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READERS' TRAVEL AWARDS 2006 |
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SPAS |
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When it comes to UK hotel spas, your well-being is best served near a village called Dogmersfield, because you reckon the overall winner, Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, deserves top marks for its amenities/products (84.25), exercise programmes (81.75) and facial treatments (85.50). You were most impressed with the accommodation at Cowley Manor in Gloucestershire (96) and the ambience at London's Claridge's (97.50), while you singled out the Bath House Spa at The Royal Crescent Hotel for its body treatments (97.50) and Sequoia spa at The Grove in Hertfordshire for that all-important but intangible individual approach (92.74).
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The Spa, Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire |
89.62% |
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Sequoia at The Grove, Hertfordshire |
89.59% |
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The Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London |
89.52% |
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Aquarias, Whatley Manor Wiltshire |
89.46% |
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Serenity Spa, Seaham Hall County Durham |
89.13% |
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The Spa, The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire |
88.97% |
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Bath House Spa, The Royal Crescent, Bath |
88.91% |
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ONE Spa at Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh |
88.82% |
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C-side, Cowley Manor, Gloucestershire |
88.44% |
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Cowshed, Babington House, Somerset |
87.79% |
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Olympus Suite, Claridge's, London |
87.25% |
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The Spa, Chewton Glen, Hampshire |
86.86% |
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Pennyhill Park Hotel & The Spa, Surrey |
85.84% |
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The Spa, Lucknam Park, Wiltshire |
85.50% |
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Calcot Spa, Calcot Manor, Gloucestershire |
85.00% |
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The Spa, Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire |
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Although this year's winner, the Banyan Tree Spa at the Banyan Tree Bangkok, did extremely well in all 10 criteria, it only got top marks for exercise programmes (98). The Oriental Spa at The Oriental hotel, also in Bangkok, was best for ambience/decor (97.33) and body treatments (98.67) and in Malaysia, the Mandara Spa at The Datai came out on top for cuisine (96.67) and facial treatments (96.67). In Cape Town, Altiraspa at the ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel Cape Town was singled out for amenities/products (97.50) and service/staff (95 |
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Banyan Tree Spa, Banyan Tree Bangkok, Thailand |
92.67% |
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Mandara Spa, The Datai, Langkawi, Malaysia |
90.40% |
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Six Senses Spa, Soneva Fushi, Maldives |
90.00% |
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The Oriental Spa, The Oriental, Bangkok |
89.16% |
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The Tanjong Club Spa, Tanjong, Jara Resort, Malaysia |
88.67% |
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Sanctuary Spa, The Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa, South Africa |
88.67% |
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Cinq Mondes Spa, Beau-Rivage Palace, Switzerland |
87.26% |
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Altiraspa, Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel Cape Town, South Africa |
87.25% |
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Givenchy Spa, One&Only Le Touessrok, Mauritius |
86.89% |
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Sereno Spa, Park Hyatt Goa Resort & Spa, India |
85.73% |
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Givenchy Spa, One&Only Le Saint Géran, Mauritius |
85.40% |
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Anantara Resort & Spa, Hua Hin, Thailand |
84.67% |
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Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa, Knysna, South Africa |
83.67% |
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Bulgari Hotel Spa, Milan |
81.60% |
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Choupana Hills Resort & Spa, Madeira |
79.78% |
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Banyan Tree Spa, Banyan Tree Bangkok, Thailand |
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For pampering par excellence, head for the Himalayas: Ananda Spa is your favourite property dedicated to well-being. In fact, Ananda in the Himalayas was impossible to beat on all but two criteria: the Spa Hotel Royal in France was awarded a winning 96 for its exercise programmes and Thailand's Chiva-Som International Health Resort came first for service/staff (94.55). |
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Ananda Spa, Ananda in the Himalayas, India |
95.13% |
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Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand |
91.95% |
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Spa Hôtel Royal, Evian Royal Resort, Evian-les-Bains, France |
91.33% |
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Terme di Saturnia Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy |
90.86% |
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The BodyHoliday at LeSPORT, St Lucia |
90.30% |
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Pangkor Laut Resort, Malaysia |
89.76 % |
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Les Sources de Caudalie, Bordeaux, France |
83.20% |
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Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore |
79.60% |
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Kirana Spa, Bali, Indonesia |
77.71% |
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Heavenly Bodies, Oxford |
77.20% |
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Brenner's Park Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden, Germany |
76.80% |
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Adler Thermae Spa & Wellness Resort, Tuscany, Italy |
76.50% |
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Mii Amo Spa at Enchantment Resort, Sedona, USA |
75.67% |
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Danubius Hotel Gellert, Budapest |
75.33% |
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Polynesian Spa, Rotorua, New Zealand |
74.50% |
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Ananda Spa, Ananda in the Himalayas, India |
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