Spa of the Month: Pedras Salgadas
I could just have easily have called this “Forest Spa” – because you’re surrounded with…
Author Anna Selby
Spa of the Month: Calcot Manor
Calcot is less of a manor, more of an entire hamlet with the main house,…
Spa of the Month: Viva Mayr
Summer is looking enticingly close so – no more excuses – it’s time to give…
Spa of the Month: The Alpina Gstaad
This month Anna makes for the mountains and a Michelin-starred detox – they do exist…
Spa of the Month: Kaliyoga
Nowadays, any hotel with a pool, some fluffy towels and a manicurist claims to be…
Spa of the Month: St Michael’s
With endless dark nights, miserable short days and awful weather…this isn’t the time for a big detox or a boot camp. What’s called for now is a nourishing break for body and soul. Anna Selby goes coastal…
New Year, New You
Travel writer and spa guru Anna Selby knows a thing or two about healthy living. In a new monthly column in the Arb she’ll be sampling the world’s finest, healthiest hotspots. What better way to bring in the new year…
The Danieli, Venice
“At breakfast, under a blue August sky, an equally blue lagoon stretches out before you, busy with morning traffic. This must be the only place on earth where watching traffic is beguiling.” Anna Selby uncovers little-known delights in Venice…
The Possibilities in Porto
“It may well be that the northern Portuguese are uniquely equipped to withstand the rigours of the economic crisis. It’s perhaps due in part to their nature, more placid and patient than many of their neighbours.”
Anything is Possible: Anassa, Cyprus
“By mid-April it’s hot, the wheat fields are golden and the hay has already been cut and is drying in huge round bales. The swallows are here too, swooping and diving around the coast.”