SRI LANKA NATURE’S SPICE RACK

For an unforgettable culinary journey in Sri Lanka, Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort offers a Harvest Table experience based on fresh, home-grown and sustainable ingredients, where menus are created around what’s picked from the garden that day.

Meet the chef for a guided stroll through the resort’s own zero-waste gardens and paddy field, where you will harvest fruit, vegetables, rice, herbs and spices to be prepared for lunch later. A local fisherman will arrive by boat through the mangrove river to bring his daily fresh catch for your main course, and the chef will then prepare your four-course meal in the custom-built muluthange, or kitchen, to be enjoyed in the rustic treehouse, accompanied with an organic wine or herbal drink.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY ENRICHING IMMERSIONS

The mineral-rich water that bubbles to the surface in Budapest was as popular during the Ottoman Empire as it is today.

Visiting one of the city’s nine medicinal baths is a must, with the largest and most popular of them all the 1913-built Szechenyi Baths, located in City Park, the largest green space in the Hungarian capital, just 10 minutes from Anantara New York Palace Budapest Hotel Open every day of the year – and especially popular on national holidays – the Baroque Revival labyrinthine complex includes 18 indoor and outdoor geothermal pools, water jets, and saunas, as well as a range of massage treatment options.

Szechenyi attracts vast numbers of visitors; if you want a quieter experience, head for the Ottoman-era Rudas Baths, which boast indoor octagonal baths built under Pasha Sokollu Mustafa in the 16th century, as well as a strikingly modern style rooftop hot tub with sweeping views.

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THE ALGARVE, PORTUGAL SIGNATURE SPA

Portugal’s picturesque Algarve region offers a bounty of natural elements to soothe and rejuvenate, including invigorating sea salt blends, polished seashells to stimulate blood flow, and massage oils based on delicious scents such as pomegranate. Embrace a natural approach to relaxation during two sensory journeys at Tivoli Spa: Tivoli Detox Journey (150 minutes), and the Tivoli Sea Essence 80-minute massage, which can be enjoyed at the Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort and Tivoli Marina Vilamoura Algarve Resort

Both spas utilise organic beauty products by Natura Bissé, voted world’s best spa brand four years in a row.