Feelgood factor: So Spa Package, Sofitel

Buffed up: all this and breakfast too
10 April 2012

SO SPA PACKAGE, SOFITEL

What: Feel Good Breakfast with hamam treatment and gym session, plus express body massage at the spanking new So Spa.

Beauty Powers: The workout gets the circulation moving, after which the hot steam of the hamam opens the pores. The body wash and exfoliating rub-down (using olive-oil rich Savon Noir beldi and a rough Kassa mitt) removes dead skin cells. My massage targeted problem areas and my skin was remoisturised with Cinq Mondes oils.

The Process: This all-in-one package kicks off with an early-morning workout in the Sofitel's state-of-the-art gym, during which a butler will remove your shoes and shirt for polishing and pressing. You are taken for a pore-opening steam, Moroccan-style exfoliating body scrub and wash by a therapist in the hamam steam-room. Finally, you are served a healthy breakfast in the spa's opulent, high-ceilinged lounge, followed by a lie down in the deep relaxation zone. Being lazy, I opted for an express body massage after the hamam rather than the workout before. It's one of the best starts to a morning I've ever had — both I and my shirt felt thoroughly rejuvenated.

Any surprises? The spa is beautiful, the service impeccable. I've been asked to pick the massage oil in other spas but I've never been asked to choose the music, lighting level and even bed temperature for my treatment. Breakfast was pretty good, too.

Cost: Breakfast £65/one hour; Express Body Massage £45/30 mins, So Spa, Sofitel London St James, 6 Waterloo Place, SW1, www.sofitelstjames.com

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