If pub crawls, novelty hairbands and male strippers are your idea of the hen night from hell, read on...
Designer hotel 42 The Calls in Leeds (www.42thecalls.co.uk) hosts an Ab Fab Weekend for £199 for two people. You get one night's accommodation, champagne and a Harvey Nichols gift pack containing a £50 Harvey Nichols voucher.
Try the pampering package at the five-star Edinburgh Residence (www.theedinburghresidence.com). For £290 per person (based on four sharing) you get two nights in a suite, a bottle of champagne, a three-course dinner served in your suite, a spa treatment and full Scottish breakfast. Also included is a taxi ride to Harvey Nichols for a personal shopping consultation, complete with champagne and a goody bag.
Brush up on your bruschetta by inviting your hens to an evening cookery class with Enrica Rocca (www.enricarocca.com), a celebrity chef in Italy and South Africa who's now based in west London. One-day courses from £99.
Birmingham has gone very cosmopolitan - witness Brindley Place's trendy canal-side bars and cafés and the posh shopping at The Mailbox, Birmingham's answer to Bond Street. And be sure not to miss the impressive, space-age-style Selfridges. For the ultimate treat, stay at Malmaison (www.malmaison.com). Rooms start from approx £125 per night.
If you and your friends are hardened shopaholics, check in to the Knightsbridge Hotel (www.knightsbridgehotel.co.uk). It's just around the corner from the delights of Brompton Road and Sloane Street. Twin rooms from £220 per night. Special deals are available throughout the year -the Strawberries and Cream package (available until September 2006) includes one night's accommodation, horse-riding in Hyde Park followed by champagne and strawberries. Weekend rates start at £340 per room per night.
Soar above London on a champagne flight on the London Eye (www.londoneye.com), from £35 per person. Book a private champagne capsule for up to 25 people, from £385 plus £50 per bottle of champagne.
If you and your friends enjoy arts and crafts, book a mosaics or stained-glass course at Zantium Studios (www.zantium.co.uk) in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales. Two-day workshops start at £130, including lunch and refreshments. For a private house party, stay on-site at Godfrey Hole House from £45 per night for a twin room.
The Chester Grosvenor (www.grosvenorspa.com) has a brand new spa, with five treatment rooms, a Turkish steam room, themed showers, a herb sauna, an ice fountain and a salt grotto. Day packages start from £150 per person.
The Covent Garden Hotel (www.coventgardenhotel.co.uk) is a chic enclave in the heart of London's Theatreland. When you check in, you receive a 20-minute neck and shoulder massage. In the evening head to The Cambridge Theatre for Chicago The Musical or try Guys And Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre. One night in a double room, including theatre tickets and three-course meal in Brasserie Max costs from £450.
