'I booked a booze-free spa break in the New Forest and it was unlike anything I’d tried before'

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Steam baths and seaweed safaris on Sweden’s spa island

A new wellbeing hotel on the tiny outpost of Styrsö in the Gothenburg archipelago is a perfect base for a relaxing, restorative break

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Relax, revive, refresh: 30 of the best spa hotels and retreats in Europe

From luxurious urban escapes to holistic getaways and indulgent country breaks, here’s our pick of the very best spas

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My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

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You’re hot then you’re cold: Australians discover sauna ‘euphoria’

Australia’s once limited sauna options have recently expanded, with openings around the country – though not everyone is ready to sweat fully nude

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Cracking geysers: the world’s most thrilling hot springs – in pictures

They can be sacred, space-like, healing or heart-shaped – and anywhere on Earth. Even war can’t get between people and natural springs, as Greta Rybus shows in her latest photobook

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