Hotel on the Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire

For years people have come to Cheltenham to %26ldquo;take the waters%26rdquo;: George III,
Lord Byron, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens all gave it a go. Dickens was
particularly impressed. %26ldquo;Rarely have I seen such a place that so attracted
my fancy,%26rdquo; he commented.

Cheltenham’s Regency pump room is still attracting a trickle of visitors, but
I recently joined the water takers in a different way, at the plush (rather
peculiar) Hotel on the Park.

Almost all the rooms, you see, have hot tubs, %26ldquo;chromatherapy baths%26rdquo;,
%26ldquo;aromatherapy baths%26rdquo; or %26ldquo;infinity baths%26rdquo;. Mine had an %26ldquo;infinity%26rdquo; tub with
water that flowed in a raging torrent from a ceiling spout - taking me
completely by surprise at first as I hadn’t read the instructions properly.

The water in the huge bath (big enough for a baby hippo) seeped over the edges
into a trough, while bubbles emanated from nozzles, and mesmerising lights
flickered blue-green-yellow-red-purple.

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