I mentioned elsewhere about going for a Spa Day with my DIL1 last Friday. It was a really amazing place so I'd like to share it with you (unfortunately just virtually, although it would be a wonderful place to have a meet up!)
All the spas I've been to before (not many, to be honest) have been attached to hotels, but this is purely a day spa and a members' club. It was palatial with every facility you could think of and many I'd never even heard of.
We felt relaxed as soon as we'd changed into the nice fluffy robes and stuffed our everyday clothes into lockers. We relaxed on comfortable loungers by the main pool while we had a drink. The sun was shining and it felt as though we were on an exotic beach. We chatted and people watched, but it was such a calm, quiet space I could easily have fallen asleep - no offence to DIL's conversation!
We had an early lunch as I had a massage booked for 1.30. The food was amazing - a huge salad bar was the main attraction for me! Feeling very full we went and relaxed in the terrarium. I had no idea what it was! It had very low lighting and shaped beds covered in little pyramid-shaped ceramic tiles. I thought these were going to be therapeutic, but not comfortable - but they were gently heated and you felt as though you were floating. Total silence apart from a trickling fountain.
I doubted if it was possible to be even more relaxed and still awake but the massage proved me wrong. Half an hour later, I floated out on cloud 9 and spent 20 minutes or so on the terrarium-type beds in the treatment area. Then went off to find DIL. She had taken a walk round the grounds and found several new features that had appeared over the winter.
One of the many pools had some really powerful waterjets and we spent quite a while going "Oooohhh" and "aaahhhh" before passing on the icy cold plunge pool and moving on to the Dead Sea salts pool. Twenty minutes of weightlessness was lovely - but we felt tired when we got out. By then we were quite sleepy, and went back to 'base' to chill out until it was time to go home.
Although there were people around if didn't feel either busy or crowded and it was very quiet and serene - A lovely special day. I felt very spoiled and lucky.
All the spas I've been to before (not many, to be honest) have been attached to hotels, but this is purely a day spa and a members' club. It was palatial with every facility you could think of and many I'd never even heard of.
We felt relaxed as soon as we'd changed into the nice fluffy robes and stuffed our everyday clothes into lockers. We relaxed on comfortable loungers by the main pool while we had a drink. The sun was shining and it felt as though we were on an exotic beach. We chatted and people watched, but it was such a calm, quiet space I could easily have fallen asleep - no offence to DIL's conversation!
We had an early lunch as I had a massage booked for 1.30. The food was amazing - a huge salad bar was the main attraction for me! Feeling very full we went and relaxed in the terrarium. I had no idea what it was! It had very low lighting and shaped beds covered in little pyramid-shaped ceramic tiles. I thought these were going to be therapeutic, but not comfortable - but they were gently heated and you felt as though you were floating. Total silence apart from a trickling fountain.
I doubted if it was possible to be even more relaxed and still awake but the massage proved me wrong. Half an hour later, I floated out on cloud 9 and spent 20 minutes or so on the terrarium-type beds in the treatment area. Then went off to find DIL. She had taken a walk round the grounds and found several new features that had appeared over the winter.
One of the many pools had some really powerful waterjets and we spent quite a while going "Oooohhh" and "aaahhhh" before passing on the icy cold plunge pool and moving on to the Dead Sea salts pool. Twenty minutes of weightlessness was lovely - but we felt tired when we got out. By then we were quite sleepy, and went back to 'base' to chill out until it was time to go home.
Although there were people around if didn't feel either busy or crowded and it was very quiet and serene - A lovely special day. I felt very spoiled and lucky.
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