EXPERIENCE WINTER AROUND THE WORLD
I am sure that with colder weather approaching, you may be thinking, “Should I plan my winter warm getaway?” TRAVEL & LEISURE has released a list of top getaways by Trip Experts, and the answers were unanimous.
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A WEEK ON THE WELLNESS ISLAND OF THE CARIBBEAN
WELLNESS RETREATS
https://www.destinationontario.com/en-ca/articles/restorative-wellness-and-nature-retreats-ontario
https://bookretreats.com/s/wellness-retreats/ontario
9 Top Destination Spa and Wellness Resorts in the World: The Private Traveller’s To-Go List
Bürgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Extensive list of treatments and therapies available at their Alpine Spa, in conjunction with the Waldhotel (more medical focussed) spa
https://burgenstockresort.com/en?utm_source=google.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gmb
Chenot Palace Weggis, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Two exceptional spa facilities offer indulgent food and drink options along with various treatments. The experience includes three main programs: Chenot Palace for the full wellness journey, Chenot for detox in hotels in Italy and Montenegro, and Chenot Spa in select hotels in Malaysia and Morocco.
https://www.chenotpalaceweggis.com
Villa Stéphanie at Brenners Park, Baden-Baden, Germany
Baden-Baden in Germany, meaning ‘The Baths in Baden’ , is a spa town in South West Germany, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Brenners Park Hotel & Spa, part of the Oetker Collection, has been their flagship hotel for over 150 years. This is where you can experience recuperative, preventative and luxurious treatment in spectacular surroundings. There is a whole range of accommodation types in this hotel resort. The Medical Care facility focuses more on integrative holistic medicine, aesthetic dentistry, physiotherapy & medical fitness, aesthetic medicine, and nutrition consultations.
https://www.oetkercollection.com/hotels/brenners-park-hotel-spa/villa-stephanie-spa-wellbeing
SHA Wellness Clinic, Alicante, Spain
SHA Wellness will have three locations, the one featured here in Spain (near Alicante) but also in both Mexico (due to open in Costa Mujeres, Quintana Roo in December 2023) and Emirates due to open in 2024-25 at AlJurf, the Riviera of the Emirates. The Spanish location has been there for 25 years, and benefits from 300 days of sunshine (on average) every year. There are suites and residences, with a focus on their wellness clinic offering a wide range of treatments, nutrition in their SHAmadi Restaurant, fitness (state-of-the-art machinery and outdoor space to improve performance and flexibility), relaxation (Zen gardens) and leisure/learning with activities for lasting wellness like talks, healthy cooking classes and mind-body sessions. The Health programmes are varied with specific focus areas like Rejuvenation, Stress Relief & Corporate, Weight-Control and Detox, or Wellness. Programme lengths vary from 4 to 21 days and they have a great comparison tool on their website to compare and contrast what different programmes offer in their specific goals.
https://shawellness.com/en/locations/sha-spain
Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Exclusive and incredible spas., The resort is part of Leading Hotels of the World, as well as being part of Virtuoso too. There are two key spas here – the hotel’s Thermal Spa and the Tamina Therme , Their ‘NEWYOU Method’ has six pillars of healthy living – being Harmony, Wellbeing, Exercise, Food, Nature & Beauty. Packages range from 3 to 7 days, or you can create your own bespoke (tailored to you)classic resort with their thermal waters.
Chiva-Som, Hua Hin, Thailand
Located in Hua Hin, actually not an island but on the Thai mainland, a two-hour drive south from the capital Bangkok. A second property, Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, in Qatar. There’s are a selection of different retreats which are fully inclusive with all the treatments and therapies that each entail, but also accommodation (and three daily wellness cruising meals, laundry, etc.), health/wellness consultations, complimentary (optional) physical and skin analyses, daily fitness and leisure activities, unlimited use of water therapy suites (steam, sauna and Jacuzzi) as well as a complimentary daily spa treatment and post-stay wellness follow-up.
Lanserhof Tegernesee, Germany
With three properties across two countries, Resort Lans in Tyrol since 1984 (Austria) and their newest location at Sylt which has only recently opened in Germany (summer 2022).With two options, the Lanserhof Cure Classic (7 days) or Advanced Cure (14 days) plus extra diagnostics and therapies available on both plans, these aren’t resorts which offer the flexibility of some others for shorter programmes
https://lanserhof.com/en/lanserhof-tegernsee
Clinique La Prairie. Montreux, Switzerland
The programmes are Revitalisation (or Revitalisation Premium), Detox, or Healthy Weight ranging from five to fourteen days plus there are Aesthetics, Epi/Genetics and Medical options too. The four pillars of the Clinique La Prairie philosophy are medical insight and care, nutrition, movement, and wellbeing. The prices do fully include accommodation, full board and a limousine transfer.
https://cliniquelaprairie.com/clp/index.php
ATMOSPHERE by Krallerhof, Austria
One of the most renowned hotels in the heart of the Austrian Alps. A five star luxury hotel with an incredible spa where you can book treatments and therapies, as opposed to a dedicated wellness resort. A new full-service spa which includes an alpine Zen garden and an extraordinary water staircase, Infinity 50 which is a 50-metre long pool which is seamlessly integrated into the lake, sun deck and circular walk, cold-dipping pool, saunas, the blue grotto, whirlpool, yoga room, and a café.
https://www.krallerhof.com/en/
