Dive into our pick of the best luxury spa retreats in the capital

Words Julia Krupska

For a city synonymous with noise and pavement rage, zoning into a full-speed-ahead mentality to ensure you survive rush hour, escape is often needed. You needn’t head for the countryside – or even Heathrow – to get away, for hidden across the capital are revitalising pockets of self-indulgence, requiring less energy and even less time to get there. We?ve sought through the hustle and bustle to pick out our top city spa retreats.
Thai Square Spa, Trafalgar Square

Previously a Turkish bath, the Thai Square Spa blends Turkish, Thai and Roman influence to create an Eastern aesthetic, not only in its wooden carvings and gold murals, but also its choice of therapy. From salt caverns to ice fountains, each specialist treatment will stimulate circulation and eliminate toxins. Searching for the secret to internal body balance" Trafalgar Square has the answer. thaisquarespa.com
Sense Spa at Rosewood London, Holborn

With bamboo walls, wooden floors and soothing water features, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped into an episode of Planet Earth. Jungles however, don?t contain massage parlours or beauty rooms, as alluring as rainforest holidays would be if they did. Tranquil and stylish, Sense Spa at Rosewood London is home to the ?Face Place? – a hub of facial remedies that?ll leave pores tingling a...