Independently-owned Crantock Bay Spa to open in June

The owners of Crantock Bay, a leisure development near Newquay in Cornwall, UK, have announced plans to open a boutique day spa in June.

Owned and managed by the Eyles family, the spa will be the latest stage in the ongoing project to transform the former Crantock Bay Hotel into luxury, self-catering apartments and supporting leisure facilities.

The development now houses a selection of high-end, short-stay apartments ranging from two to four-bedroom properties, an on-site restaurant and a leisure and health club with a heated indoor swimming pool.

The 72sq m (775sq ft) spa, scheduled for a mid-June launch, will have three treatment rooms and will be open to guests staying in the holiday apartments as well as non-guests.

According to Nina Eyles, co-owner of Crantock Bay, the boutique spa will focus on offering a local, Cornish experience. Designed by Newquay-based Whitrow Design, the spa will use Made For Life by Spiezia products in its treatments – with every product made by hand in Cornwall using organic herbs, flowers and oils.

Eyles adds that one of spa’s USPs will be to offer non-toxic treatments to cancer sufferers. “We will offer treatments for those going through cancer,” she said.

“Many spas have to turn people away if they are going through cancer, but the therapists who are trained in the accredited ‘Cancer Touch Therapy’, can offer holistic treatments, organic makeovers, nutritional advice and ‘a lot of love and hugs’.”

“Made for Life products are also suitable for expectant mothers, babies and those who suffer from problems such as eczema and arthritis.”

The Eyles family first acquired the Crantock Bay hotel in 1951 and the current owners are the third generation of the family to operate the property.