Spa Days in Edinburgh

The city spas come in two flavours. Hotel spas tend to have pools, saunas and thermal areas for a longer visit, while the day spas focus on treatments and slot between other plans. Many run twilight or evening sessions, which suit a city break, and the city is busiest during the festival in August and over Hogmanay, when spas book up well ahead. Because the styles vary so much, it helps that Spabreaks.com shows genuine guest reviews on each spa, which makes it easier to pick the right one for the day you have in mind.

Particular venue favourites in Edinburgh among Spabreaks.com customers include The Balmoral, with its Irene Forte Spa, which sits inside one of the city's landmark hotels, and Apex Hotel Waterloo Place is the convenient central choice with a pool and sauna off Princes Street. Away Spa at W Edinburgh is a design-led newcomer in the New Town, Sleeping Beauty Spa at Radisson Blu sits just off the Royal Mile, and PURE Spa & Beauty Rose Street is central for quicker treatments.