24th May 2017

New spa experience in Sherwood Forest

New spa experience in Sherwood Forest

Center Parcs’ Aqua Sana has launched its £3m forest-inspired spa at Sherwood Forest.
 

The 1,500sq m, two-storey spa offers a heated outdoor pool, heating and cooling experience rooms including outdoor hot tubs, an ice cave and a forest meditation room, and outdoor areas designed for forest bathing. There are six spa zones, including Nordic Forest, Volcanic Forest and Treetop Escape, together offering 26 different spa experiences.

 

Unique to Aqua Sana, architects Jackson Design Associates and interior designers Sparc Studio have created the pièce de résistance: a treetop sauna. The first in the UK, it sits 10m above ground in the forest canopy.

 

In total, Aqua Sana Sherwood Forest has 21 treatment rooms and offers more than 50 treatments provided by Decléor, Elemis and CND.

 

The refurbishment has been the largest in the spa’s history, and has been completely transformed the spa into a forest escape, inspired by Sherwood’s beautiful natural setting. Research undertaken at forests around the world – from Nordic landscapes to the high-altitude Chilean Arenal forest – has inspired the assortment of heating and cooling rooms available for guests to sample.

 

Forest Bathing, a wellness trend in Japan known as Shinrin-Yoki, is central to the spa’s offer. The forest bathing experience goes even further than the outdoor area, bringing the sensation indoors. A range of innovative thermal suites that infuse essential oils, salts and minerals into the air have been created so guests can reap the benefits of forest bathing inside as well as out.

 

Aqua Sana has reduced its carbon footprint by drawing energy from an anaerobic digestion plant near Sherwood Forest, which will provide almost all the heat and power needed for the spa.

 

Kay Pennington, Aqua Sana Group Spa Manager, says: ‘We’re thrilled to be unveiling Aqua Sana Sherwood Forest after two years of research, planning and renovations. The new Forest Spa concept embraces the power of nature and is set up to allow guests to reap the benefits of our unique forest environment. We look forward to welcoming our loyal spa aficionados and new faces to our gorgeous new spa.’

 

www.aquasana.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

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