October Spa Of The Month | The Ice House Hotel, Mayo, Ireland

If you're looking for a luxurious vacation with a scenic environment, the Ice House Hotel is the perfect haven for true tranquillity. We are excited to feature the Chill Spa, where luxury meets nature, as this month's October Spa of the Month. 

CLASSIC ELEGANCE 

Overlooking the majestic River Moy in Ballina, the award-winning Ice House’s haven of creativity provides a warm and welcoming environment to meet, eat and relax in harmony amongst their spellbinding surroundings alongside the Wild Atlantic Way. 

The Ice House Hotel  hosts 32 bedrooms and suites that have been carefully designed, with a mix of classic and contemporary furnishings, to create the most calming and relaxing experience. The stunning architectural design invites guests to indulge and experience a unique pace, space, and beautifully inspirational setting. 

Savour meals created on the banks of Ireland's most famous salmon estuary by a crew passionate about producing the best, led by a Mayo born Achill Island native head chef, using wonderfully fresh, locally sourced vegetables and the finest meats. 

RESTFUL SANCTUARY 

Whether you are looking for a facial, a massage, a body wrap, a seaweed bath or a soothing soak in the outdoor hot tub, Chill Spa at the Ice House offers you everything you need to relax and rejuvenate. 

Named one of Irelands Top 10 Spas in 2023, this awe-inspiring property features an indoor and outdoor thermal area, ice baths, five luxurious treatment rooms, a double treatment room with Gharieni Quartz crystal treatment beds and access to a private outdoor hot tub, dry heat room, snooze room and steam rooms. In addition, guests have access to, the heart of the Chill Spa, the Spa Garden. 

The Chill Spa offers an extensive treatments menu, specially curated for a transformative experience, that is carried out by their highly skilled therapists utilising skincare brands from around the globe including VOYA skincare products. Our seaweed-based products encompass a wide range of essential nutrients that detoxify, protect, and moisturise your skin while you bask in your stay at the Ice House Hotel. 

The Chill Spa has the best of both worlds with indoor and outdoor spa facilities. If you prefer to relax in sheer bliss, then you can't beat the Chill Spa's famous outdoor baths overlooking the river. Indulge in a 'Lazy Days Detox Bath', known to remineralise the body, seaweed works to hydrate and moisturise, while also working to detoxify and remove toxins. 

At VOYA, we would recommend the VOYA Spring Tides Face & Body Treatment from a transformative personal experience with VOYA’s balancing ritual which celebrates and supports you through the natural tides of life. Starting with a back massage to wash away stress and anxiety, a foot massage that anchors you to be present in the moment, a tummy massage to ease bloating and digestion then finish with a hydration boost to cool and calm your skin. 

ENDLESS ADVENTURE 

Intrigued by what else Ballina has to offer, while indulging in a luxurious stay at the Ice House? 

For history lovers, you are in for a treat. Tour the untamed landscapes surrounding the coastline like the Dun Briste Sea Stack off Downpatrick Head and the Nephin, a mountain which dominates the inland landscape. Visit the inspiring Céide Fields, an enclosure built over 5000 years ago during the Neolithic age. 

If you would prefer to opt for a golf excursion the surrounding golf courses nearby such as Enniscrone, Carne (Belmullet), Ballina, Strandhill and Sligo and Rosses Point have been taken on by countless star players like Rory McIlroy, Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and Nick Faldo. 

ENVIROMENTAL EFFORTS 

The Ice House Hotel’s sustainable efforts do not end with the use of VOYA amenity bottles, but it extends beyond their discouragement of single-use bottles. The Hotel has also removed single-use plastic water bottles from bedrooms and offered filtered water to all guests in reusable glass bottles. To further promote their efforts, the hotel’s restaurant encourages guests to drink filtered water rather than promote bottled water. Water filler stations with compostable cups are offered to guests and they are encouraged to bring their own sustainable flasks and bottles. 

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For more information on the Ice House Hotel, please visit their website here. You can also read their spa menu, and of course the full VOYA treatment offering here. 

You can also follow the Ice House Hotel on Instagram and Facebook.