Most of the interiors are just as luxe as the gold pool outside, featuring tile mosaics, hand-painted walls and ceilings frescoes.

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Chapman has previously created tile mosaics of footballers Eric Cantona and George Best and portraits of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and Fulham boss Mark Hughes using coins.

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Like other ESPA-designed properties, the Acqualina spa flows beautifully, in gentle fountains of water, in warm and muted lighting, in the floors of teak and quartzite tile and walls of slate and tinted mosaics.

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