The Silo Spa

The spa occupies the fourth floor of The Silo Hotel. It has five treatment rooms, two of which open into a couple's room, along with a gym, sauna and manicure area. Signature treatments use Ling and Black Pearl products, and the hotel states that it is the only spa in Africa working with the exclusive Ling range. The menu is built around massage. There is a relaxing massage at soft to medium pressure, a deep-tissue treatment combining stretching, trigger-point work and cross-fibre technique with heat, arnica gel and menthol spray, and a lymphatic drainage session using the Terres d'Afrique Tri-Touch tool. A hot crystal massage works across the muscle grain with slow strokes and direct pressure. Guests choose three essential oils from nine, and every bottle is unlabelled, so the choice rests on scent alone. The therapist then mixes a personal blend. For agents, request the couple's room when two guests want to be treated together.