Health is the new wealth
How we're all prioritising our wellbeing with new opportunities and wellness trends providing scope for different wants, needs, and interests, from spas to self-care.
Read full postWhen you’re expecting a baby, it seems completely within reason that you be treated like a goddess, and that you want to take a moment to look forward to this new phase of life with some quality time with your partner.
Pregnancy is unique moment in your life and your relationship - a time when you both deserve an extra touch of luxury with the right spa hotel on a babymoon break…
Whether you go for a spa day or a spa break, Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa is the height of luxury. If you opt for an overnight break, few things could be more decadent than the five star hotel with its Michelin Star restaurant. Meanwhile, a spa day can include beautiful food, plenty of space, amazing facilities, and dedicated prenatal treatments using their own product line and a unique cushion to help balance that bump.
Horwood House is an exceptional, four-star country house hotel in Buckinghamshire, where you can breathe in the fresh air, enjoy the historic architecture, tuck into amazing food, and spend time in the state-of-the-art spa. H Spa at Horwood House is the pièce de résistance, and on their baby moon break they go all out making sure soon-to-be parents feel totally spoiled.
your baby might be on the way, but this destination is all about the grown ups. A magnificent and historic country house hotel, at Hoar Cross Hall everything is exceptional, from the romantic style to the array of activities and the award-winning adult-only spa. A place guaranteed to make you feel totally spoiled, there's fine dining, magnificent rooms and suites and manicured gardens to explore. The spa itself is a haven of wellbeing and pampering, with a 26-metre saltwater vitality pool, flanked by two whirlpools amongst its suite of facilities. We're particularly fond of the Snooze Room and heated loungers.
Heavenly Spa at The Westin London City is a five-star hotel on the edge of the River Thames. Cool, calm, contemporary, stylish and perfectly located for exploring London, it's the ultimate getaway for city-loving parents to be, looking to enjoy the best of the capital for a day or two. Located moments from Shakespeare’s Globe theatre and the Tate Modern, you're in the heart of everything, while the spa still gives you that sense of total escapism thanks to a 12-metre indoor swimming pool, gorgeous decor and delicious spa treatments.
Widely known as one of the best and most luxurious spa hotels in the UK, Chewton Glen includes many a unique feature - not least its treehouse suites, which are exceptional. Just imagine waking up to watch the deer roam below in the morning light. For soon-to-be parents, this is a wonderful place to visit because it combines the best of total luxury with a relaxed atmosphere. A place that's well known for providing incredible experience for families as well, if you do have other kids, you can bring them along too and guarantee everyone will have a wonderful time. Dine formally or in their more chilled out Kitchen. Spend time walking in the grounds, and of course in the spa, which is particularly well known for its sophisticated pool hall.
Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall is the most wonderful combination of romantic heritage style and modern wellbeing. The five-star hotel looks out across Devonshire countryside and has a regal history dating back to 956. It's also home to the Michelin Star Àclèaf restaurant - perfect for romantic getaways. Then there's the Gaia Spa, inspired by the Greek goddess of Earth, mother of all life. This ultra modern space is a playground of pampering and feel-good-factor with a hydrotherapy pool that allows you to swim from the inside out, their own spa cafe and 12 treatment rooms. They even have their own Gaia natural product range - treatments inspired by Mother Earth herself - how fitting!
Luxury wellbeing meets sustainable sanctuary at Bamford Wellness Spa at 1 Hotel Mayfair. On the famous Berkeley Street, chic interiors sit alongside a wellness ethos that runs through every experience. The hotel is unequivocally romantic and five-star all the way. The hotel is designed to reduce CO2 emissions, is filled with plants and offers wellbeing in your room with sauna blankets and PEMF Mats. Dinner is from a Michelin-star chef, and the spa is all about organic pampering from UK-born Bamford. Their Bamford Pregnancy and New Mother Massage spa day offers 60 minutes of tailored wellbeing, perfect for mums in their second or third trimester.
Five-star standards and exceptional views of golf courses and the coast, Fairmont St Andrews has a wealth of experiences to offer. The spa is inspired by land, sea, and the Celtic lore of myths and magic. There are 10 treatment rooms, where they use ESPA products and Ishga Skincare, famous for its use of hand-harvested seaweed from Hebridean Islands off the North West coast of Scotland. Their Nurture spa day is a dreamy escape for mums-to-be, complete with a fruit smoothie on arrival and an 80-minute spa treatment.
A pristine manor house surrounded by elegantly manicured gardens, Lincombe Hall Hotel and Spa in Torquay is south Devon’s adult-only hotel for stress free indulgence. Perfect for babymoons, the hotel is a short walk from Torquay marina where you can stroll by the water, or a short drive to the pristine beaches of the South Hams. Meanwhile, dining is an exercise in local specialties, from cream teas to seafood, and the spa is the pièce de résistance - sparkling new and with everything you could hope for.
In iconic, luxury, Forbes Travel Guide recognised hotel in the heart of London’s elegant Mayfair, Brown's manages to be at once both quintessentially English and thoroughly cosmopolitan. Perfect for romantic city getaways or celebrating special occasions, it's luxury all the way. The Rocco Forte Wellness spa is a holistic experience centred around a Sicilian influence and the Irene Forte Skincare range. There's no pool or wet facilities, but alongside the pampering is a sophisticated gym. Their Maternal Bliss spa day features a beautiful prenatal spa treatment and total tranquility all to yourself.
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