Refresh, Relax, Detox: Best Places for a New Year's Retreat
2nd January 2025
Feeling in need of a new year's refresh? Book a yourself few days away somewhere calm and peaceful to relax and detox. Requirements are: a gorgeous country hideaway, a hot tub or an outdoor bath, and quite possibly a sauna too.
Here are 21 of our favourite cabins and treehouses with spa vibes to help inspire you.
HappenOak Treehouse
Balsham - Cambridgeshire
2
A luxurious and romantic treehouse for two with an outdoor bath, Finnish-style sauna and views across the Cambridgeshire countryside.
Coddiwomple Cabin
Ticehurst - East Sussex
2
This beautiful cabin and hot tub combo lie in their own private little woodland in the picturesque High Weald region of East Sussex.
The Lakeside Lodge
Thorpe le Soken - Essex
2
A stylish lakeside cabin for two with cinema screen, wild swimming and outdoor tub, in rural northern Essex.
Log Jam
Menherion - Cornwall
2
Gorgeous, eco-friendly wooden cabin offering couples a cosy and beautiful romantic retreat in the heart of Cornwall.
The Sheiling
Abernyte - Perthshire
2
Striking contemporary cabin set high on a hill with stunning views of rural Perthshire, perfect for couples looking for a quiet escape.
Caban Du
Llanfyllin - Powys
2
A relaxing escape for couples in a stylish cabin with a hot tub on the balcony in an ancient mid-Wales wood.
The Reeds At South Lodge
Lower Beeding - West Sussex
2-4 per lodge
A collection of luxurious, modern lodges on the edge of a lake in West Sussex with outdoor bath tubs, infra red saunas, modern amenities and amazing views.
The Huts at Elmley Nature Reserve
Isle of Sheppey - Kent
2 to 10
Escape to Elmley Nature Reserve and stay in comfy cosy huts and cabins surrounded by inspiring scenery and wonderful wildlife.
Wildwood Spa
Ilfracombe - Devon
2
Indulge in a romantic weekend away in North Devon, in this unique property designed with both Nordic minimalism and Japanese architecture in mind.
The Nutshell
Okehampton - Devon
2
Cosy cabin tucked away in an ancient garden beneath the canopy of trees with a lovely balcony and hot tub in Okehampton, near Dartmoor.
Dyffryn Ceri
Penuwch - Ceredigion
2
Romantic cabin in the countryside near the Ceredigion coast with a hot tub and spectacular views.
Fairygreen Cabin
Collace - Perthshire
2
Beautiful cabin on a peaceful Perthshire farm offering a romantic retreat with incredible views and an outdoor bathtub.
Rutland Hideaway Lodges
Little Bytham - Lincolnshire
4 +2 per lodge
Enjoy a relaxing break in rural serenity in one of these two wonderful lodges in Rutland with huge decks, sunken hot tubs, fire pits and more.
The Scandi Cabin
Hereford - Herefordshire
2
Wonderful, modern, off-grid cabin in the peaceful Herefordshire countryside with hot tub, free-standing bath tub, sauna and incredible views.
The Birdhouse Treehouse
Crewkerne - Somerset
2
Luxury Scandinavian-style tree house in a magical Somerset natural setting
Tiny Home Borders
Hawick - Roxburghshire
2
Retreat from reality at the peaceful Tiny Home Borders in the Scottish Borders, a couples' cabin hosting a Scandinavian wood-fired hot tub and a private Lochan.
The Lost Cabin
Knowstone - Devon
2
Charming cabin in rural Devon offering couples a private hot tub, cosy interiors and sweeping views of rolling hills.
The Glebe Retreat
Edlingham - Northumberland
2
Secluded glamping pod with an outdoor bath and firepit near Northumberland’s National Park.
The Red Cabin
Rolvenden - Kent
3+1
Beautiful cabin with contemporary Scandi interiors offering a peaceful retreat in the Kent countryside with a hot tub, sauna, plunge pool and log burner.
The Roundhouse
Ross-on-Wye - Herefordshire
2
Romantic retreat with a sauna, outdoor bath and a rooftop pond near Ross-on-Wye.
The Corner House
Leominster - Herefordshire
2
An off-grid, lover’s cabin in rural Herefordshire, with a steamy, open-air hot tub and dreamy, star-lit views…..