Amatara Welleisure Resort

A spa menu of nearly 60 pages: the 165-minute Thai Hammam (exfoliation, massage, thermal mud, sauna and steam), many massages, scrubs and beauty treatments, and Reiki, naturopathy and chakra balancing.

Detox in three forms: AMATARA Detox (a detox diet with colonic hydrotherapy), Body Detox (juice fasting, no colonics) and Mind Detox (a detox diet, no colonics).

Every detox retreat includes the room, return airport transfers, full board or the detox menu, a 60-minute consultation with two follow-ups, a blood-pressure check, a physical analysis and a body-composition test.

Spa Revive, a spa retreat of 10 or 14 nights: massages, facials, the 105-minute Thai Hammam journey and a daily infrared sauna or steam.

Stress & Burnout Recovery of 10 or 14 nights: energy healing, Shirodhara, Thai salt-pot therapy and the Thai Hammam journey.

Gut-health programmes of 5, 7, 10 or 14 nights.

Also Welleisure, Yoga, Weight Management, Active (fitness) and a tailor-made Bespoke retreat, each run by the resort's wellness consultants.

Amatara's spa is open to non-guests; booking ahead is advised in high season.

105 rooms: 48 suites, 22 pavilions and 35 pool villas, each with a sea-view balcony.

Spa treatments from 1,800 baht for a 30-minute body scrub to 8,900 baht for the 165-minute Thai Hammam experience.

Families are welcome: a kids' club and a separate children's pool.

20 minutes from Phuket Town and 45 from the airport; Rawai is about 15 minutes by car.

Sea-view treatment rooms and a Turkish bath; a 55-metre infinity pool, a children's pool, a private beach, a 24-hour gym, tennis courts, a Pilates studio and a yoga pavilion.