The spa creates a completely holistic oasis of calm for guests. The space uses rich colours and natural materials such as stone, wood and linen to reflect the surrounding Galway landscape and create a welcoming environment for pure indulgence. This beautiful and meditative hideaway is a space where guests can slip out of the real world for a time and enjoy the best of spa experiences. Situated on the first floor of the spa, the wet area and heat experience features a vitality pool, heated trepidarium, rock sauna, steam room, lifestyle showers, boasting _ metre diameter heads and offering a tropical mist effect, and an ice fountain. Four beauty suites and eight treatment rooms are to be found on the upper floor. A magnificent feature stairwell rises over the black polished tranquillity pool, which is set around a bed of white Galway pebbles, up to the relaxation rooms with views onto a specially created external Japanese Zen garden – exclusive to the spa. Rising over the stairwell as if in flight, is the spa’s trademark sculpture of a flock of origami cranes, representing long life and happiness in Japanese tradition. The installation designed by Eva Menz with Salon 21 floats three metres from the ceiling rising to seven metres above the pool. The effect is breathtakingly beautiful and combined with the calming sound of trickling water from the hydra features creates an atmosphere of total relaxation and escapism. All treatment rooms contain private showers and feature a narrow trough of Galway pebbles which relates the treatments available in the spa back to the hotel’s location.