Ruthin Castle in North Wales, UK has opened The Moat Spa - its all-weather spa concept incorporating indoor and outdoor experiences - after a £2m revamp.
The new spa is located in the woodlands of the privately-owned Ruthin Castle Hotel near Chester, with facilities including one of the UK's first outdoor log-fired sauna tents.
Owners Anthony and Amanda Saint Claire worked with Blue Spa and Leisure in designing the spa, a process that included researching Finnish, Siberian and Russian experiences.
The Moat's indoor spa facilities include spring water hot tubs, thermal rooms and a mud bath.
There are five treatment rooms including a VIP couple's room with copper bath and private steamroom, a Moet in the Moat champagne nail bar and relaxation room.
Treatments are delivered using products made exclusively for the spa, all of which comprise local Welsh ingredients such as Anglesey sea salts, seaweed, herbs and honey.
Therapies range from oxygenating ginger wraps, Argan Oil and green tea body polish scrubs to The Moat hot stone massage and gold luxury facials.
The outdoor spa facilities feature a Dutch hot tub, a spring water shower-fed by the Clydian mountain tops, cocoons swinging from trees and a fire pit for BBQs.
The spa is open to hotel residents and non-residents and offers day treatments, personal training and private group treatments.
