SPA SAINT-MARTIN BY LA PRAIRIE AT CHÂTEAU SAINT-MARTIN & SPA
Château Saint-Martin & Spa, a stone-walled, red-tile roof constructed on the foundations of the Knights of the Templar, offers panoramic vistas from a 35-acre park. Perched high in the rocky hillside above the medieval village of Vence, famed for the exquisite Chapelle du Rosaire by Henri Matisse, it offers 39 newly revamped junior suites, six secluded villas, two tennis courts and a swimming pool. This Oetker Collection Hotel is affiliated with Leading Hotels of the World and its bi-level spa features a sauna, hammam, nail and make-up salon and four treatment rooms, one a duo suite with a large arched window. Downstairs there’s a relaxation lounge and access outside through an arched, stone wall passage to a floral-covered allée and rotunda used for both massages and marriages. The Bien-être package includes a refined lunch by Chef Jean-Lux Lefrançois and a 60-minute La Prairie or Bamford spa treatment.

SPA EDEN-ROC BY LA PRAIRIE AT HÔTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC

This legendary destination presides over a 22-acre, private park on the tip of Cap d’Antibes, between Nice and Cannes. A separate seafront complex, where Executive Chef Arnaud Poëtte reigns at Eden-Roc Restaurant, the Eden-Roc Grill and its new rooftop bar overlooks the heated, seawater infinity swimming pool and ocean. With a diving board and swings jutting into the Mediterranean, moored yachts, a Kids Club, boutique and five tennis courts, this favorite playground is one of the Oetker Collection Hotels and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The Spa Eden Roc by La Prairie, with its Swiss Cellular Anti-aging Facial and caviar-infused line of products, is reached via a floral trellis-topped path and houses reception, hammam, sauna, showers and an outdoor lounge. Down outdoor steps, the duo cabin boasts a salt wall for Halotherapy, a holistic way to relieve respiratory issues. Two of the 33 rustic cabanas, some sand-fronted and footsteps from the sea, are reserved for the spa and one is dedicated to Bamford treatments. Bamford’s 90-minute signature treatment, from footbath to body scrub, uses shiatsu and Swedish massage techniques. Yoga master, Sreejith Gopi, offers hatha yoga, Ayurveda massage and in-water Woga, during which the floating client receives shiatsu.

TERRE BLANCHE SPA AT TERRE BLANCHE
Terre Blanche is located in Tourrettes on a hilly 750-acre backcountry estate. This member of The Leading Hotels of the World is like a Provençal village, complete with an art-filled main house, suites and villa accommodations, a golf club and an amazing spa. Its dedication to environmentally friendly values starts with local ingredients, creatively transformed by Michelin-starred Executive Chef Philippe Jourdin. The centerpiece of the 34,400sqft manor-like Terre Blanche Spa is a 70ft indoor pool surrounded by soaring columns and swim-out glass doors to a vitality pool. Adjacent, there are changing rooms, a fitness centre, hammam, sauna and laconium (dry heat detoxifies) and two VIP duo-suites with a double-whirlpool, steam shower and a large outdoor terrace. Upstairs, some of the dozen treatment rooms include hydraulic beds, heated blankets and showers. Services incorporate KOS Paris, a high-end, organic product and Valmont skincare.

SPA BYBLOS AT BYBLOS & SAINT-TROPEZ

Lebanese billionaire businessman Jean-Prosper Guy-Para, extravagantly constructed Byblos to seduce Brigitte Bardot, but eventually sold it to Sylvain Floirat, whose family preserves its status as a Palace-designated hotel. Helicopters, ferries and a two-hour drive reach the colourful replica of a Mediterranean village surrounding a stylish pool. At Rivea at Byblos, Executive Chef Vincent Maillard combines the purity of style à la Alain Ducasse, adding his own creative albeit healthy market menu. The Sisley spa boasts an interior courtyard with a boldly designed, ceramic-tiled floor, its defining feature The Salon Libanais, a stone-by-stone recreation of a parlour at the Beittedine Palace in Beirut. It has been transformed into a couples’ treatment room resembling an Arabian Nights stage set with upholstered pillows atop marble banquettes, inlaid tables, and authentic bronze decorative elements.

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by Irvina Lew