The Best Day Spas In London 2026

Aman Spa at The Connaught, Mayfair

Best For: Unrivalled luxury

Beneath The Connaught’s decadent Edwardian lobby lies the promise of a blissful unwind. This is the first spa of its kind outside of Aman’s famed resorts, and it does not disappoint. Besides its treatments, the pièces de résistance of the spa is undoubtedly the serene pool – its water ionised using a UV system and complemented by the crystal steam room plied with essential oils. (It’s no shock that spa memberships at the Connaught are tricky to get hold of.)

Facilities: 

• Indoor ionised serene pool
• Steam room
• Relaxing lounge
• Private gym (with personal trainers)

Treatments To Book: Signature experiences at Aman Spa derive from traditional rituals of renewal – notably from India, Thailand and China. More bespoke wellness therapies consist of postural and movement analysis for those bent over a computer all day, as well as reflexology and traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture. There’s also a long list of facial treatments conducted by Aman experts, using products and tools from the likes of iS Clinical, QMS Medicsometics, HydraFacial and Cellcosmet.

Address: Carlos Place, London W1K 2AL

Akasha Spa at Hotel Café Royal, Soho

Best For: Secret spaces

Next time you hurry across Piccadilly Circus, think about the healthful relaxation you could be having in a secret space right under your feet. Hotel Café Royal has been a centre of London dining and entertaining for over 150 years – and these days, it also serves as a wellness hotspot. The underground Akasha Spa has a 21st-century sense of luxury serenity, with treatments created by leading wellness brands. Nine treatment rooms, fitness facilities and a beautifully lit pool with London’s first
Watsu pool for private hydrotherapy sessions make this a place to linger.

Facilities: 

• 18-metre lap pool
• Sauna
• Steam room
• Jacuzzi
• Meditation room
• Gym
• Hammam
• Watsu pool

Treatments To Book: The menu at Akasha Spa is based on the four elements, with holistic treatments that link Western innovation with Eastern tradition. Alongside its signature offerings, visitors can pick from a number of experiences created in collaboration with Aromatherapy Associates – from body detoxes and facials to skin renewal treatments. The spa also runs a series of retreats throughout the year; the next one is the Akasha Renewal Retreat Powered by BON CHARGE, taking place this May, and spans red light meditation, yoga classes led by Josephine McGrail, sound baths and nutritional workshops.

Address: 50 Regent Street, London W1B 5AS

Mandarin Oriental, Mayfair

Best For: Advanced wellness tech

Truly hidden in plain sight, Madarin Oriental’s Mayfair outpost sits on the corner of Hanover Square – just mere steps away from the hubbub of Oxford Street. You wouldn’t be able to tell once inside though; the hotel’s subterranean spa cocoons guests from the street-level bustle. Here, it’s easy to get lost in the quiet bubbling of the pool, the pleasant thrum of music and the vast assortment of spa amenities – designed by Tokyo based studio Curiosity, visitors can expect all the luxurious modcons – but for a real ‘switch off’ moment, you’ll want to book one of the high tech treatments on offer.

Facilities: 

• Indoor 25-metre heated swimming pool
• Sauna
• Vitality pools
• Experience showers
• Steam rooms
• Treatment rooms
• State-of-the-art gym

Treatments To Book: On the treatment menu, bespoke rules the day, as do the highest quality brands specialising in science and sustainability – including Swiss Perfection, Seed to Seed Tuscany and OTO. Expect the most advanced wellness tech to accompany your visit, including new-to-London biohacking treatments designed to synchronise with brain waves and induce a meditative, relaxed state.

Address: 22 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JP

AIRE Ancient Baths London, Covent Garden

Best For: Instagram-worthy experiences

Deep beneath JM Barrie’s former home in Covent Garden (there’s a first edition of Peter Pan in reception) lies Aire Ancient Baths, a fabulous watery underworld of thermal baths, just like the Romans used to love. Now it’s for lucky modern Londoners to come to with friends, your lover, your mother or just by yourself to find your inner child and loll about in candle-lit watery chambers of varying temperatures.

Facilities: 

• Roman-style baths
• Red wine bath
• Cold plunge
• Steam room
• Floatarium

Treatments To Book: The Wine Bath Experience is a must (we don’t need telling that red wine is full of antioxidants). There’s also a menu of experiences that form part of your aqueous journey should you so choose – from argan oil massages (and hair masks) to Himalayan salt rituals.

Address: 2-3 Robert Street, Covent Garden, London WC2N 6BH

Tower Bridge Spa at Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge, City of London

Best For: A holistic urban retreat

This Roman-inspired wellness hotspot is famous for a reason. The spa at Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge offers a much-needed refuge in the heart of the adrenaline-fuelled city. Every wall and corner of this spa is smooth and ‘round’ so you don’t feel ‘boxed in’ but are instead curious see what lies around the corner, and the columns around the pool and glistening mosaics are reminiscent of Roman Bath’s and a nod to the building’s grand history. There’s no awkward Jacuzzi sharing with strangers here – it’s huge.

Facilities:

• Indoor lap pool
• Vitality pool
• Sauna
• Steam room
• Treatment rooms
• SAVA Sound Pod
• Fitness Centre

Treatments To Book: Signature treatments have been designed exclusively for the spa, combining ancient therapies from both East and West, with modern day techniques. If you don’t have much time but are equally aware of the ‘quick-fix’ fable, opt for the full body massage with wild organic ingredients. The oils will calm you and the therapist will soothe and relax you, talking through your ‘tight areas’ after in a bid to pin down the cause.

Address: 10 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4AJ

The Dorchester Spa, Mayfair

Best For: A stacked treatment menu

The Dorchester’s spa doesn’t stray far from the hotel’s iconic British style. It does add a slap of Art Deco glamour though– indulgent interiors to reflect the extravagant treatments. Luxury products and treatments work to alleviate life’s stresses, as do the aromatic steam rooms and slick relaxation quarters where time stands still.

Facilities:

• Treatment rooms
• Relaxation room
• MLX Quartz treatment bed
• Gym with TechnoGym equipment
• Pool access at 45 Park Lane

Treatments To Book: You’ll be spoilt for choice with The Dorchester’s treatment menu. There’s something for every need – facials and massages by Natura Bissé, ishga, Carol Joy London, acupuncture courtesy of Renata Nunes, reflexology with specialist Marzena, and medical grade facials by clinical studio KICHI.

Address: 53 Park Lane, London W1K 1QA

The Lanesborough Club & Spa, Belgravia

Best For: Pampering

London’s most sybaritic spa ups the ante with spa butlers who polish your shoes and press your clothes while you robe up for some serious treats. The beautiful design of The Lanesborough’s spa comes courtesy of 1508 London, who drew inspiration from Roman baths to create a blissfully tranquil atmosphere.

Facilities:

• Thermal suites
• Hydrotherapy pool
• Saunas
• Steam rooms
• Rain showers
• Treatment rooms

Treatments To Book: There are massages designed to uncurl people who spend hours in front of the computer and customised facials featuring cranial sacral massage (a light touch therapy that strokes points around the scalp and shoulders to releases pressure throughout the body) along with oodles of deeply relaxing facial massage that has even the most stressed souls levitating off the heated water mattress.

Address: Hyde Park Corner, London SW1X 7TA

The Beaumont Spa, Mayfair

Best For: Solo sessions

By far one of the most elegant sanctuaries in London, The Beaumont‘s spa is a black and white marble tiled Art Deco masterpiece that perfectly blends the classic with the cutting-edge. The space itself is intimate but perfectly sized; it never feels remotely cramped or full. Instead, the vibe is of a private, secret haven far from the crowds just a few metres above. Choose from a vast array of the latest reading material while you relax pre and post-treatment on the plush, white cushioned loungers and sipping on purifying water infusions and herbal teas to detox.

Facilities:

• Steam room
• Sauna
• Cold plunge pool
• Ice bar
• Relaxation area#
• Heated hammam table
• Treatment rooms

Treatments To Book: Facial treatments and therapies are carried out by OSKIA-trained therapists and formulated for each client’s individual needs and skin type. The Signature Nutri Glow facial in particular is a game changer – it’s carried out in a sleek black-and-white themed treatment room which hums relaxing music, perfectly heated to ensure ultimate relaxation. And it does what it says on the tin (and some), with a combination of skilful facial massage, cleansing, exfoliating and intense hydrating (where needed) resulting in a quasi-supernatural glow that lasts for days. The 75 minutes whizz by in unadulterated bliss, with a final light head, neck and shoulder massage providing that extra spring in your step as you regretfully re-emerge into the real world. 

Address: 8 Balderton Street, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF

45 Park Lane, Mayfair

Best For: Luxury treatments

Unlike many London spas, the wellness space at Dorchester Collection’s Mayfair hotel, 45 Park Lane, has space on its side. Designed by Jouin Manku, the spa has been created to bring a sense of the outside in, with a floral mosaic, natural timbers and light-coloured stone.

Facilities:

• Heated pool
• Hydrotherapy pool
• Sauna
• Steam room
• Treatment rooms
• Gym

Treatments To Book: At 45 Park Lane, treatments include facials by Natura Bissé and massages and body treatments by ishga. For something truly special, however, make sure to book ishga’s Back, Face & Scalp treatment, designed to take you on a journey through the Hebrides via an immersive soundtrack and coastline-inspired wellness steps (think sea salt exfoliation, hot stones, body and facial massages).

Address: 45 Park Lane, London W1K 1PN

Biome by Corinthia London, Westminster

Best For: Spa facilities

Biome by Corinthia London is all about pairing the healing rhythms of nature with the precision of modern science. The spa has a volcanic feel to it, subterranean dark quarters with stone beds pressed up against a roaring fire, hot water bubbling against glass walls resembling ice. While not catering to lengths, the pool demands that you float and forget, the waves reflecting hypnotically on the ceiling.

Facilities:

• Swimming pool
• Vitality pool
• Heated marble loungers
• Sauna
• Steam room
• Experience showers
• Treatment rooms

Treatments To Book: Reset your circadian rhythm with a restorative full body massage from Wildsmith, designed to ease fatigue and restore inner balance. If you’re after a facial, try the Longevity Facial by Augustinus Bader, a personalised treatment which combines the brand’s cell-renewing technology with LYMA laser therapy to firm, tone and refresh the skin at a deep level. For something fitnesss-driven, AMP runs small group personal training sessions, dynamic conditioning classes and mobility coaching.

Address: Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2BD

Bulgari Spa, Knightsbridge

Best For: Wow factor

A Mecca of subterranean calm, the Bulgari Spa at the Bulgari Hotel offers the full Italian job: seamless, sleek furniture, marble-just-about-everything and a post-treatment power shower that will never leave you. The decadent, volcanic basement hosts London’s longest swimming pool, laced with white cushioned loungers more comfortable than any bed, and quaint table bells to call in elaborate quinoa salads. Potent eucalyptus oils permeate the steam rooms, clearing your sinuses, and warming your cockles.

Facilities:

• Indoor 25-metre pool
• Vitality pool
• Relaxation room
• Sauna
• Steam room
• Workshop gymnasium with personal trainers
• Recovery suite
• Treatment rooms

Treatments To Book: The treatments here are based on traditional oriental practices, one of the best being the renewing enzyme facial designed to boost cell regeneration and give you that ten-hour-sleep glow.

Address: 171 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1DW

SENSE SPA at Rosewood London, Holborn

Best For: Switching off

SENSE SPA at Rosewood London defies the claim that switching off requires leaving the city. Cocooned in an urban hideout of bamboo walls and rippling water, you feel a million miles away from the London frenzy. A natural, organic theme pervades the products and therapies, using Australian skincare company Sodashi and body treatment products are plucked straight from the garden estate.

Facilities: 

• Indoor 25-metre pool
• Crsytal steam rooms
• Sauna
• Experience showers
• Treatment rooms
• Gym
• Yoga studio

Treatments To Book: A huge selection of treatments awaits at SENSE SPA, from holistic revival remedies and ‘sense journeys’ crafted using essential oils to couples and family treatments. One of the highlights on the menu is the British Rose Body Massage, a traditional luxury which dates back to the reign of Queen Victoria and helps to improve relaxation, circulation and flexibility.

Address: 252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN