The modern gym has sleek white-and-grey equipment (an exercise bike, rowing machine, cross fit trainer, weights and yoga mats) there are paintings to gaze at when the going gets tough. You can also do a 'bootcamp' day (€350 a person) which includes a personal training session, a vegetarian lunch, Kundalini yoga in the afternoon and a sports masssage to finish. Offerings include private yoga lessons and personal training sessions. The petite spa is well-appointed with a black-tiled hammam a sauna and a treatment area with a menu of revitalising massages (book in advance). Its wooden deck is topped with parasol-shaded sunloungers and is surrounded by neat lawns. The outdoor saltwater pool (open from 1 May to 1 October) is heated and long enough to swim laps. It’s on two floors, connected by a spiral, Venetian-made staircase wooden beams criss-cross the whitewashed bedroom, purple velvet chairs are grouped together in the high-ceilinged living room, and the tiled, open bathroom is kitted out with designs by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. If we had to choose (trust us, this isn’t easy), we’d have to go for the Fontenay suite in the farmhouse, overlooking the pool.
Some of the 10 rooms are based in the main château, others in the adjacent farmhouse or gardener’s cottage. In rooms: iPod dock, tea- and Nespresso coffee-making facilities, minibar, and Être organic bath products.
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Byway offers a tailored six-day journey to the Netherlands.Spa treatments, hammam, sauna, gym, free WiFi throughout, electric bikes for rent and free parking on-site. Spend some time exploring Rotterdam to see its eyecatching architecture, street art and the transformation of its once industrial docks. Here you can cycle to Castle De Haar or take the local bus to see dinky Oud-Zuilen and its 18th century mansion house. A few days later, travel the two and a half hours south by train to Utrecht, a historic university city with a lively canalside bar and café scene. This sleepy harbourside town with its red brick townhouses, canals and cobbled streets makes a great base to explore the coastline and its vast beaches backed by dunes and wetlands. To get to know the country without the crowds, exit the Eurostar at the port city of Rotterdam to head north to Harlingen on the coast of the Wadden Sea. Off the beaten path in the NetherlandsĪmsterdam isn’t the only destination in the Netherlands. On the canal in Harlingen (Getty Images) 5.
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