If you need a break from the daily grind, it’s time to hit pause and focus on rest and rejuvenation at one of these hotel spas in Europe. With soothing, pampering spa treatments and experiences, they offer the perfect opportunity to cocoon yourself in comfort, relax your body and mind, and put you back at the top of your game.
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Heavenly Indulgence at the Seaside in Shekvetili, Georgia
Well-being is guaranteed at the sumptuous Paragraph Resort & Spa Shekvetili, Autograph Collection, a funky oasis surrounded by forests and facing a sandy beach lined with pine trees. The resort’s heart lies within its vast candlelit Paragraph Resort & Spa, where treatments are designed to balance body and mind.
Discover a new you as you slip between the spa’s steam room, sauna, and glittering pool. Then enjoy state-of-the-art face and body treatments, including tension-melting massages and age-defying facials.
Sweet-Treat Therapies in Black Sea Beach Resort
The super-sensual signature treatments — including the luscious Golden Shine Privilege massage with golden algae that sets your skin aglow — in the stylish Shine Spa at Sheraton Batumi Hotel are guaranteed to heal your soul. In between treatments, enjoy the sweet-scented sauna, steamy hammam, and heated indoor pool.
Post-spa, take advantage of breathtaking vistas of this Georgian city’s main attractions from the resort’s 20th-floor restaurant, or stroll to the nearby dazzling beaches.
Spa Sanctuary on Ireland’s Wonderfully Wild Wicklow Coast
Find refuge from worldly cares behind the sugar-white Palladian-style portals of Powerscourt Hotel, Autograph Collection, set on a secluded estate overlooking meticulously manicured gardens and a swan-filled lake. The resort’s spa has a state-of-the-art gym and pool lit with glittering Swarovski crystals.
There’s no shortage of ways to kick off an afternoon of relaxation. Consider booking some time in the Himalayan Salt Suite, experiencing the calming effects of sound therapy in the Gharieni Spa Wave System, or enjoying blissful massage and facial treatments. Then end your time with tea in the spa’s light-filled café.
Tartan-Lined Haven in the Heart of Edinburgh
For a right royal stay in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage City of Edinburgh, you can’t beat the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh, a cozy haven with a decadent One Spa. Set across multiple floors — and reached via an elevated glass walkway — the spa features a breathtaking rooftop infinity pool overlooking the crenulated towers and turrets of the city’s storied castle.
With an extensive menu of treatments — ranging from calming head massages to deep tissue holistic Balinese therapies — and rooms and suites equipped with Sheraton’s Signature Sleep Experience beds, you’re sure to unwind in comfort.
Mythical Greek Hideaway in the Southwest Peloponnese
Connect with your inner god or goddess at The Westin Resort, Costa Navarino, a beachfront beauty overlooking the crystal-clear Ionian Sea. Enjoy gourmet restaurants, four world-class 18-hole golf courses, and the award-winning Anazoe Spa, where treatments combine the best of ancient wisdom and modern science.
Lulled by the murmur of nearby waves and soothed by scents of the spa’s herbal garden, you’ll bliss out with revitalizing treatments, including oleotherapy olive-oil massages and cupping techniques dating back to the fifth-century-BC originator of modern medicine, Hippocrates.
Floating Sanctuary in Whimsical Wolfsburg, Germany
With its unique floating harbor pool heated to bath-warm temperatures, steam room, sauna, and a wide range of therapies and care rituals, The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg’s ubercool spa is a high-tech healing haven.
From organic aromatherapy massages to intensive toning facials, this ritzy spa in the heart of the Volkswagen theme park, Autostadt, is pampering paradise for tired bodies and frazzled nerves.
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