Ananda in the Himalayas

India’s most famous destination spa. This is somewhere that holds on fast to the hearts of spiritual spa fairies looking for a one-stop fix-it shop in a spot of supreme beauty. We are, after all, in the motherland – some come just to explore the surrounding landscape (awesome in its magnitude) or make the pilgrimage to the nearby Hindu-temple town of Hrishikesh. If you are serious about ayurveda, Dr Sree will sort out your pitta from your chapatti and prescribe a special diet – not once will you find yourself crawling the walls for cheese. Or you can be as low-key as you like and simply enjoy dawn yoga, hikes in the hills, swims and classes and a host of sensational spa treatments that will leave you frothy with light-headedness. The sort of place that is so cosseting you wonder how you will ever slice your own fruit again.