One session of needle-free skin tightening in Notting Hill, a lymphatic massage I wasn’t expecting, and a therapist who planned the whole treatment around my event the next day.

Renoir and Love brings 45 works and the UK debut of Bal au Moulin de la Galette to the National Gallery, and advance sales have already broken the Gallery’s record.

In central London, a founder-led longevity clinic is firming the jaw, neck and décolletage with quantum molecular resonance, and the full result is built over a course of six.

From garden hideaways in Brera to palazzi a heel’s click from the Quadrilatero, these are the rooms worth fighting for.

An hour into the High Atlas Mountains, Olinto proves a mountain retreat doesn’t need more than nine rooms to get absolutely everything right, and I’m still thinking about it weeks later.

Because apparently “holiday” and “personal best” aren’t mutually exclusive anymore, and these five properties have built their entire identity around proving it.