A FAMOUS landmark unveiled its new look yesterday following a £420,000 refurbishment.

The revamped Turkish baths, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, were opened for previews ahead of the official launch of the complex on Monday, March 4.

Leisure chiefs are confident that the Victorian Turkish baths - one of just three still operating in England - will pull in tourists attracted to the town's culture and heritage.

Treatments will range from Swedish relaxation massages to alpine salt body wraps, while visitors wanting to pamper themselves will be able to choose everything from a manicure to a Cleopatra goat milk oil bath.

The first phase of the restoration of the baths, which were opened by the Duke of Cambridge in 1897, included creating an entrance off Parliament Street, adding seven treatment rooms, a spa room and a lift to the first floor.

A covered atrium has also been created from a previously unused courtyard to provide a link between the treatment rooms, which can now be accessed without disturbing people using the Turkish baths.

Civic leaders are hoping that, together with the news that Harrogate water is to be bottled and on sale in the spring, there will be a resurgence of interest in the local spa industry.