20 of the best UK hotels and inns to rest and relax Gemma Bowes
The Scarlet, north Cornwall
Here’s a beachside hotel with a difference – a luxury eco-spa for adults. You can watch surfers battle the rollers from the comfort of hot water in a wooden barrel sauna and wooden hot tubs set high on the cliffs above the beach at Mawgan Porth, between Newquay and Padstow. The Scarlet is sustainably focused, using a biomass boiler, solar panels, clever heat capture and exchange technology to reduce its ecological impact. Outside, a natural reed-filtered cold-water swimming pool offers a sleek alternative to the waves beyond, and free yoga and tai chi classes and wellbeing talks are laid on. An ayurvedic spa offers unusual treatments such as a candlelit copper bathtub soak in Cornish seaweed, plus a relaxation lounge with dangling cocoon pod tents to chill out in afterwards. Good nosh is also part of the package. Expect delicate inventions such as poussin kiev and lemon
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The story behind Dunrobin - Scotland s fairytale castle
The beautiful castle near Golspie overlooks the Moray Firth and could have come straight from a Disney film.
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The beautiful Dunrobin Castle. (Image: Getty)
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice With its beautiful conical spires, pristine gardens and hilltop location, you d be forgiven for thinking Dunrobin Castle was ripped straight from the pages of a Disney book.