After a facial or massage, you can slouch about on the fireside sofa or, if you can muster the energy, take a bike and tootle across the fields to check out the organic egg house and the ridiculously happy sheep. Now £382 on Tripadvisor: Grantley Hall, Ripon. Highlights include the Himalayan salt room, amethyst crystal steam room and kenesis studio in the gym. One afternoon, we pootled about on sea bikes – catamaran-bike hybrids that are proof that exercise can be fun. There’s always a drink on hand, and an empty sofa. An award winning family run Vineyard & Brewery based in Nun…, Set in the Vale of York, within easy reach of Harrogate and Leeds, Beningbrough Hall is…, For a great day out head to Sutton Bank National Park Centre, less than 30mls north of…, A beautiful Grade-1 listed mansion set in 40 acres of grounds. The larger hub of Harrogate is just over one hour by car and Grantley Hall’s closest airport is Leeds Bradford, around 2 hours 30 minutes away. Prices are calculated as of 14/09/2020 based on a check-in date of 27/09/2020. YO1 7DT, Visit York Information Centre & Gift Shop, Let's be York - Safe, Welcoming, Considerate, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal water garden, £350.00 per room per night for bed & breakfast. During our weekend stay, my guest and I fall in love with the private lake here, rowing a boat out through the mists of Knipe Tarn every morning. When it opened in 2002, the Daylesford Farm estate was nicknamed the Harvey Nichols of the Cotswolds. Grantley Hall consists of 47 individual rooms that have been designed with both comfort and space in mind, to provide you with a tranquil escape in complete luxury. Take the strain: a massage at Rudding Park. Reservations are subject to availability. Emma Cook Longevity Detox packages start at £1,595 per person for three nights on a half-board basis including transfers (healthandfitnesstravel.com). I’d just begun an incredibly restrictive diet (part of a mad life challenge that shall one day bear fruit, maybe) and the nutrition plan for my stay was meticulously tailored to my incredibly exacting needs. We fell asleep in the crystal steam room, threw ice at each other in the igloo then had “experiential” showers (experiential rain is a thing; my favourites were the Arctic, accompanied by stormy sound effects, and Rainforest) and sat in the salt grotto and on hot stone benches. Within the house, Gilpin staff have a Jeeves-like omnipresence, while retaining northern friendliness. The hotel is also a wonderful wedding and event venue. Treatments from £75, mltr.fr, Splash out – and some – to experience the Northern Lights, sleep in a floating cabin on Northern Sweden’s Lule river, enjoy spa treatments and jump in and out of cold and hot baths on a patio deck. A range of small private spaces are available for special events or family get togethers – choose to host a private dinner in Brook, which seats up to 10 people or in Parklands which seat up to 20 guests. You’ll eat well, too – and I don’t mean spirulina supplement-well. Superior Suites offer private Klafs steam rooms and heated toilet seats. Follow the secure payment steps to complete your order. Harriet GreenMidweek retreat packages at Daylesford Cottages, from £1,100 for two for a four-night stay (daylesford.com), Set in 300 acres, this award-winning hotel spa in Harrogate has a rooftop spa garden featuring a panoramic sauna, spa bath, outdoor hydrotherapy pool, plus a “Sunlight therapy room”, an anti-ageing oxygen pod, CBD treatments and a bath ritual for two in a copper tub. Select the voucher you would like to send and add it to your basket. Next morning we did a coastal walk before a group stretch in a cliff-top gazebo. Designer detox or retro bathing hut? Perfect petit fours, foams, parcels and puddings at HRiSHi are an elegant testament to the restaurant’s Anglo-Indian chops. We signed up for the Restorative Retreat, which includes classes (meditation, yoga, pilates and sound healing) in the Bamford Wellness Spa, just across the yard. The sauna is free. Choose from a relaxing spa day, an overnight stay, a delicious dining experience and much more. I banish all thoughts that all I need to gild this glorious moment is a bowl of crisps and a glass of rosé. Gifted's secure checkout is powered by Stripe A Michelin-starred restaurant? I am here to embrace abstinence after all: no alcohol, carbs, sugar or fat. Keep in touch by check out ou social media channels, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Then follow signs for Pateley Bridge and Fountains Abbey on the B6265 – the hotel is approximately 4 miles from Ripon. The spa incudes a hydrotherapy pool, sanarium, caldarium, sauna, salt grotto and infrared pro cabin and aroma steam room. Treatments include energy rebalancing, positivity and Wellness for Cancer treatments, plus spa and golf specials.From £165, thegrove.co.uk, Let the outside in at this spa on Loch Fyne with inspiring views across to the Isle of Arran. Later, outdoor hot tubs, also bookable just for two, are the place to drink champagne, gazing at the dramatic hills.