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The Telegraph: The Best UK Spa Hotels for a Weekend of Winter Wellness
We are delighted to have been featured in The Telegraphs, best healing escapes in the UK for a touch of Winter wellness, from sliding into toasty, low-lit pools to treatments that range from simply restful to reassuringly serious.
The Evening Standard: The Best One-Day Wellness Retreats for Busy People
‘If any hotel in the UK could embody an enlightened, home-grown take on wellness (and generally the good life), it would be Thyme in Gloucestershire’.
House & Garden: The Cotswolds' best Spas
‘With an ethos of celebrating nature and its unrushed timing, Thyme is truly a hotel in which you can finally relax and slow down.
We are Delighted to be included in the round up of the best spas in the region.
The Telegraph: Thyme, Gloucestershire ‘It’s nearly a perfect 10'
We are delighted to have been featured in The Telegraph, with such a wonderful, glowing review as one of the UK’s leading hotels.
Conde Nast Traveller Online - Thyme Spa Review
“Thyme is the ultimate soul-soothing weekend escape”.
Conde Nast Traveller - All Well and Good
Conde Nast Traveller: Review on our Botanical Bothy at Thyme.
‘Proof that one treatment, one pair of hands and the chance to breath deeply can rewrite the script’
Red Online - The UK’s Best Luxury Spa Hotels for 2023
‘A countryside oasis, the spa specialises in treatments that use its own botanical-inspired Bertioli products combined with meditation and breathing to achieve a true sense of calm influenced by nature and Thyme's heavenly surroundings’.
The Sunday Times - 100 Best Hotels
The Sunday Times Best Hotel Spa: ‘Meadow Spa is a boutique spa, it doesn’t have all the facilities that tick the boxes of traditional spa hotels, but the experience is truly unique and wonderful’.
The launch of our Botanical Breathing Bothy this year has set the offering in Meadow Spa apart.
News from the Meadow Spa
Aurelia London is thrilled to announce the launch of a selection of new facial massage techniques, designed by qualified facial massage expert and pilates guru Ksenija Selivanova. Ksenija has been a true fan of the Aurelia London facials and rituals since her first visit to the Meadow Spa, and has worked with both Thyme and Aurelia on numerous occasions, introducing the superbly relaxing treatments to her dedicated audience.
Supplier Spotlight: Floreat
Taking its name from the Latin term, meaning 'let flourish', Floreat is the creation of Anne-Marie Hurst, a qualified medical herbalist. Inspired from the reasoning behind the desire for a glass of wine, Floreat is the perfect drink to enjoy during a spa experience.
A Touch of Spanish Flair ~ Kathryn Delevigne
A touch of Spanish Flair for the Orchid House
The bowl shaped ceramics, the ‘fajalauza’, encapsulates the Moorish design and architecture that the city is famous for. Camilla discovered these heavenly hand-painted pieces and thought they would add a touch of beautiful, romantic Spanish design to Thyme’s Orchid House.
The Orchid House Opening
Relax, unwind and take a little Thyme. There’s no better place this summer to be than our long awaited Orchid House. This now-open space boasts a sense of tranquility, positioned alongside our spring water swimming pool.
Thyme Off - Tatler Magazine
“I’m the very first guest whisked off to the bothy to experience its founding signature treatment. Inside, it’s reminiscent of a Roman bath or even a luxury hammam - all warm stone opening onto a tiled courtyard with a trickling fountain and an outdoor fireplace .” - By Rose Van Cutsem for Tatler Magazine
“Thyme is Britain’s answer to those rural Tuscan hotels set across dreamy old villages”
“Thyme is Britain’s answer to those rural Tuscan hotels set across dreamy old villages” - By Sarah Tomczak for Red Magazine
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