Where can I find a great spa day for less than £150?
Got a beauty dilemma? Our expert is here to offer advice. This week, Noor is looking for some serious pampering that won’t break the bank
April 2024
Cracking geysers: the world’s most thrilling hot springs – in pictures
They can be sacred, space-like, healing or heart-shaped – and anywhere on Earth. Even war can’t get between people and natural springs, as Greta Rybus shows in her latest photobook
March 2024
Steaming in: Galicia’s scenic – and free – thermal baths
In the northern Spanish town of Ourense, locals and visitors luxuriate in warm spring waters at a series of free public baths – or enjoy a private spa for a fiver
December 2023
From skiing to spas: 10 of the best Alpine activity holidays
Holidays for skiers, hikers, skaters – and those who’d rather just relax in a luxury spa
November 2023
Feel the heat: the Northern Irish beach that’s embracing Scandinavian sauna culture
Readers' travel tips
‘It was so exhilarating’: readers’ favourite spas and saunas in Europe
October 2023
Feel the glow: under the mountain into a radon spa in Austria
Bad Gastein’s curious attractions include tunnels where visitors can soak up low doses of natural radiation, which is claimed to help cure eczema and other ailments
June 2023
Sauna and a show? ‘Wellness theater’ makes its sweaty debut in Las Vegas
Readers' travel tips
From DJ classes in Ibiza to yoga in the Norfolk woods: readers’ favourite retreats in the UK and Europe
January 2023
‘We really need this space’: a holistic retreat for black women
Wellness tourism is almost exclusively a white domain. But one lifestyle coach has made it her mission to challenge that status quo. We join her Essex retreat
November 2022
Indian gurus and holistic therapies: so much for ‘down to earth’ Camilla
Catherine Bennett
Far from being a foil for her husband, the Queen Consort seems to have the same taste for hocus-pocus
April 2022
The allure of communal bathing: ‘This is the first time I’ve felt really OK about my body’
Sharing is self-caring as public bathhouses make an unlikely comeback in Australia
March 2022
40 best spa breaks in the UK
And relax … our roundup pampers to all tastes and wallets, from city-break, pet-friendly and affordable to holistic, medical and wellness
February 2022
Loving a cold climate: Ireland’s Nordic-inspired wilderness retreat
Can a cabin retreat in the wintry Irish wilderness of County Cavan match the authentic Finnish hot-tub experience?
January 2022
All well and good: 10 top healthy retreats in the UK for 2022
Covid clinics: hope and high prices on the long road to recovery
October 2021
Jump in and chill out: 10 of Britain’s best affordable retreats
From an ice-cold plunge to a Finnish sauna, treat yourself to massages, steam rooms and scrubs
July 2021
Go rewild in the country: a weekend kids’ camp in Sussex
Nature and falconry sessions on the mystical High Weald are topped off by a session at a ‘wild spa’. It’s a joyful, muddy hit with this family
June 2021
10 of Britain’s best hotels for spas and beauty treatments
If post-lockdown relaxation is in order, book a treatment at one of these spa hotels – and add an overnight stay for additional pampering
May 2021
Top 20s
20 of the best UK hotels and inns to rest and relax
With hotels about to reopen, it’s time to emerge from lockdown, eat fabulous food, hit the spa or just chill out somewhere lovely
