SenSpa

Located at one of our favourite places, the Careys Manor Hotel just outside Brockenhurst in the New Forest, SenSpa is as good a reason as any to come and stay here – an award-winning Thai spa that has a focus not just on body-pampering, but on the mind and spirit parts of the equation too. Not surprisingly it's popular, for its authentic Thai therapies, its hydrotherapy pool, sauna, steam room and hammam, a lovely large indoor swimming pool, not to mention the scrummy Thai cuisine they serve in the Zen Garden restaurant. They offer a range of Thai and oriental massages, ranging from relatively quick scalp, Ayurvedic head or foot massages to full body massages that can last up to an hour and a half, and all sorts of invigorating and beautifying facials and detox treatments, for men as well as women – all of which you can enjoy as one-offs or as part of a spa day or half-day package, or indeed as one of their very popular and good value  spa breaks. They are also the only UK hotel to have introduced the amazing Alpha Deluxe from Austria – a unique sensory experience that induces deep relaxation incorporating sound therapy, colour therapy, aromatherapy and vibration. Whatever you go for, you'll feel pretty special afterwards, and there's nowhere better than the heart of the New Forest for getting your chakras in order.