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We spotlight 44 of the best new spa openings around the world for 2025

The coming year is set to be significant one for the spa industry, with bold investment leading to a raft of new openings in Europe and beyond.
(Pictured: Eriro, Austria)

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By Wendy Golledge

13 January 2025

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The development pipeline for new spa openings across Europe is buoyant for 2025. From the eagerly anticipated Six Senses London to Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra and ZEM Wellness Clinic in Spain, this year promises numerous new properties.

As the wellness economy continues to experience a growth surge, we’re seeing considerable investment in ever more impressive facilities.

The Global Wellness Economy Monitor 2024 forecasts the wellness economy – currently worth $6.3 trillion ­(£4.9 trillion/€6.1 trillion) – will hit a record $9 trillion by 2028. This figure has grown from $4.6 trillion in 2020.

Wellness is taking centre stage in the global economy and its brisk march forward represents positive news for spa development. The 5.9 per cent annual growth achieved in 2024 translates into more than 44 new spa opening predicted during 2025.

Here we reveal the best new spa openings set to change the wellness landscape across Europe in the coming year.

Best London spa openings for 2025


 

1. Six Senses, London

The hotly anticipated Six Senses London will open in Q4. The Six Senses Spa promises to mirror the different energies of London life in the former Whiteleys department store on Westbourne Grove.

In a space reminiscent of an old-fashioned underground station, the spa will include 325sqm dedicated to fitness, a 20m indoor pool, the Alchemy Bar and a relaxation room with vaulted ceilings.

On the second floor, a new kind of social and wellness club, Six Senses Place, will feature a central bar and lounge, co-working spaces and wellness and treatment rooms.

A members area in a high end hotel peppered with greenery
Six Senses, London

2. The St Regis, London

Marriott International is bringing the St. Regis brand to London, on the site of The Westbury Mayfair, in spring 2026. The hotel is undergoing a £90 million redevelopment, including the addition of a spa.

 

Little has been announced about the planned opening to date, but it’s known that design of St Regis London will be overseen by Richmond International.

3. The Newman, London

Launching summer 2025 in Fitzrovia, The Newman will be the first hotel under hospitality management company Kinsfolk & Co.

Designed by Lind + Almond, the dedicated wellness floor will feature hot and cold experience cabins, an active salt therapy room, a hydrotherapy pool, treatment rooms, a meditation studio and a gym.

The spa at The Newman will embrace Nordic simplicity, blending minimalism with innovation and functionality, with four treatment rooms and fitness services including yoga, personal training and a meditation studio.

Exterior view of a large london hotel
The Newman, London

4. Montcalm Mayfair, London

Reopening its doors in spring 2025, having been closed since March 2023 for a full renovation, Montcalm Mayfair will include a wellness space and offer a health-enhancing programme.

The 1700s building has been preserved and elevated by architects Holland Harvey and interior designers Studio Mica. The spa will be a cocooning, subterranean space with a plunge pool, wellness facilities, four treatment rooms and a fitness suite.

A grand hotel reception area
Montcalm Mayfair will be the brand's flagship when it opens in spring

5. Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London

Auberge Resorts Collection will make its UK debut when Cambridge House opens in late 2025, complete with a destination Auberge Spa. Designer Laura Gonzalez will oversee the spa in the Grade 1-listed Georgian mansion.

Inspired by Roman bathhouses, the double-level spa will introduce Auberge’s holistic wellness offering to London with extensive hydrotherapy facilities, two heated swimming pools and seven treatment rooms.

The heat rooms and bathhouse will all encourage an element of social connection integral to the spa’s wellness concept.

6. The Chancery Rosewood, London

Opening summer 2025, the former US Embassy will become The Chancery Rosewood.

 

A grade II-listed building designed by Eero Saarinen at 30 Grosvenor Square, The Chancery Rosewood will include the brand’s signature Asaya Spa – an integrative wellness facility designed by Yabu Pushelberg.

Best UK spa openings for 2025


7. Vale Spa at Vale Resort, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

The four-star Vale Resort is investing £100,000 in a refurbishment of the Vale Spa, set to open in spring.

The renovation will include all new treatment rooms, new relaxation spaces created and the creation of a fire and ice experience, which will contain both ice machines and a sauna.

A spa relaxation area with loungers and blankets
The renovation of the Vale Spa includes new relaxation spaces

8. The Alfriston, South Downs

Formerly known as Deans Place Hotel, The Alfriston will open under Signet Collection in March.

 

The Alfriston will feature the brand’s signature Signet Spa, with facilities including a steam room, hot zone, sauna, three treatment rooms, and an outdoor swimming pool, plus treatments from GAIA.

9. Bothwell Bridge Hotel, South Lanarkshire

Scottish boutique hotel group Manorview has announced plans to overhaul of the Bothwell Bridge Hotel and add a new spa.

Plans for the spa include a rooftop hydrotherapy pool and plunge pool, seven treatment rooms, experience showers, sauna, and lounge for refreshments, as well as on-site gym facilities.

10. The Francis, Bath, Somerset

This Georgian landmark will reopen in October after a £13-million restoration by the design house 3DReid, complete with a new thermal spa.

The spa facility will offer treatments in three dedicated treatment room as well as a thermal suite featuring heat and steam, and a mud rasul.

11. Dunluce Lodge, Portrush, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

This £16.5 million lodge, which opens in February, will have a marine-inspired spa.

 

The Spa at Indulge will include treatment rooms offering signature rituals, a spa relaxation lounge plus a steam room, and offer wellness workshops and yoga classes.

Best European spa openings for 2025


12. Nao at Minos Palace Resort, Crete

The Minos Palace Resort in Crete, set to re-open in May 2025, will showcase a revolutionary new wellbeing concept, the Nao Longevity Hub.

Located on a private peninsula, Nao will offer an evidence-based approach that blends ancient healing practices with advanced diagnostics and cutting-edge treatments.

The Nao sanctuary is designed to inspire a lifestyle evolution, guiding guests toward healthy longevity and a more fulfilling life.

Each guest journey will be built on four core pillars: nutrition, sleep, movement and self-mastery.

An aerial view of a greek resort on an island
The Nao Longevity Hub will offer an innovative, evidence-based wellbeing concept

13. Corinthia Bucharest, Romania

Set to open in Q1, the once revered Grand Hotel du Boulevard has roots tracing back to 1867.

Reimagined by Corinthia, the hotel will re-emerge with wellness central to its offer.

14. The Spa at Le Méridien Ra, Barcelona, Spain

With a heritage deeply rooted in wellness, Le Méridien Ra is being refurbished by Marriott and set to reopen in April 2025.

The spa’s refurbishment includes a complete overhaul of thalassotherapy facilities and reimagined treatment rooms.

15. Hotel Cortina, Italy

Located on Corso Italia in the heart of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Revivo Spa at the Hotel Cortina will open in Q4 2025.

 

REVĪVŌ spa and wellness centre will include an indoor spa pool, sauna and hammam plus a Zerobody Dry Float bed by Starpool.

16. ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea, Spain

Set to open in January 2025, ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea will be a pioneering medical clinic based on Mediterranean longevity.

The Clinic will embrace medical science, nutrition and holistic practices. It will offer tailored health programmes, preventative medical treatments and cutting-edge technologies, combined with ancient therapies.

Six integrated health programmes will cover two fundamental areas of prevention: longevity, and balance / vitality.

An outdoor pool with waterfall jets
ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea will offer treatments based on Mediterranean longevity and balance

17. SIRO Boka Place, Montenegro

Opening in spring, SIRO Boka Place will offers a blend of fitness-oriented hospitality, with all facilities and services catering to wellness enthusiasts.

The hotel will features a fitness centre, wellness programmes and a recovery lab offering treatments like percussion therapy, electro muscle stimulation, IV therapy, cryotherapy, cupping and dry needling.

18. Orient Express La Minerva, Rome

Opening on Rome’s Piazza della Minerva this spring, Orient Express La Minerva is a transformation of Palazzo Fonseca – a 17th-century former aristocratic home.

 

Renovated by architect and interior designer Hugo Toro and inspired by Orient Express travel, La Minerva will include a Roman bath-inspired spa.

 

It will offer a Turkish hammam and treatment rooms, using as yet unnamed Italian and French products.

19. Grand Hotel Fasano, Lake Garda

Grand Hotel Fasano on the shores of Lake Garda will reopen for 2025 in April with the new AQVA Spa and Wellness Centre.

Alongside luxurious treatment rooms, the spa now offers an expansive indoor and outdoor swimming pool – connected via a tunnel passage – a hydromassage pool, sauna, Turkish baths, gym and a spa garden on the lake.

A large swimming pool in a sunlit spa
The AQVA Spa and Wellness Centre will use Sothys products when it opens in April

20. Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca

Scheduled to open this month, the £150m Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra will have a Spa at Mandarin Oriental. The resort’s design is being created by HKS and Spanish architect firm Estudio Lamela.

A spa will offer the group’s signature wellness therapies and beauty treatments, with a focus on local nature-inspired programmes. Facilities include an indoor swimming pool, plus three outdoor pools.

Arial view of a luxury resort in the Med
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca will open imminently

21. Hotel Recort, Colfosco, Italy

A new 22-bedroom new adults-only hotel, opening imminently, the small but perfectly formed spa at Hotel Recort has an indoor pool with light waterfall, a steam bath, Finnish sauna, experience shower and infrared loungers.

There is also an outdoor Jacuzzi with scenic views of the Dolomites and two treatment cabins.

22. Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay, Morocco

Royal Mansour’s third property in Morocco, Tamuda Bay opens in Q1. This 55-villa report will include a destination medi-spa and wellness centre.

 

The Spa will provide a cocooning wellness experience, offering treatments that combine traditional rituals and the latest technology, including cosmetic treatments. 

23. Eriro, Austria

Eriro open in the Austrian Alps in August 2024, at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain range.

The boutique hotel, accessible only by cable-car, will soon feature a minimalistic, sustainably designed spa by architect Martin Gruber.

Located among untamed rocks and wild mountain meadows on the ground floor of the property, the spa will draw on ancestral wisdom of local herbalists and naturalists.

Eriro Wellness, Austria. Credit Alex Moling

More details coming soon…


 

24. Crossbasket Castle, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire

A 17th century castle near Glasgow, Crossbasket Castle is adding a £20m hotel and a six treatment room spa in March.

25. Verdala Wellness Hotel & Spa, Malta

Designed from the ground up to be the island’s most luxurious wellness haven, the Verdala Hotel & Spa is along the coveted ridge edge of Tal-Virtù in Rabat. The hotel will offer immersive wellness.

26. Château de la Commaraine, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

From Denise Dupré, owner of the Royal Champagne Hotel and Spa in Épernay, comes Château de la Commaraine. Opening in late 2025, the 37-room property will include a spa, with an 18-meter heated outdoor pool.

27. Viceroy Ombria Algarve

The Spa by Viceroy, in the Algarve Valley, will be dedicated to uplifting guest’s sense of self.

 

Treatments will use herbs and flowers grown by local artisans and herbalists.

 

The spa will partner with Ignae, a skincare brand from the Azores.

28. Six Senses Milan

In the heart of Milan’s Brera neighbourhood, Six Senses Milan is set to open in Autumn 2025, complete with a state-of-the-art spa.

There will be two feature plunge pools, an Earth Lab, which will offer a variety of sustainable products, as well as a rooftop bar and sky pool.

Six Senses will also open a property on Lake Como in 2028, following a full restoration of the Grand Hotel Cadenabbia

29. The Oberoi, Mayfair, London

Indian luxury hospitality group Oberoi will make it’s UK debut in London’s Mayfair in 2026.

Oberoi is well known for innovative, high-end wellness offerings so we can expect something special in the boutique hotel.

30. Hilton Turin, Italy

Set within Turin’s city centre, and anticipated to open in Q2, Hilton Turin will offer a spa with an indoor pool, a fitness centre and five treatment rooms.

31. Conrad Hamburg, Germany

Marking the debut of Hilton’s luxury Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand in Germany, Conrad Hamburg will occupy the historic Levantehaus building.

The hotel will offer cutting edge spa and wellness amenities plus a gym and pool when it opens in the summer

32. Fairmont Golden, Prague

Opening in spring, Fairmont Golden Prague is a multi-million-pound reimagining of the former InterContinental Prague. Restored by architect Marek Tichý, the property will include a Fairmont Spa and be home to central Prague’s only outdoor pool.

 

The 1,400sqm Fairmont Spa will have five treatment suites, a private garden and the indoor to outdoor pool as well as saunas and steam rooms.

33. The Carlton Milan

The second Rocco Forte property in Milan will see the brand’s director of design, Olga Polizzi, collaborate with interior designers Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen.

Opening in summer, The Carlton Milan will have a full wellness centre with gym and spa.

Global openings of note…


 

34. Waldorf Astoria Rabat Salé is slated to open in 2025 as part of a mixed-use development that is set to be the tallest building in Morocco. The third tallest building in Africa, the hotel will offer a spa, an outdoor and infinity pool, and a fitness studio.

 

35. Also from Waldorf Astoria, the 375-room Waldorf Astoria New York will re-open in spring after a top-to-toe renovation with a substantial 2,800sqm Tierra Santa Healing House spa.

 

36. In Dubai, Six Senses The Palm, Dubai will mark the brand’s entry into the UAE with a LEED-certified 61-room hotel and 162 branded residences along a private stretch of beach.

 

37. In Bangkok, the capital of hospitality, Six Senses The Forestias will open with the first Six Senses Place membership club in Asia in 2025.

38-43. Red Sea Global’s Amaala


 

Red Sea Global’s Amaala luxury wellness destination in Saudi Arabia will see a number of significant openings from hospitality giant during 2025.

These include Clinique La Prairie and Jayasom. Also slated to open wellness-centred resorts are Rosewood, Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, and Six Senses Amaala.

Phase One of Amaala – focused on Triple Bay – will consist of eight resorts offering world-class wellness facilities.

Jayasom will create an integrative, multi-generational health offering for Amaala

44. Meanwhile Miraval The Red Sea on Shura Island, Saudi Arabia will be the only wellbeing-focused resort on the island.

It’s giant spa will have 39 treatment rooms including an aquatic therapy room and a salt room. There will also be a Mindfulness Wellbeing Centre with four yoga studios overlooking the water.

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