The Landmark Spa & Health Club

The spa in the basement of the Landmark London hotel is small but spoiling with luxury E'SPA treatments and the use of the 15-metre swimming pool. The hotel originally opened as The Great Central Hotel in 1899 as one of the great Victorian railway hotels - the back entrance is directly linked to Marylebone station and there is even a covered wrought-iron walkway to get you there dry if it is raining. Now this large, traditional five-star hotel boasts a state of the art spa with two relaxation areas, a range of E'SPA massages, scrubs, wraps and facials, and a small but well-equipped gym overlooking the pool. After a work out in the pool you can relax in the warm whirlpool where the underwater bubbles will massage away any tension. Special treatments on offer include Jet Lag Reviver - for the weary traveller - and Prenatal treatment for mums-to-be while massage and body care therapies include full-body, neck and shoulder relief, hot stone, deep tissue and reflexology. The use of the spa is ?15 per day for hotel guests and use of the gym, pool and heat facilities is complimentary when you book a treatment. Non residents can sign up for day or annual membership (at ?30 a day, this is good value). Alternatively, day spa packages are available - the 'Soothe' option offers an hour-long treatment, a Bento Box lunch, a day of pool side relaxation and steaming, plus a gift to take home for ?125. At ?295, 'Indulge' is the most expensive package. But, if you really want to spoil yourself the hotel will arrange for a chauffeur to pick you up and take you home - with your own bathrobe.