Summer Edit: Discover the best modern spa sanctuaries for restful wellness escape

As the summer holidays get into full swing don't forget to make time to recharge, reset, and enjoy some time for self-care. This season, we're spotlighting the most stylish spa sanctuaries, where design, innovation, and holistic wellness come together in harmony. Whether you’re dreaming of a sleek urban retreat, a minimalist coastal haven, or a countryside escape with panoramic views, these hand-picked spas promise next-level relaxation and rejuvenation. Our Summer Edit is guide to the ultimate spa experiences of the season, and here are some of our most beautiful modern spa sanctuaries.

A design-led spa with a modern edge: The Peak Fitness Club & Spa at Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London

In a five-star hotel in the heart of London's Knightsbridge, The Peak Fitness Club & Spa at Jumeirah Carlton Tower is where modern classic meets heritage style. An exceptional wellness destination, it's set across three floors and offers 360-degree views of London’s iconic skyline as well as a 20-metre pool with a glass roof that lets in the natural light by day and allows you to swim under the stars at night. There's an immaculate gym on the hotel's ninth floor, poolside cabanas featuring Minotti furnishings, an oversized Jacuzzi. and a thermal suite including two steam rooms and saunas.

Spa tech for smart wellness: Fairmont Windsor Park, Windsor

On the edge of Windsor Great Park, just an hour outside London, Fairmont Windsor Park is a five-star hotel that represents the best of history, contemporary elegance and exceptional hospitality. The spa is a destination in its own right, spanning 2,500 metres square, it offers state-of-the-art facilities, holistic therapies and innovative health assessments and wellbeing treatments. Highlights include a 20-metre indoor pool and a courtyard hydrotherapy vitality pool, a thermal suite encompassing a sauna, steam room, a cryotherapy chamber, experience shower, heated tepidarium bench and Japanese foot bath. There are also both light and deep relaxation rooms, and a salt room with views over the courtyard vitality pool.

Chic interiors for stylish relaxation: Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool

Ultra stylish and super chic, Hope Street Hotel in Liverpool, is a four-star hotel surrounded by some of the most inspiring institutions that the city has to offer. Its impressive architecture combined with contemporary interiors gives it a unique edge, perfect for romantic escapes. On the outside its 1860s Venetian palazzo facade features pink Cheshire brick, iron pillars and pitch pine beams. Inside, bespoke cherry and walnut furniture and floors of solid oak and birch sit alongside crisp white finishes. The spa meanwhile, is a sanctuary revolving around a thermal journey, which includes a herbal sauna, Himalayan salt sauna, aroma steam room, experience showers complete with lights, music and fragrance, a tepidarium with heated beds, a 15-metre pool with underwater music, and a courtyard vitality pool.

An adult-only spa retreat: Rudding Park, Yorkshire

Surrounded by 300 acres of parkland near Harrogate, Rudding Park is a spectacularly beautiful Regency hotel that has a reputation for excellence. Within this enchanting estate, the spa is an adult-only haven of modern wellbeing, using spring water from the grounds in many of its facilities. Set over three floors, you can spend all day relaxing, with experiences ranging from four relaxation lounges to multiple saunas, woodland bathing, and a spa garden with an infinity pool, oxygen pod, Kneipp footbaths, saunas and steam rooms that use herbs from the garden.

An eco-friendly luxury retreat: The Spa at South Lodge, West Sussex

Nestled into the South Downs, South Lodge is a luxury hotel, with three restaurants, award-winning chefs, and a passion for sustainability. The Spa is a 44,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art destination, designed to showcase the best of modern wellbeing but also to be harmonious with the surrounding landscape. Beneath a grass and sedum roof, discover an indoor pool, outdoor hydrotherapy pool, a natural swim pond, and a thermal suite. Therapies even use the spa’s own collection of bespoke products, inspired by nature.

A spa garden with holiday vibes: Hoar Cross Hall, Staffordshire

Hoar Cross Hall is best known as an exquisite country house hotel dating to 1871, with turreted towers, lofty gables, and an illustrious history. However, it's also home to a spectacular spa, where the latest addition includes The Spa Terrace. While the indoor experiences span a 26-metre saltwater vitality pool, whirlpools, Kneipp pools, heated loungers, a Snooze Room, and more, The Spa Terrace offers Mediterranean vibes. The outside space features three 15-metre pools wrapped in lavender planters, two Brass Monkey Cold Barrels for cold water immersion therapy, a glass-fronted juniper log sauna, six spacious cabanas, a bar and lounge featuring reclaimed tiles from the vineyards of southern Spain, and two fire pits surrounded by comfy seating so you can relax under the stars late into the evening.