Amara

Dubai’s top spa at the Park Hyatt has eight treatment suites, including three for couples, all with their own private walled gardens complete with outdoor rain showers. Choose your own background music, then lean back for a luxurious foot bath followed by your selected treatment. Tempting ones, especially if you just got off the plane, include the two-hour Diamond Ceremony (Dh750), where you’ll be pummelled into Gumby-like bliss with a variety of steps, including an aromatherapy deep-pressure back massage, a mineral-rich body masque and a chilled-stone eye massage. Best of all, afterwards you’re not shoved out the door but are free to enjoy the tranquil garden over tea and dates. Treatments also entitle you to use the gym and relax by the palm-tree-shaded pool, so make a day of it. Reserve well ahead.