Clarins has opened its sixth Spa My Blend at the legendary Gran Melia Rome.

Located just minutes from St Peter’s Square and on the banks of the Tiber River, the Gran Melia Rome is steeped in ancient history, housing vestiges dating from the 1st century A.D. of the Villa Agrippina. The hotel has been recently renovated, and is part of the Leading Hotels of the World Network.

The Clarins Spa My Blend is 350sq m (3,767sq ft), and has four treatment rooms, including two double rooms. It also includes a relaxation area, sauna, chromotherapeutic and aromatherapeutic steam bath, sensorial showers, an ice machine and two pools, one with a hydromassage.

Products from the My Blend range – a personalised skin care programme developed by Dr. Olivier Courtin-Clarins – are used, as are Clarins Face and Body Treatments and massages.

Before a facial, a therapist carries out a thorough skin care analysis using the My Skin Diag tool, a high-tech software programme that asks questions, takes photos and analyses them. Based on these results, a customised beauty prescription is drawn up, and a specific, adapted blend of products is recommended.

A signature treatment at the spa is The Imperial Ritual, a body treatment that includes an essential oil steam bath as well as an exfoliating treatment based on oils, salts and botanical herbs from nearby Gianicolo Hill, followed by an aromatic massage.

The hotel also includes a fitness centre with personal trainers, yoga classes and a hair stylist.