation, the resort has wine salons, too. DETAILS: From £290 per person per night.
thebodyholiday.com
A NATU R A L R E BOOT IN THE MOUNTAIN S WOLGAN VALLEY ONE & ONLY, AUSTRALIA All six treatment rooms and hot and cold outdoor spa pools have views of the surrounding landscape at this breathtakingly beautiful 2,800-hectare nature reserve set in the Blue Mountains just three hours’ drive inland from Sydney. Stay in private villas that resemble homesteads and book authentic treatments such as a destressing Bushman massage using chemical-free products made by Sodashi, native to Australia and based on ancient healing traditions. Also on the menu are outdoor yoga, meditation and hikes or horse-riding through the wilderness. There’s a strong emphasis on sustainability, including tree-planting, wombat conservation, a kitchen garden serving the restaurant and water purified and bottled from the local creek. DETAILS: From £1,450 per villa per night.
oneandonlyresorts.com/wolgan-valley
LAKE S IDE RE L A X AT ION GUERLAIN SPA, THE WOODWARD, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Opened in 2021, the Guerlain spa features a number of impressive facilities including the city’s longest swimming pool along with saunas, steam rooms, a snow shower and hot and cold Swedish baths. Fitness classes range from high-energy to Zen while treatments, specially created for the hotel, emphasise the idyllic location, with options for sculpting, massaging and rejuvenating using Guerlain products and Gharieni treatment beds. Highlights include The Spirit of Lake Geneva, a full-body massage with Guerlain aromatherapy blended oils; inspired by the tranquillity of the lake and exclusive to The Woodward, this blissful sensory experience hydrates the body as it re-energises the mind. Treatments are even available for children, or as a family, as well as make-up lessons and a tearoom for sipping rejuvenating pre- and post-treatment infusions. DETAILS: From £1,020 per night.
oetkercollection.com/hotels/the-woodward
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