Europe—Wellness Destination Resorts
Italy
Eremito
Eremito takes its name from the Italian word
for hermit, and it is, indeed, a place for quiet contemplation. This adults-only luxury hotel with no Wi-Fi or cell service offers yoga and meditation programs, digital detox and quiet space for healing, a bit of the monastic experience for modern times.
POSIA
“Posia” means “spring” or “source” and it is the perfect place to reconnect with yourself. With three pools, a spa with Ayurvedic wellness and a stunning location in San Foca, in Salento, Italy, on the waters of the Adriatic, a retreat at Posia will help restore, refresh and rebalance mind, body and soul.
Slovenia
Euphoria Retreat
Set by a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Greek Peloponnese, Euphoria Retreat is a true sanctuary for those looking for transformation—in a stunning setting. Euphoria has it all: detox, weight loss, fitness, yoga and mindfulness programs, based on a meld of Ancient Greek and Chinese philosophies. Food is delicious, healthy and nutrient-dense, and the spa, literally, has everything.
Slovenia
LifeClass
The LifeClass at Portoroz Hotel in Slovenia offers guests one of the most comprehensive thermal, health and wellness programs in Europe. Equipped with modern facilities, this resort includes a center for beauty, fitness and Ayurveda practices.
Spain
SHA Wellness Clinic
Not only is it a Mediterranean getaway, but the SHA Wellness Clinic in Alicante, Spain, is serious about its dedication to health. The wellness area blends unique Eastern healing modalities, a macrobiotic menu and cutting-edge Western medical treatments to keep guests on their path toward good health.
Gran Canaria Wellness
A spa for wellness and health, located in Spain, Gran Canaria Wellness hews close to the local culture, with spa and wellness offerings that rejuvenate mind, body and spirit.
Switzerland
Bürgenstock Resort
The Swiss icon features two world-class spas and a full medical center, making it one of Europe’s most extensive wellness hubs.
Turkey
Richmond Nua Wellness Spa
A destination where wellness is well-supported. Located in Turkey, the Richmond Nua Wellness Spa, birthplace of Global Wellness Day, promotes the belief that peace achieved by mental, physical and spiritual harmony is a way of existence.
Europe—Resorts With Wellness Program
Austria
Hotel Goldener Berg
An intimate hotel deeply committed to the salubrity of mind, body and spirit, this Austrian haven extends guests the opportunity to restore their health in summertime with weeklong programs that range in themes from detox to slimming.
Hotel Hochschober
The family-owned Hotel Hochschober, a wellness lodge in the Austrian Alps on the border of Carinthia and Styria, lies on the Turracher Lake, surrounded by verdant nature. Celebrated for its unique, heated lap pool, set within the crystalline lake, the hotel also draws health seekers for its Chinese Tower, where courses in Eastern philosophy are taught.
Hotel Miramonti
Owned by a couple who infused it with love, Miramonti is a boutique hotel in the Southern Tyrol with a beautiful spa, a forest sauna, thermal baths and everything you need to restore yourself and reconnect with nature.
Germany
Ayurveda Parkschoesschen
This German castle escape offers detox programs and wellness treatments, including private relaxation rooms, high-grade organic oil massages, a vegetarian restaurant and relaxing gardens, providing guests serenity with yoga and meditation and has specialized in panchakarma cures since 1993.
Greece
Andronis Concept Wellness Retreat
Melding Eastern and Western traditions, The Adronis, in Santorini, offers holistic therapies and a wellness analysis based on a bioenergetic approach, that leads to a customized wellness program with lifestyle and nutritional advice. The spa features a hammam and water therapies.
Ibiza
7 Pines
Perched on a rocky cliff on the West Coast of Ibiza, 7 Pines and the 16,000-square-foot Pure Seven Spa offer sweeping views. Ibiza has always had a spiritual side, thanks to American hippies who flocked there during the Vietnam War taking rough crystals and yoga with them, but the Spa brings wellness to a new—and sophisticated—level.
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Iceland
Deplar Farm
Deplar Farm is a converted sheep farm in the Fljót Valley, on Troll Peninsula, way up in northern Iceland, about as far north as you can go before you hit Greenland. With bespoke outdoor wellness offerings—hiking, communing with nature, heli- skiing, surfing (yes, in Iceland!)—and a beautiful Nordic-style spa, sauna and geothermally heated pool.
Italy
Borgo Egnazia
This unique resort in Italy’s Puglia is built
from indigenous materials traditional to local architecture. Everything is local. The Vair Spa offers an authentic wellness program infused with local products and traditions, along with a staff of therapists, naturopaths, psychologists and more— including three swimming pools and courses to help guests achieve their wellness goals.
Castel Monastero Resort & Spa
Castel Monastero Resort & Spa in Tuscany is renowned for programs that help guests detox and reboot. With three, seven and 10-day offerings, there is also a crown jewel: the Aquae Monasterii run, with saline density pool designed for the Castel Monastero Spa by the medical team of Thalasso del Forte.
Grand Hotel Tremezzo
Along with original mosaics, a yoga studio, three- story gym and the area’s only authentic hammam (complete with marble walls and domed ceiling), the nearly 11,000-square-foot spa offers serene Lake Como views from its sauna, hydromassage- equipped infinity pool and elegant relaxation room, where comfortable loungers encourage lingering.
Portugal
Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort
The Algarve is the Riviera of Portugal, known for its pretty beaches and perfect climate. At the beautiful spa, guests can experience holistic and Ayurvedic spa and wellness treatments.
Savoy Palace
The Savoy Palace in Funchal is a welcome wellness haven, and its Laurea Spa, created as a metaphor for Madeira’s Laurissilva Forest, is now the largest in Portugal. The immense thermae is a prime place to enjoy the bracing benefits of a gorgeous hot/cold circuit, then spend time yielding to the signature Laurea Massage.
Tiboli Palacio de Seteais
A glorious and verdant fairyland, covered with lush plants that flourish, due to the natural springs that flow throughout the neighboring hills, have made this area in Portugal a health retreat—the parks and palaces of Sintra are a UNESCO Heritage site—since Ancient Roman times. The Tivoli offers a small, oasis-like spa that will jumpstart your well- being.
Switzerland
Alpina Gstaad
The Alpina Gstaad features the only Six Senses Spa in Switzerland. In addition to dozens of massage, facial and body treatments, the menu includes chakra balancing, sound healing, cupping and colonics, as well as a selection of personalized wellness programs.
Castello del Sole
n Italian-speaking Ascona, Switzerland, Castello del Sole occupies a large piece of land on the lake. With a farm, garden, orchards and vineyard, it grows organic grapes, tea, corn, vegetables and fruits. It also has a WWF bird sanctuary. Castello Spa & Beauty is fueled by the bounty of the land, and features yoga, a Kneipp water course, and wellness options that connect to surrounding nature.
Grand Hotel Kronenhof
Located in the heart of the Swiss Alps, experience guided hiking tours and personal Pilates classes. Or relax at the spa with a steam bath, salt grotto, sauna and solarium. Enjoy the signature Haki method, which combines physical and mental relaxation.
Kulm Hotel
At 6,000 feet above sea level, the Kulm Hotel St. Moritz offers beautiful views of Lake St. Moritz in Switzerland. The Kulm Hotel offers meditation classes, Nordic walking, cross-country skiing and snowshoe hikes. Relax at the spa, which focuses on relaxation, detoxification and regenerating.
Park Hotel Vitznau
A castle-like facade on the outside belies the modern wellness programs offered inside the multi-level spa, which The Park describes as “a health residence,” with an extensive hydrotherapy program and multiple wellness offerings in a stunning setting near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
Tschuggen Grand Hotel
Tucked into a ski mountain in the Swiss Alps, near the charming town of Arosa, the owners of Tschuggen Grand have a deep commitment to sustainability, as does the incredible staff. Yoga wellness programs are regularly on offer, along with star-gazing, cycling tours in the mountains, mushroom foraging, and a huge state-of-the-art spa, with an extensive hydrotherapy course.
Europe—Thermal & Mineral Springs & Healing Waters
Glen Ivy Hot Springs
This gem beneath the Santa Ana Mountains is lined with bougainvillea, lavender and palm trees. Take the mineral-rich waters or a mud-bath detox. Glen Ivy offers Southern California’s only red clay mineral baths.
Europe
Austria
Rogner Bad Blumau
An Austrian destination and resort, the Rogner Bad Blumau healing waters include a sauna and highly mineralized water for bathing. Each pool is an experience as guests enjoy indoor and outdoor thermal baths that glide through the Indian Ocean and South Sea.
Stanglwirt
A family-run sustainable Alpine retreat in the Austrian Tyrol, Stanglwirt features green energy and water pools—with grottoes, waterfalls, caves— that draw natural mountain spring water from the nearby mountains and are heated by solar and geothermal power. The 129,000-square-foot spa offers a wellness-focused menu and spa suites, an organic farm, a barn full of animals, vegan and vegetarian menus, as well as divine mountain views, hiking and lots of fresh air.
Greece
Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso
In the heart of the Athenian Riviera, Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso offers two outdoor swimming pools, one with seawater, the biggest thalassotherapy pool in Greece. With a focus on detoxing seaweed treatments, Divani offers nutritional counseling, private training and more to help guests meet their wellness goals.
Hungary
Spirit Hotel
Surrounded by greenery and lakes, this Hungarian destination houses over 20 pools and Jacuzzis in its wellness Oasis. Each exclusively designed pool guarantees a sense of well-being and a regenerative rest. The nature of the Oasis supplements relaxation with a soothing bathing environment.
Iceland
The Retreat Blue Lagoon
Located on an otherworldly geothermal seawater lagoon in Iceland, the Blue Lagoon offers in-water massage, and healing treatment ingredients feature silica mud, sea salt and algae, as well as all the benefits of geothermal water.
Italy
Adler Thermae Spa Resort
This luxe, rural hotel and spa is located in Italy, just a few paces away from the vineyards of Montalcino. The healing waters of Tuscany are a thousand square yards of indoor and outdoor pools, completed by beautiful scenery year-round.
Forte Village Resort
One of Italy’s best thalassotherapy circuits, with six pure Sardinian seawater pools, each with a specific temperature, saline density and mineral makeup. While some are made of pure, mineral-rich seawater, or feature sea salt to help relax muscles and fight inflammation, most unique are the green-hued pools infused with sea oil, brine, mint and aloe, to encourage detoxification and draining and boost endorphins.
Regina Isabella
The only five-star hotel in Ischia, in the Bay of Naples, the Regina Isabella Thermal Spa features thermal mineral springs that bubble up from the ground, as well as bioactive mineral mud treatments and a medical program to help harness the healing benefits of both. Dine at the hands of the Michelin- star chef, and work with nutrition experts to devise a bespoke program.
Monaco
Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo
A hub of high-tech and a place of pure serenity, the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo resort inspires well-being through deep, relaxing treatments. With a poolside view of the Mediterranean, its Aqua Fitness Center incorporates thermal energy and seawater for healing experience.
Slovenia
Sava Hotels & Resorts
The Sava Hotels & Resorts in Slovenia put an emphasis on health, beauty and inner peace.
The wellness center offers traditional and modern services for beauty and relaxation, with thermal mineral water of natural springs to ease pain and enhance well-being.
Switzerland
Grand Resort bad Ragaz
The core of the experience here is health and wellness—and the healing waters from the nearby Tamina Gorge in Switzerland. Soak up the minerals in one of many thermal bathing areas, then enjoy spa treatments, the sauna world, the family spa and doctor-led programs that target preventive medicine, sleep health, weight loss, smart aging and much more.
United Kingdom
The Gainsborough Bath Spa
Gainsborough Bath Spa, located minutes from the remains of the fifth-century Roman baths, offers a Roman Bath hydrotherapy circuit, organic facials, muscle-easing magnesium wraps, a signature Aquasana (in-water yoga) and watsu massage, in the central heated thermal pool.