Advantages: Spa resort with wonderful views in an all inclusive hotel
Disadvantages: some rooms don't have fabulous harbour view

...That surprised you, didn’t it! Well, the week we went, there were storms, floods and luckily the spas, so we didn’t need to go and brave the weather unless we felt inclined! It was our sixth visit to Malta, and we had never experienced such awful weather, but it did clear up and we were able to enjoy the island. The Hotel Fortina Spa Resort is situated at the end of a road looking over the Marsamxett Harbour in Sliema towards Valetta. A view I personally adore, as there is always something happening on the water, it’s usually busy with all types of boats but during the storms in December we enjoyed watching the huge waves breaking on the rocks and the occasional Navy boats braving the seas! Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of building going on, the Hotel has increased in size, and is still on going, but this did... Read review

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Advantages: heavenly smell, makes skin feel wonderful
Disadvantages: not so great in a shower

...and total well-being. The bottle contains 200ml of ‘invigorating gel’ with deep cleansing agents, sea minerals and microcapsules with vitamin E to hydrate and moisturize your skin. Sounds great I thought, vitamin E does wonders for people how have just had plastic surgery or scars so I wondered just what amazing things it could do for my skin! -Ingredients- The usual long list of ingredients with not much to recognise unless you are a chemist. Recognisable were Aqua (water) and sodium laurel sulphate (used to make a product froth up). On the back there is also a warning to keep away from eye and not to leave the product in direct sunlight. USING THE PRODUCT -Usage instructions- Use with the spa body polisher to achieve maximum benefits. -What I did and thought- Well now what’s a body polisher then! I don’t have one (but I do know... Read review

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Advantages: The formula really works to soften and revitalise tired skin
Disadvantages: A little messy and quite hard to remove

...Pampering and home spa treatments are, for me, some of the most pleasurable and enjoyful aspects of being a woman. Of course men can also indulge themselves in this way, though when I try and involve my husband in this kind of thing he shrugs me off and reinforces his 'manliness' by looking at garage tools on the internet! I have several different types of face masks in my vast collection, some more effective than others. The Dead Sea Magik Mud Mask has to be one of the most outstanding products in tis collection and even my husband indulges me by allowing me to use it on his skin too! (It's the only one he'll let me use on his skin). I had read in my health and beauty magazine that Dead Sea salt is one of the best treatments available for skin. It has been used for thousands of years for its therapeutic properties as a natural... Read review

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Advantages: Unique experience, luxury spa, real get-away-from-it-all
Disadvantages: Not cheap, long way away from anything else, could be boring?

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