Top 5 UK and Overseas Spa Resorts/Health Farms from Condé Nast Traveller's 1999 Readers' Travel Awards Dateline: 11/1/99

October's Condé Nast Traveller (the UK version) provides the results this year's survey of the top 100 world's best hotels, Spas, islands, airlines, cities, and cruise lines. Reader's Travel Awards questionnaires were inserted in copies of the May 1999 issue of Conde Nast Traveller distributed in the UK which generated 27,000 answers to produce the "Best of the Best" List.

Criteria by which the spas were judged are Location, Ambience/Decor, Environmental Friendliness, Service/Staff, Standard/Comfort of Accommodations, Range of Treatments, Food/Restaurants, Facilities/Equipment, and Value for Money. Here's how they ranked. Note the names are linked to the spa's or spa resort's web site so you can take a virtual visit.

Top 5 UK Spa Resorts/Health Farms Overseas Spa Resorts / Health Farms 1) Chewton Glen New Milton, Hampshire (food) 2) Lucknam Park Colerne, Wiltshire (facilities/equipment) 3) Bath Spa Hotel Bath (location, ambience/decor, service/staff, standard/comfort of accommodation) 4) Turnberry Hotel and Spa Ayrshire (range of treatments) 5) Stobo Castle Peebleshire 1) Nusa Dua Beach Hotel Bali (best value for money, service, range of treatments, facilities/equipment) 2) Chiva-Som International Health Resort Hua Hin, Thailand (food/restaurants) 3) Banyan Tree Phuket, Thailand (location) 4) Four Seasons Resort Bali (standard/comfort of accommodations) 5) Caracalla Therme Baden-Baden (location) More Top Spa Lists More Top Spa Lists • Nice Touch! Awards 2001 • A&E's Top 10 Spas 2000 • Conde Nast Traveller's (UK) World's Best Spas 2001 • DolceVita's Health Spas &Thermal Baths - The Italian Top Ten • The Gallivanter's Guide Best Spa In A Hotel/Resort Worldwide • National Geographic Traveler's 24 Best Spas in America 1999 • SELF's Spa Awards 2000 • Travel + Leisure's World's Best Spas Award 2001 • USA Today's 10 Great Spas for Him and Her 2000 • More Top Spa Lists

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