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Sunday night by the Solent
Stay on a Sunday night at the Solent Hotel & Spa in Fareham, Hampshire, and you’ll get B&B, use of the spa facilities, a 25-minute ESPA treatment and afternoon tea from £85pp. The deal is one of several you can book via spabreaks.com, including a night’s B&B at the Crerar Oban Bay Hotel in Oban, Scotland, with a 30-minute massage from £69pp, and a night’s B&B at Knightsbook Hotel near Dublin from £60pp, including a mud mask for two.
Surf and spa in Woolacombe Bay
Forget the pound-a-minute treatment norm — at Woolacombe Bay in Devon you can enjoy a 55-minute facial for £30 and a full-body aromatherapy massage lasting 85 minutes for £46. Spend the money you save on treatments on the park’s new luxury surf lodges, which sleep six to eight people and come with an outdoor hot tub and private decked area. Seven nights in a surf lodge for six people in mid-June cost £1,395 (0843 2080368, woolacombe.co.uk).
Dartmoor in spring
Enjoy the great outdoors on Dartmoor with all the joys of an indoor pool at the Ilsington Country House Hotel, Devon, (01364 661452, ilsington.co.uk), which has a new spa with hydrotherapy pool, sauna and steam room, as well as a gym and three treatment rooms. Rooms at the hotel for two cost from £115 B&B a night, with a 70-minute facial costing £45. If you prefer to book a package, the two-night Relax and Recharge break includes breakfast, dinner, a bottle of prosecco and two-course lunch on the spa day plus a choice of a back, neck and shoulder massage or an Indian head massage. It costs from £285pp.
Europe and Morocco
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Boutique stay in Krakow, Poland
You can get a one-hour massage for £33 at the lovely Hotel Copernicus in Krakow. This swish boutique hotel is in a building dating from the 14th century, so expect original frescoes, beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and even a collection of ancient manuscripts. The spa and pool are in the old wine cellars and come with vaulted ceilings. A room for two costs from £108 a night (020 3239 0354, dorisanddicky.com). Fly to Krakow with Ryanair from about £43 return.
Beach stay in Morocco
Head to Morocco before April 30 and you can save 25 per cent on accommodation at Paradis Plage, on a two-mile stretch of beach an hour’s drive from Agadir, as well as enjoy cheap treatments in the boutique spa; 50-minute facials cost about £32, with massages for the same length of time at about £43. The hotel also runs yoga sessions. A week’s B&B in a junior suite, with flights, transfers and two daily fitness classes, costs from £491pp (020 8968 0501, thehealthyholidaycompany.co.uk).
Early sun in Cyprus
Grab some early sunshine and relax at the cute Library Hotel and Wellness Resort in Kalavasos, Cyprus. Run by three sisters, it’s a lovely retreat, done out in traditional Cypriot style. There’s a small pool and it’s 7km from the nearest beaches at Zygi. The onsite spa has a range of treatments, including a 60-minute massage from €65. Rooms cost from £66 a night, B&B (020 3239 0354, dorisanddicky.com). Limassol is about a 30-minute drive away.