Six Senses Zighy Bay: The Most Dramatic Hotel Arrival in the World

The tandem paraglider launches from a ridge at 1,200 metres above the Gulf of Oman. Below: a bay of turquoise water, a crescent of beach, and 82 stone-and-wood villas scattered up the hillside behind it. The descent takes eight minutes. It is the finest hotel check-in procedure in the world, and it costs nothing extra.

The Wellness Programme

Six Senses is the finest wellness brand in luxury travel: its Sleep programme — three nights minimum — addresses sleep quality with the seriousness of a medical intervention, using sleep trackers, cooling mattress technology, personalised supplements, and evening treatments calibrated to individual needs. The improvement in sleep quality by night three is, for most guests, measurable and significant.

“After three nights on the Sleep Programme, guests report an average 34% improvement in sleep quality scores. The data is published. The results are reproducible.”