Industry Intelligence European Spa Gold List 2021
Nàdarra Spa, The Coniston Hotel, UK
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he Coniston Hotel stands in stunning woodland on a 1,400-acre estate near Skipton in the Yorkshire Dales. Originally built in 2015, its multi-million-pound spa has been completely refurbished and re-imagined, reopening this year under the name Nàdarra, which means ‘Natural’ in Gaelic. Experiences include an indoor swimming pool; a thermal experience with an infrared sauna, Finnish and Himalayan saunas, an aromatherapy steam room, an indoor bubble pool, an experience shower and an ice fountain; and a couple’s suite that provides a double spa bath and a mud rasul. A 45-minute bespoke outdoor bathing treatment uses either ishga’s pure Scottish seaweed bath or a a therapeutic Suki Tea bath and takes place in the private spa garden, which offers a relaxation pod, loungers, two outdoor baths and warming fire pit. “Connection with nature and its importance to health and wellbeing has really shaped the concept for our new spa,” director Nick Bannister told European Spa. www.theconistonhotel.com
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Guerlain Spa at The Woodward, Switzerland
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he Oetker Collection’s first property in Switzerland, The Woodward is housed in a former bank and hotel building overlooking Lake Geneva and boasts 26 suites as well as the exclusive Club Woodward. Reserved for hotel guests and just 90 members, Club Woodward features a 1,200sqm Guerlain Spa – Switzerland’s first – as well as a 21m indoor pool and a 24-hour gym outfitted with Technogym equipment. Six wellness rooms include a double suite for couples, equipped with Gharieni treatment beds. Other facilities include two Swedish baths, two hammams, two saunas, a Jacuzzi, an ice-bucket shower, a snow shower and a boutique retail area. The treatment menu offers a host of Guerlain experiences as well as two developed exclusively for The Woodward. “The Woodward is more than a five-star hotel. It’s been made to feel like a spectacular lake house with all the familiar comforts of an intimate mansion. No detail has been overlooked,” said hotel designer Pierre-Yves Rochon. www.oetkercollection.com
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