Europe and Middle East

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Sublime Clinique La Prairie, Lake Geneva

Anthea Gerrie visits Clinique La Prairie spa and is relieved she no longer needs to donate blood.

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Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto The Entrance

Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah

Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.

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Carmel Forest Spa Resort. Discover deep forest beauty near Haifa

Anthea Gerrie stays at the Carmel Forest Spa Resort deep in a forest near Haifa.

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CHUAN SPA VIP BATH 2

Chuan Spa, Langham Hotel. London

Chinese medicine has long been a feature of the London scene, with its many well-established acupuncturists and herbal practitioners, so the city has long been ripe for a spa specialising in serious Oriental therapies.

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