I’ve never visited a spa next to a polo field before. Ponds, waterfalls, oceans, yes, but never a fully fledged polo field. But then, I’ve never been to Dubai before either, the land where nothing is standard.

At the Lime Spa at the soon-to-open, very plush Desert Palm resort I found myself thinking not just about unusual locations, but also about colour. It wasn’t simply the resort’s acres of glimmering, ever-fresh polo-field ready grass; the spa specialises in colour therapy and the many shades of the rainbow are everywhere, even in the shower and steam rooms, where lighting can be altered to suit your mood. Even the treatment questionnaire asks you to define your mood in a colour – red, yellow, green, blue or violet.