Stretch your boundaries
Find winter sun at Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai. The Cove Rotana Resort looks like a Mediterranean village and boasts a private beach.
Float in the infinity pool or swim in the lagoon before being pampered at the wellness centre where you can join a yoga class or have a Balinese massage.
Virgin Holidays (0344 557 1542/virginholidays.com) offers four nights from £735 (two sharing), B&B. Price in cludes return flights from Heathrow to Dubai. Departs January 17.
Gaze out over crashing waves while enjoying a beach-side massage at Agadir’s Paradis Plage, the place to enjoy a traditional Hammam or learn to surf.
The Healthy Holiday Company (0208 968 0501/ thehealthyholidaycompany. co.uk) offers seven nights from £695 (two sharing), half board. Price includes return flights from Gatwick to Agadir.
Escape to the country at Luton Hoo hotel, set in 1,065 acres. Hot stone massage treatments and ESPA facials are available.
Luton Hoo (01582 734 437/lutonhoo.co.uk) offers doubles from £155 (two sharing), half board.
Asian-inspired treatments are the order of the day at County Durham’s Seaham Hall. Their new programme includes seaweed body wraps and detox menus.
The Georgian country house, Seaham Hall (0191 516 1400/seaham-hall.co. uk) sits on a clifftop and offers two nights from £485 (two sharing), half board.
Middlethorpe Hall near York is offering a weekend of creativity, health and well-being from January 19-21. Dance and movement sessions will keep you active while drawing and writing classes will channel your creativity.
Pride of Britain (0800 089 3929/prideofbritainhotels. com) offers two nights at Middlethorpe Hall from £549 (two sharing), full board.
Starting from celebrity haunt Barbados, sail the Caribbean, stopping off at St Lucia with its towering Pitons and Antigua, famous for its 365 beaches.
While on board, relax with an open-air massage with bamboo shoots soaked in essential oils or take a dip in the hydrotherapy pool.
P&O Cruises (0843 373 0111/pocruises.com) offers 14 nights from £1,449 (two sharing), full board.
Departs Barbados January 26. Price includes return flights from Gatwick.
Champneys Boot Camps are less about army-style drills and more about feeling re-energised to achieve your New Year’s resolutions.
Focusing on weight loss, there are plenty of activities including spinning, battle ropes and water netball.
On January 12, Champneys Henlow (0843 316 2222/champneys.com) offers two nights from £459 (two sharing), full board.
Escape to Po Valley at the foothills of the Alps where the ivy-covered villa of L’Albereta awaits.
The fresh mountain air will put a spring in your step, as will a bike ride around the vineyard and a treatment in their Espace Chenot Wellness Spa.
As well as traditional treatments such as massages and facials you can have your diet analysed. L’Albereta (dialling from the UK: 00 39 0307 760 550/ albereta.it) offers four nights from £1,575, full board.
Be traditional and cross the Atlantic aboard Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth. Join their world voyage from Southampton, pausing to take in the pink sands of Bermuda and spending one night in iconic New York, en route to Fort Lauderdale.
Check in to the Royal Spa for mud treatments and aromatherapy body scrubs or daily yoga on the decks.
Cunard (0344 338 8650/ cunard.co.uk) offers 13 nights from £4,089 (two sharing), full board.
Departs Southampton January 7.