Fancy trading in your turkey dinner for a Michelin-dining experience? Or switching your Boxing Day movie binge for tanning beachside? The kings of personalised luxury travel, COMO Hotels and Resorts, are once again providing unique resort experiences: festive retreats for those seeking something altogether more serene this winter.
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These Christmas retreats are based in COMO’s luxe resorts around the globe, from rural Bhutan to the pristine Maldives. Whether you want to dine out, help out, or chill out, there’s a festive retreat experience for everyone.
Bhutan
If you’d like to get off the beaten track, there’s no better place than COMO Uma Paro in Bhutan. The seven-night ‘Festive Himalayan Explorer’ package provides a true taste of Bhutan life with a private English-speaking Bhutanese guide. Excursions include a visit to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery, as well as voluntary work planting saplings and visits to a local orphanage alongside other festive dinners, bonfires and carolling. To make sure you return home feeling fully reset and restored, each guest has full use of the swimming pool, steam room and gym facilities, in addition to daily yoga and one 60-minute COMO Shambhala body treatment.
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Bali
Christmas can be a frantic time, which can leave you feeling frazzled and unfocused as you enter the New Year. Get in touch with your inner-self, enjoy a stress-free week of yoga and Pilates at Bali’s COMO Shambhala Estate. With specialised consultations to help reset your mind and and improve your productivity before 2018 even begins.
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For a little more peace and quiet, check out COMO Uma Ubud in the midst of Tjampuhan Valley. Their festive retreat programming includes relaxing jungle and rice field walks so you can work off any Christmas indulgences.
Miami
Sun-seekers are going to want to head to COMO Metropolitan Miami Beach resort to top up that winter tan. Along with the standard wellness facilities, the hotel is also home to Traymore Gin Bar: with over 30 artisanal gins, a healthier Christmas doesn’t have to be a dry one. If you want to balance your Christmas indulgences with some exercise and wellness therapies, then COMO Shambhala Urban Escape spa provides access to holistic treatments and fitness facilities, including a yoga terrace, steam room, experience showers, a hydrotherapy pool, and a comprehensive detox menu.
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Phuket
If you’re looking for Christmas spirit, COMO Point Yamu has it in abundance. A tree lighting ceremony kicks off the celebrations, followed by festive banquets, and a poolside Christmas roast under the stars. To bring in the New Year, the resort is hosting a Great Gatsby 1920s party on December 31st, including afterparty. Explore the local area on sunset cruises, and of course, indulge in spa experiences with specialised COMO Shambhala therapies.
The Maldives
Alternatively, relax on the white sand beaches of the Maldives at COMO Maalifushi or COMO Cocoa Island. It’s the ideal resort for couples or families, with plenty of festive activities for the little ones. Both resorts feature flexible schedules, with a variety of Christmas dinners, beachside barbecues, sunset cocktail parties, diving and sailing excursions. Snorkel, swim and wake up in 2018 feeling refreshed.
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London
Relaxation doesn’t mean rural, which COMO proves with a series of urban retreats at their London locations. COMO Metropolitan London on Park Lane is offering private dining experiences with stunning city views; while their Belgravia location, COMO The Halkin, is hosting a Michelin-starred Christmas dinner at their in-house Basque restaurant Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, serving up creative Northern Spanish cuisine. While the focus is on food at this Christmas retreat, COMO is more than happy to customise your stay to include festive excursions to ice rinks or include spa treatments to help you pamper for the new year.
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Perth
For an unforgettable start to 2018, there’s nowhere better to celebrate than COMO The Treasury in Perth, Australia. Welcome the New Year at Wildflower, their rooftop bar and restaurant with stunning city views. Add on a spa package for some extra indulgence, or gift your partner the ‘All I Want For Christmas’ experience. This package includes a two-night stay in the COMO suite with champagne on arrival, a five-course tasting dinner at Wildflower, a wine or craft beer pairing lunch at Petition Kitchen, and a guided wine masterclass, and two 120-minute COMO Shambhala Detoxifying skin treatments, in addition to more delicious dining experiences and treats.
