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STYLE ETC. The Art of Appropriate Acquisition In Tuscany, Borgo Pignano’s pool boasts a commanding position overlooking the rolling countryside STEFANO SCATA LIVING WELL GREAT ESCAPES Europe’s sunny southwest beckons with slick city sanctuaries and sumptuous rural refuges to soothe the soul and revive the spirit BY CLAUDIA ROELKE Aspate of new and new-look spas is ushering in a European summer filled with all manner of opportunities for pampering. In Monte Carlo, Hotel Metropole’s Givenchy spa (metropole.com) makes a graceful entrance – befitting the feted French marque – with age-defying therapies built around the black-algaebased Le Soin Noir skincare collection. Mallorca’s Cap Rocat (caprocat.com), too, unveils a new spa: a breathtaking space with a romantic saltwater pool set under a conservatorystyle glass ceiling and featuring a range of treatments using homegrown ingredients like olive oil and almonds. On a picturesque hilltop in Provence, the palatial La Bastide de Gordes hotel (bastide-de-gordes.com) – perhaps best known as the home of Michelin darling chef Pierre Gagnaire – recently inaugurated its Sisley spa. Next to striking » DEPARTURES-INTERNATIONAL.COM 43
