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Titanic spa or Turkish baths?

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ApplestheHare · 26/01/2020 20:11

DH is having the DC next weekend so I've got a rare day off to go out with a friend. Torn between Titanic Spa in Huddersfield or the Turkish Baths in Harrogate. Does anyone have experience of both? Lots of people recommend Titanic but I don't know anyone who's actually been to the Turkish Baths.

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Holdingtherope · 26/01/2020 20:25

I have been to titanic and do love it but only really for value for money. For amazing spa woodland spa in Lancashire trumps by a million miles. Titanic is good the first time you go I think

BarbaraofSeville · 26/01/2020 20:49

Second the Woodland Spa recommendation. It blows all the other spas in the area out of the water (pun intended). But it might depend what you want from a spa.

I want lots of warm bubbly water to lounge around in, a nice lunch and somewhere for a snooze after lunch. I always go alone, a couple of times a year and I never have treatments. The Woodland ticks all these boxes for me.

The Titanic didn't have enough bubbly water for me and the restaurant, which was open to people not using the spa, was right in the middle, so you had what was for me the slightly weird situation where you had people in dressing gowns wandering around amongst restautant guests.

I also like Rudding Park, the rooftop spa is spectacular, but it's probably more expensive and it's a bit full of 'look at me' Instagram types, or it was on the day I went.

In the north of England, my favourites in order are:

Woodland,
Rudding Park
Center Parcs Sherwood - pretty good but loses points because you're not supposed to use your kindle and the outdoor hot tubs are usually full of people who Never Stop Talking
Titanic

BarbaraofSeville · 26/01/2020 20:51

Sorry, to answer your original question, I've never been to the Harrogate Turkish Baths, but I like a pool and hot bubbly water, like I said, and they don't have a pool and I think it's more steam rooms than jacuzzis.

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LordEmsworth · 26/01/2020 20:56

I have been to the Turkish Baths and it was great. I had the Hammam treatment first then spent the session in the baths, which is basically a cold pool and a room that is very hot at the front and gets hotter the further you go in. So you go in, then cold plunge, then go in a bit further, then plunge, and over time can go hotter and hotter. A bit different to the usual spa experience...

Holymotherforkingshirtballs · 26/01/2020 21:07

I was going to suggest The Woodlands Spa too. Absolutely amazing

ApplestheHare · 26/01/2020 21:53

Thanks for all the info. Woodlands looks lovely but it's about an hour and a half to get there, which is too far. One of my DDs is only 9 months so I was looking at Titanic or the Turkish Baths as they're both about 40 mins away. I LOVE Rudding Park and it was always my go-to spa but it's just become insanely expensive since they opened the new spa areas.

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Holdingtherope · 31/01/2020 17:52

Where did you decide op?

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