Six Nations started this week but even the top sportsmen and women need a little R ’n’ R to recover. Here are three of the top spa destinations helping celebrity sportsmen and women to ease aches and pains in style…
The training base for the England rugby team, Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa is one of the most exceptional spa destinations in the UK. With all its luxury and pampering credentials, it’s got the facilities for working out as well as the expertise to soothe sore muscles. The array of thermal facilities in particular are perfect for recovery as well as relaxation.
Stoke Park is known as a movie setting, for its sense of luxury and for its golf course, but it’s also the setting of the annual Boodles Charity Tennis Tournament.
In the lead up to Wimbledon, these beautiful grounds play host to some of the world’s finest tennis players, putting their talent to philanthropic use. The combination of tennis and golf as well as other fitness facilities makes the spa well versed in soothing sporting bodies.
Try their Lava Recovery in particular, designed specifically for men. This massage targets the back and legs combining deep massage with warm Lava Shells to relax muscles and cold glacial shells to reduce inflammation.
The Grove in Hertfordshire attracts celebrities from all industries, with names like Tom Cruise, Hugh Grant and Kylie Minogue ringing in the hallways. It’s also been known to host a fair few sportsmen, from cricketers to footballers including David Beckham.
Little wonder, with all its luxury credentials, but it is also home to a championship golf course that sets the scene. It has welcomed many greats of the game, having staged a World Golf Championship event, won by Tiger Woods in 2006.It also hosted the British Masters in 2016.
After a round, head to the Sequoia Spa for decadent treatments that will soothe and satisfy, but will also make you feel like a Hollywood star.
N.B Try the Hollywood Diamond Facial.
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