Close the door on the cold, damp weather rolling in this month by slipping away on a soothing spa break. Your first stop could be Hertfordshire’s Sopwell House (from £154 per night, sopwellhouse.co.uk), a beautiful venue that recently opened a new luxury spa called the Cottonmill Spa.
This peaceful rural retreat offers a relaxing thermal suite, with salt steam room, organic sauna and herbal infusion steam room, plus a hydrotherapy pool, beauty salon, fitness studio, and treatment rooms.
September also saw the opening of Ireland’s first Center Parcs, situated in the heart of Longford Forest (from £309 for a four-night stay, centerparcs.co.uk). The feature we’re most excited about is the Aqua Sana Spa, with its steam room, heated loungers, relaxation zones, replenishing Elemis treatments and an outdoor pool.
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