Quartz Thermal Experience at Ice House Hotel, Co Mayo 

Missing some winter sun and the sand between your toes? Irish hotels offering treatments to replicate the serotonin minus the air miles include the Ice House Hotel which now offers an innovative quartz thermal experience (€70) per person based on Ancient Egyptian psammotherapy (or hot sand therapy) which was initially used to treat everything from scoliosis to inflammatory diseases. This treatment includes a stimulating massage (while cocooned on a special Gharieni heated bed filled with sand) which detoxifies and releases muscle tension. Combine with an overnight stay so you can fully explore the hotel’s new Wellness Room with floor-to-ceiling views over Belleek woods; www.theicehouse.ie 

The Floraison Experience at The Westbury, Dublin

For those who love a results-driven facial, the exclusive Floraison experience is available at The Westbury from February 6-7. This is delivered by expert facialist Dawn Hill, who has built a cult following for her prescriptive facials, often described as “the best natural face-lift”. Hill uses French skin brand Biologique Recherche, which she describes as a raw food diet for your skin, with ingredients that have the ability to transform the skin. Each product is meticulously chosen for your individual needs. The package, priced at €575 per person, includes an overnight stay in The Westbury including an à la carte breakfast the following morning, two-course lunch in Wilde and a 90-minute bespoke facial (€175) in your suite. What could possibly be more relaxing?; www.doylecollection.com 

Forest Rasul Experience at Galgorm Spa & Health Resort, Co Antrim

There’s no need to take a flight to the Middle East for an authentic rasul treatment that includes the health-enhancing benefits of heat, steam and … mud! Stay in one of the new Shepherd’s Huts nestled in Galgorm Wood beside the river Maine at Galgorm Spa & Health Resort and enjoy the Forest Rasul Experience. Access to the enhanced Thermal Spa Village is included and so close you can stroll across and spend all day in your swimsuit and bathrobe testing the vitality pools, riverside bathing tubs, snow cabins and a new salt cave. The latter is heated to 25C with sand underfoot. The Forest Rasul treatment is £99stg per person, while bed and breakfast in the Shepherd’s Huts is from £405stg for two guests; www.galgorm.com 

Chakra Balancing at The g Hotel, Galway

The “Chakra Balancing” treatment is all about mindfulness, rejuvenation and awakening natural radiance. This luxurious 110-minute treatment begins with a naturally exfoliating formula to smooth away any dry or dull skin.This is followed by a hot stone massage that will alleviate tense muscles. Guests can complement the treatment with “Shirodhra”, a traditional Ayurvedic practice of pouring warm oil onto the forehead and through the scalp, which is known to help ease stress in the body and calm emotions.This “Chakra Balancing” package is €195, if you wish to upgrade this treatment with the “Shirodhra” it is €25 extra. Stay overnight after your spa treatment in one of the g Hotel’s luxurious and stylish rooms; www.theghotel.ie

Winter Warmer at Cliff at Lyons, Co Kildare

Available on selected midweek dates until February 24, The “Winter Warmer” experience is a restorative stay. This tempting package includes overnight accommodation in a picturesque Estate or Lily pond room with breakfast, a three-course meal at The Mill Restaurant and a 60-minute private outdoor thermal experience at The Garden Room. The latter is a gorgeous new addition to the Well in the Garden Spa and comprises a chic treatment pavilion, two impressive outdoor copper baths, outdoor showers, a curved sauna and a beautifully planted flower-edged relaxation area. As for the private thermal experience, it begins with a warming scalp ritual and targets trigger points in the head, neck and shoulders to completely relax the mind. The choice of bathing therapies includes an organic peat bath that soothes aches and pains, the skin-plumping benefits of a seaweed bath, supporting skin rejuvenation  or the seasonal spiced orange bath, which uses warming bath salts that will soften the skin. Afterwards, guests can relax in the eucalyptus sauna before cooling off in the calming outdoor lavender shower. From €625 for two people sharing; www.cliffatlyons.ie 

Wrap Me Up at InterContinental Dublin 

Especially created to relax and revive, the 85-minute “Wrap me up” treatment begins with a lymphatic skin brushing followed by an ESPA salt and oil detoxifying body exfoliation and then an invigorating shower. Afterwards enjoy an ESPA Marine Mud envelopment with heated blanket, which allows the pores to open up and absorb the mask. This treatment helps improve cellulite, circulation, congested or dry skin and speed up the elimination of toxins.  While the body mask is working, the therapist will carry out an express facial and scalp massage to relax the mind.The Wrap me Up Treatment is €140 per person midweek and €160 at weekends; www.intercontinentaldublin.ie.

Wellness Retreat at Radisson Blue Royal Hotel, Dublin

Book into the Radisson Blue Royal Hotel on Golden Lane in Dublin 8 for its “Wellness Retreat” package, €215 per person, an overnight stay for two guests which includes two revitalising treatments at the impressive Vevaere spa. The thermal suite offers a host of experiences from Caribbean storm showers to black Aspen Finnish saunas, before a Codage Renew and Recharge body scrub and revitalising hot stone massage – Bliss! www.radissonhotelgroup.com