Vaucluse is not where you expect to find Palm Springs, but Sol Spa makes the case. Evette Moran did the interiors across two storeys, all botanical prints, custom wallpaper and plush underfoot, with a cafe below so you can turn a treatment into a morning. The facials lean on Synergie Skin and Guinot, with KNESKO masks and Retreatment Botanics for the full sensory version. For those chasing results there is EMSCULPT NEO and EMSELLA, the machines that do the work you keep meaning to. But mostly this is a warm, garden-side hideaway a stone's throw from the water. Sun-drenched and easy. The good kind of holiday feeling, no airport required.


Sol Spa at The Botanica, Vaucluse
Palm Springs by way of Vaucluse. Two storeys of botanical prints, custom wallpaper and Synergie Skin facials, with a cafe below so you can turn a treatment into a morning.

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