Which Six Senses hotels and resorts should you stay at next?
There are hotel brands you choose for a particular property, and then there are the ones you start actively looking for wherever you travel. Six Senses tends to fall into the latter.
What began with remote resorts has grown into a collection of 27 hotels and resorts around the world, from the vineyards of Portugal and the mountains of Oman to Bhutan, the Maldives and Japan. More recently, Six Senses has been bringing its particular approach to city life too, with Rome, Kyoto and, as of 2026, its first UK hotel in London.
The settings may be completely different, but there is a thread running through them. Wellness is taken seriously without taking over your holiday, food is part of the experience, and sustainability goes far beyond asking you to reuse your towels. Most importantly, the hotels still feel like the places they belong to.
It’s one of the reasons we love working with Six Senses at More Travel. So, if you’ve been wondering which Six Senses hotel or resort should be next on your list, these are a few we’d start with.
What is it about Six Senses?
Wellness is probably the thing most associated with Six Senses, but you certainly don’t need to arrive clutching a yoga mat.
The idea is that feeling better should be woven into your stay. Sleep With Six Senses means rooms come with handmade organic mattresses, natural bedding and sleep-focused amenities. Eat With Six Senses puts fresh, seasonal and locally sourced ingredients at the centre of the menus, while the spas combine everything from traditional local therapies and visiting practitioners to modern diagnostics and biohacking. If you want to spend three days completely immersed in a personalised wellness programme, you can. If you’d rather have a massage, order dessert and head to the bar, you can do that too.
Sustainability follows much the same philosophy. Organic gardens supply resort kitchens, Earth Labs give guests an insight into conservation and waste-reduction projects, and the brand supports environmental and community initiatives in the destinations it calls home.
For us, that balance is a big part of the appeal. Six Senses manages to take wellness and responsible travel seriously without making either feel like homework.
Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman – for making an entrance
There aren’t many hotels where we can genuinely suggest arriving by paraglider.
Six Senses Zighy Bay is hidden away on Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, around two hours from Dubai, with the rugged Al Hajar Mountains behind it and a mile-long sandy beach in front. Guests can make the final descent from a launch point 293 metres above sea level, paragliding over the mountains before landing on Zighy Beach.
Once you’re there, the pace changes completely. Private-pool villas take inspiration from traditional Omani architecture, while days can involve diving, mountain biking, dhow cruises, village visits or disappearing into the Six Senses Spa.
It’s adventurous when you want it to be and wonderfully easy to do very little when you don’t – which is probably why Zighy Bay remains one of the brand’s icons.
Six Senses Douro Valley, Portugal – for wine with your wellness
For somewhere much closer to home, Six Senses Douro Valley is one of our favourite European escapes.
The hotel occupies a restored 19th-century manor high above the Douro River, surrounded by the terraced vineyards of the world’s oldest demarcated wine region. Unsurprisingly, wine plays a starring role. Tastings, vineyard visits and seasonal experiences get you out into the valley, while back at the hotel there are kitchen gardens, beautiful pools and one of the brand’s excellent spas.
It’s particularly lovely around harvest season, but this is somewhere we’d happily visit throughout the year. And with Porto easily added before or after, it works brilliantly as part of a longer Portugal trip too.
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam – for disappearing for a while
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay isn’t technically on an island, but you could easily be forgiven for thinking it is. The resort sits across the water from Nha Trang and can only be approached by boat, hidden between mountains, enormous rock formations and its own sandy bay.
The villas make the most of that landscape. Some sit directly on the beach, others are tucked among the rocks or high on the hillside, and the Water Pool Villas have steps leading straight into the sea.
There is plenty to do – hiking, cooking classes, snorkelling, diving and boat trips among them – but Ninh Van Bay is equally good at encouraging you to stay exactly where you are. We find it perfect for rounding off a bigger journey through Vietnam, when a few days of not having to be anywhere feels very welcome.
Six Senses Kyoto, Japan – for seeing another side of the city
One of the more recent additions to the collection, Six Senses Kyoto shows just how well the brand’s philosophy can translate to a city.
It sits in Higashiyama, Kyoto’s historic eastern district, close to temples, traditional streets and the Kyoto National Museum. Inside, the 81 rooms and suites draw on Japanese craftsmanship, folklore and The Tale of Genji, while a tranquil courtyard garden creates a real sense of separation from the city outside.
There’s still everything you’d expect from Six Senses – a superb spa, wellness programmes and thoughtful food – but the real appeal is the location. You can spend the day exploring temples, gardens and Gion before retreating somewhere that feels remarkably calm considering where you are.
For a first trip to Japan, we’d combine it with Tokyo and perhaps somewhere more rural to see three very different sides of the country.
Six Senses Ibiza, Spain – for Ibiza without the clichés
Forget what you think you know about Ibiza for a moment.
Six Senses Ibiza sits at Cala Xarraca on the island’s quieter northern coast, surrounded by pine-covered hills and looking across the bay. It feels worlds away from the Ibiza of superclubs and packed beaches, although there’s still plenty of fun to be had.
The enormous spa spans more than 1,200 square metres, with a hammam, yoga, visiting practitioners and personalised wellness programmes, while elsewhere you’ll find an organic garden, watersports and even a recording studio.
That combination sums up Six Senses rather nicely. You can take your wellness incredibly seriously here, or you can swim, eat extremely well, listen to music and have another glass of wine. Nobody is going to tell you off.
Six Senses London – for seeing what the brand does in a city
Perhaps the most interesting Six Senses opening of 2026 is right here in the UK.
Six Senses London opened inside The Whiteley, the former Whiteleys department store in Bayswater, becoming the brand’s first UK hotel. There are 109 rooms and suites and 14 residences, with Hyde Park moments away and Notting Hill around the corner.
The real talking point, however, is the spa. At more than 2,300 square metres, it includes a 20-metre pool, London’s first hotel magnesium pool, cryotherapy, flotation, red-light therapies, a hammam and a Biohack Recovery Lounge alongside the more familiar hands-on treatments.
It’s an interesting test of what Six Senses has always done so well. Switching off comes relatively easily when you’re on a remote beach in Oman; creating that same feeling in the middle of London is a rather different challenge.
We’re very pleased we no longer need to get on a plane to find out.
And there are some very exciting new Six Senses hotels on the way
The collection is growing quickly, and there are a few names we already have our eye on.
Six Senses AMAALA opened on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast in July 2026, sitting between desert cliffs, beaches and a mangrove-fringed lagoon. Wellness is particularly ambitious here, with a Longevity Center, Biohacking Recovery Lounge, Watsu pool and sound dome alongside access to the Red Sea.
Then there’s Six Senses The Palm, Dubai, which is taking reservations for stays from September 2026. The brand’s first UAE hotel is an all-suite resort on Palm Jumeirah’s West Crescent, with just 61 suites, a private stretch of beach and 172 branded residences.
Looking further ahead, Six Senses Milan is due in 2027 in the heart of Brera. With just 68 rooms, a rooftop bar and sky pool, it sounds rather different from the Six Senses resorts many of us first fell in love with – and that’s precisely why we’re intrigued.
Six Senses Quexigal Palace near Madrid and Six Senses Wadi Safar in Saudi Arabia are also among the 2027 openings currently on the horizon.
So, which Six Senses is right for you?
That rather depends on what you want from the trip.
For adventure, we’d send you to Zighy Bay. For a long weekend of food, wine and wellness, Douro Valley. Ninh Van Bay is made for switching off at the end of a bigger journey, while Kyoto is a brilliant base for exploring one of Japan’s most fascinating cities. Ibiza offers a very different take on the Mediterranean, and London means you can now get your Six Senses fix considerably closer to home.
The lovely thing is that you don’t have to choose a Six Senses because you want a ‘wellness holiday’. You choose one because you want an exceptional hotel – and happen to come home feeling rather good too.
Wondering which Six Senses should be next?
Speak to the More Travel team, and we’ll help you find the right hotel or resort for you, whether it’s a few days in the Douro or part of a much bigger journey through Oman, Vietnam or Japan.