Get ready to party like it’s 2010!

SPA-RTY TIME
Start 2010 as you mean to go on - with some serious head-to-toe pampering! Grab a girlfriend (or metrosexual male) and spend the last day of 2009 at one of four luxurious Champneys resorts around the UK (celeb guests have included David Beckham and Naomi Campbell).

Your fantastic package will include a heavenly massage, relaxing facial, thalassotherapy pool session, use of all facilities and - if you're feeling post-turkey energetic - exercise classes, too.

Then it's time to retox at a glamorous drinks reception, tuck in to a delicious four-course, black-tie gala dinner and throw some shapes to live music before your 2010 recovery begins...

Enjoy a super-chilled start to the New Year

Book it: Two nights cost from £338 per person sharing a twin or double room at Champneys Springs, Henlow, Forest Mere and Tring, and include all meals. Fabulous readers can get a 10 per cent discount on this package - for full details and to book, visit Champneys.com/fabulous or call 0843 316 2222 quoting 'Fabulous'.

These dancers are no shrinking violets

D.I.S.C.O!
Dig out the leg warmers and slip into a leotard for some, erm, Thursday Night Fever! Battersea Evolution in London is hosting a New Year's spectacular inspired by New York hangout Studio 54, where celebs like Mick and Bianca Jagger partied in the '70s.

We might not be copying this move, Bianca!

The legendary nightspot will be celebrated in suitably OTT style, with trapeze artists, contortionists and break-dancers (not forgetting rollerbladers, fire-eaters, dodgems, ice cream and a fun casino).

Tickets include canapés and a four-course dinner with wine, plus there's free parking and a black cab rank. There's even a Glamour Zone where you can buy temporary tattoos and funky wigs. See you at the Sugar Rush sweets stand!

Book it: Tickets from £110. Visit Hospitalityline.co.uk/studio54-new-years-eve-party-battersea.

HAVE A HIGHLAND FLING
Embrace the festive spirit with a traditional Hogmanay in the Scottish Highlands. The Grant Arms Hotel in the centre of Grantown-on-Spey, near Inverness, is pulling out all the stops with a gala dinner including traditional haggis and whisky (kilts optional!).

Dance your socks off in Scotland

Then there'll be dancing with a Ceilidh band before the town's annual Hogmanay celebrations kick off with fireworks 'n' fiddlers. Save some room for brunch the next day with chilled Irn-Bru to nurse the hangover, then march it off with an invigorating New Year's Trail Walk in Anagach Woods before afternoon tea, followed later by a four-course dinner with entertainment. Further activities and games are planned for the day after.

Will you work out whodunnit?

Book it: Three nights full-board costs from £399 per person sharing a double or twin room. Quote 'Fabulous' to get 10 per cent off (or 25 per cent off a Christmas package). Call 0800 043 8585 or visit visit Grantarmshotel.com

MURDER, MYSTERY AND MAYHEM
Put on your Miss Marple hat this New Year's Eve for a murder mystery night filled with drama and suspense.

Take your pick from a selection of stunningly (and spookily) grand locations in Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Nottingham and Oxfordshire, where you and your fellow sleuths and suspects can act your hearts out during a three-course feast.

Murder mansion

As the evening progresses and a body is discovered, you'll get the chance to put your detective skills to the test - can you crack the case?

The winning super sleuth will be awarded a bottle of champers, then it's disco time. Just like Midsomer Murders, only a little less hazardous.

Book it: The package, including dinner and overnight stay with full English breakfast, starts from £175 per person sharing a twin or double room (with discounts for groups of 10 or more). You can also enjoy the leisure facilities at your venue where available (check for further details). To find out more, visit New-years-eve-parties-uk.co.uk or call 01727 761521.

Stay in a house, a very big house in the country...

Play lady of the manor

PLAY LADY OF THE MANOR
Throw a house party like no other! Make like Kate Moss - famous for holding stylish bashes at her plush Cotswolds bolt-hole - and invite your friends and family to stay at the 17th-century Cotswolds Manor.

This exclusive, luxurious house in Shipston-on-Stour sleeps up to 10 and comes complete with claw-foot bathtubs, charming beds, inglenook fireplaces, two acres of gardens, not to mention a fully stocked bar.

For when you finally get to sleep

If you want a helping hand during your stay, you can arrange for a local chef to deliver a slap-up meal, a babysitter to keep an eye on the kids, or even a housekeeper to clear up the mess the next morning. Or you could get out and sample the fare at cosy local The George (Georgehotelshipston.com), a short stroll away.

Book it: Four nights cost £375 per person, based on a group of 10 sharing. Housekeeper, babysitter and chef are available upon request at an additional cost. For further details visit Cotswoldsmanor.uniquehomestays.com or call 01637 881942.

PHOTOGRAPHY: SCOPE, GETTY, EYEVINE, ALAMY

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