Take a day off to pamper yourself

Are you tired, stressed and in need of a relaxing break? A pamper day at a Health Spa could be just what you need. But we are not talking about just a traditional massage or manicure - you could opt for a Honey and Strawberry Seed Scrub, a rainshower or even a caviar facial.

The Aquarias Spa at Whatley Manor
The Aquarias Spa at Whatley Manor in Wiltshire is designed to provide the ultimate in relaxation. Amongst the treatments on offer are the Tepidarium with heated stone recliners for the ultimate in relaxation, a Hydrotherapy pool with airbed, airtub, neck massage jets, air bench and multi-massage jets, salt scrub showers and snail showers for an invigorating and cleansing experience, thermal cabins, the Wave Dream Sensory room to soothe mind and soul, and the detoxifying Serail Mud Chamber with its own steam room and showers.

La Prairie at Whatley Manor
Renowned worldwide, La Prairie has developed several signature treatments exclusively for Whatley Manor. The La Prairie Swiss Bliss Treatment uses caviar extracts, or you could opt for a four hands massage or a luxurious facial using hot and cold stones.

Treatments start at £75. Visit the Whatley Manor website for more details.

Le Spa, Cirencester
As you enter through the gates of Le Spa in Cirencester in Gloucestershire you are met by the elegant splendour of this 19th Century Edwardian Manor House. If you decide to opt for a body treatment, you can choose from a yummy sounding Honey and Strawberry Seed Scrub, a Samui Mud Envelopment, a body polish (a snip at only £28), a Samui Herbal Detox or a Slim Wrap as well luxury hand and foot treatments.

There is also a wide range of massages on offer including the Lomi Lomi massage, Le Spa's unique signature treatment for ultimate relaxation at £55. However, you can also opt for a full Pamper day, which at £65 includes a treatment and full use of the facilities. There are other special Spa days to choose from as well.

Go to the LeSpa website to see the full range of treatments and Spa days.

St David's Hotel and Spa, Cardiff
Situated right on the waterfront, the St David's Hotel and Spa is a striking Cardiff landmark.

And while the hotel provides the highest levels of service, the ultimate in comfort, leisure and cuisine, the Spa offers a unique marine concept, harnessing the benefits of thalassotherapy style marine cures from the world leader Thalgo. It features the only hydrotherapy pool in Wales which has natural marine minerals in the water.

THE ST DAVID'S RITUAL at £165 sounds expensive but this all encompassing treatment is well worth the cost. A luxury total body ritual, it involves a skin softening exfoliation and blissful hot stones massage plus a relaxing warm marine mud envelopment with a harmonising scalp massage. The ritual is then finished with an ESPA aromatherapy facial to leave you revitalised and refreshed.

The AYURVEDIC EXPERIENCE is slightly less expensive at £115. The Ayurvedic ritual is adapted to your needs of the moment and based on ancient and healing eastern disciplines to nurture and rebalance in times of stress or change. The journey starts with a relaxing tri-dosha tea and a foot cleansing ritual, followed by a consultation establishing your dosha type (Pitta, Kapha or Vata). The ritual includes a massage and wrap based on your needs.

You can see the full range of ‘Blissful Spa Rituals' by clicking here.

Carrick Spa, Loch Lomond, Scotland
The SPA at The Carrick is the ultimate in self-indulgence. Situated in some of the country's most incredible countryside, this is an amazing place to be pampered with its superb swimming pool, rejuvenating whirlpool spa, steam room and saunas. The Carrick Spa offers a huge selection of treatments from a Hydropool, Tepidarium, Caldarium and Aroma Steam Bath to the fabulous Rainshower experience.

The Rainshower Experience is truly unique as you surrender your body on its handcrafted rainforest timber massage table. The experience begins with a rosemary-infused mud application which cocoons the body to re-mineralise and exfoliate the skin prior to the unique experience of the Vichy shower - the first of its kind in the UK. Seven heated pressurised water jets will be expertly manoeuvred to cleanse, massage and relax the soft tissues of the body.

The Signature Rain Shower Experience costs just £85.

You can also choose from a range of facials from the Soothing Recovery Facial or Refresher Facial at £45 to a European Deep Cleansing facial at £65. There's even a Mum-to-be Facial at £70!

Click here for more details if you wish to be truly pampered!

So go on, have a day off and treat yourself!

Veronika
Health & Beauty Editor

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