The LifeCo’s Saf Restaurant features delicious, healthy, low-calorie, plant-based dishes and meals. Only natural ingredients are used in the dishes, which are cooked below 41°C to protect their flavour, aroma and nutritional value. By not overheating the ingredients, they retain their energy-giving enzymes and the vitamins and minerals are not damaged. This also helps our cells to become repaired and renewed.

At last, Six Senses has arrived in Europe with its first resort and spa on the continent, and they couldn’t have chosen a more beautifully tranquil, picturesque spot. “Remote yet accessible” is the Six Senses motto, and the Douro Valley is just that.

While days at The Body Camp are taken up with fitness activities, motivational talks and super food cookery classes the evenings are yours to indulge in a more gentle kind of self-development with pampering sessions and holistic therapies like Reiki, reflexology, acupuncture or even counselling available.

Our round-up of five of the best UK countryside retreats.

The party season is back! We look at some of the best treatments.

There are facials (‘mmm, relaxing, lovely…’) and there are facials (‘mmm, relaxing, lovely… and wow! I actually look so much better!’). My spell at the 23nd-floor Peninsula Spa treated me to the latter oh-my-goodness-I-can-actually-see-the-results-immediately reaction. And I got to enjoy some pampering and precious downtime on a work trip to one of the world’s most full-on cities…

As the Maldives’ first private island resort, Kurumba holds a special place in the country’s tourism history. Just a 10-minute speedboat ride from Malé International Airport, it’s one of the most accessible resorts in the region – especially welcome after a long-haul flight.

If an authentic Thai massage is what you crave, you can’t go wrong at Thai Square Spa – it’s a luxuriously authentic taste of Siam in the heart of the capital.

Set amid 20 secluded acres of country landscape, this Georgian country house instantly transports you from bustling city to the calm of the countryside.

Don’t get me wrong, holidays are truly wonderful but my skin often suffers once I’m back home. All that SPF means blocked pores, heat rash leads to blotchiness and the flight home can cause troublesome outbreaks. Lovely! Add a sprinkling of sun damage and I’m in need of a complexion overhaul.

Snoring is not usually an endorsement. In fact, nodding off is generally not received as the greatest sign of appreciation. But my 60-minute facial was about as relaxing as time supine can be, and I couldn’t help falling sound asleep…