Four spas to visit to recover from Christmas

Madeleine Taylor looks at four new or reopened spas to recharge your batteries.

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Arctic Bath: a Narnia-like nest
(Image credit: © Johan Kauppi / Arctic Bath 2014)

With Christmas only just over and New Year celebrations looming, you can be forgiven for feeling exhausted. But help is at hand. "It has been scientifically proven that the Nordic tradition of hot and cold plunging improves mood and reduces stress," says Leo Bear in The Daily Telegraph. With remedies such as cryotherapy and ice yoga becoming more popular, Arctic Bath, a spa retreat due to open 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle in the spring, "feels way ahead of the curve".

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Madeleine Taylor

Madeleine is a journalist in based in Tokyo. She is a former contributor for MoneyWeek, covering  stock markets, art and travel, and is a former investment writer for The Financial Times. Her work has appeared in titles including The Week, Investors Chronicle and the NME.