Top 10 UK spa gardens: Bedruthan Spa

The sensory spa garden at Bedruthan hosts a unique one-hour experience inspired by thermotherapy. A series of nature-bathing immersions combine the benefits of hot and cold temperatures with the sea air in order to ignite the body’s ability to detoxify and renew.

The experience starts with a dry scrub in a circular room with a heated floor, moving to a group shower to wash off the salt and warm the body in preparation for the sauna. With porthole window overlooking the sea, the 80-degree cedar wood sauna opens pores and slows the mind, allowing deep relaxation. An ice bucket shower follows before guests enter cedar wood hot tubs overlooking the pool garden. More ice then stimulates the lymphatic system and boosts the immune system before a final shower with wet Oula scrub and a warm foot bath at the fire pit.

“Our seven-step journey works directly with the internal cleansing system, encouraging toxins to move through the body, boosting the immune system and stimulating muscles to relax on the inside,” says RED Hotels spa manager Kerris Brimblecombe. “Guests report psychological benefits from stepping outside of their comfort zone and we describe the experience as a state changer – there’s no way you can’t laugh when engaging with the cold element!”

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