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7 night retreats from £3,550 chiva som hua hin

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This is a highly professional destination spa set on a long stretch of sandy beach with excellent tailored health programmes and international visiting consultants.

The grounds are peppered with squares of lawn and huge banyan trees, and Thai-style accommodation includes rooms overlooking the sea and private inland pavilions. The beachside Taste of Siam restaurant serves delicious traditional thai food, while the main restaurant is the place to go for more western-style and detoxifying fusion foods.

Facilities are numerous and slickly organised. There’s a lovely, large outdoor pool with lots of loungers, an indoor pool for lengths next to a giant, traditionally-styled hammam and an array of exercise rooms. Male and female water suites have steam rooms, saunas and hot tubs, and Thai staff are always on hand to pass you whatever you need.

Whatever your health goal, there are results-focused themed retreats to help you reach it, from detox, de-stress and weight loss programmes to special weeks devised for insomniacs and people with chronic injuries or back pain. Personalised nutrition programmes are available, the complimentary exercise classes change daily and the spa treatment list is vast. For pampering, delicious signature facials and cocoons using their own naturally-derived products. If you’re so inclined, there’s even a large cosmetic-orientated medical centre.

Highs

Close to Bangkok for easy access
Consistently excellent service and delicious food
Impressive range of sessions available with year-round visiting therapists

Lows

Hua Hin isn’t the most gorgeous of Thailand’s locations or beaches
Rooms and public spaces need a style update
There is a ‘selling’ ethos to some of their programmes

Healthy Traveller Tip

Chiva Som excels at detoxing - their therapists are some of the best we’ve encountered for safe, properly supervised colonic irrigation and the Thai abdominal massage, Chi Nei Tsang.

Other suggestions in Thailand

On the island of Koh Samui, there's Kamalaya and Absolute Sanctuary
Try the Six Senses Yao Noi on a small island between Phuket and Krabbi

Prices

7 nights from £3,550 (low season) or £4,245 (high season). Price is per person sharing an Ocean View room, and includes:

7 nights in an Ocean View room on a full board basis
Return flights
Local transfers

Prices are for guidance only. They are subject to availability, change and current exchange rate.

Accommodation

Luxurious and comfortable room with a perfect mixture of Thai and Western furnishings: choose from ocean view rooms, thai pavillions or a fantastic selection of suites - all of which come with private butler service.

All rooms are equipped with the following:

Cable or Satellite TV
DVD player
Air-con / heating
Robes
Hairdryer
Refridgerator
Safe
Toiletries

Food & Drink

An appetising and appealing selection of dishes from all corners of the globe, all prepared using the freshest ingredients. The emphasis is on low fat, lower calorie food with some vegetarian and wheat, gluten, dairy and sugar-free dishes integrated into the menus.

Three spa cusine meals are included in your daily tariff and can be taken at the Emerald Room or breakfast and lunch at the Taste of Siam by the beach. Dinner at Taste of Siam incurs an additional charge.

Taste of Siam restaurant offers a superb range of international snack foods and drinks for those not participating in a strict meal plan. Also offers authentic Thai dinners.

In the Orchid Lounge, you will find an extensive choice of drinks (mocktails and teas) and refreshments available to quench your thirst at any time of the day.

Spa

Begin the experience by enjoying the water therapy suites - enjoy cleansing and restorative heat treatments such as sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi or relaxation on one of the heated waterbeds as you sip Lemongrass tea.

Using these facilities promotes wellness and prepares the body for the treatments ahead, whether a relaxing massage or an invigorating hydrotherapy treatment.

Facilities

Aside from the spa, here are the other facilities on offer at Chiva Som: