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On his recent trip to Carinthia Austria, Mark Bibby Jackson temporarily forgoes the Christmas markets for a healthy dose of total self-indulgence at the Badehaus am Millstätter See. There are…
With the wellness market and wellness retreats booming and expected to reach $1.4 trillion in 2025, demand for new ways to improve our health and wellness has never been stronger…
After a couple of days spent delving into the industrial heritage and culture of Katowice, Poland, Mark Bibby Jackson takes a well-deserved break for some pampering at the Hotel Monopol…
Jennifer Young, known as the ‘hormone guru’, has introduced a new weight management treatment touted as a holistic alternative to Ozempic. The Auricular (Ear) Acupuncture for Weight Management system is…
Awaiting on the 116th floor of the International Commerce Centre (ICC), The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Hong Kong, stands as the world’s highest spa. This premier spa features floor-to-ceiling windows that offer…
The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts, a boutique luxury hotel brand, has recently inaugurated The Pavilions Vitality, a new wellbeing clinic in Phuket, Thailand. This clinic enhances the wellness services provided…
This September marks the inaugural Mind+Body Month in the City of West Hollywood, an initiative designed to highlight the distinctive West Hollywood community as an ideal place for both residents…
Our busy lives demand that we take time out to restore good health and well-being. And where better to do this than heading for a luxury summer break in Switzerland…
Jumeirah Olhahali Island in the Maldives has unveiled an exclusive wellness programme in honour of World Wellness Weekend, scheduled for 20 to 22 September, 2024. This specially designed event is…
Saint Lucia island in the Caribbean is renowned for the wonderful range of treatments and therapies in its five-star hotels and resort. Here is our guide to health and wellness…
Congham Hall Hotel & Spa has just launched their newest treatment making them the only luxury hotel and spa in Norfolk to offer a male only treatment. Their gentleman’s facial…
Margate has a long tradition of wellness, well before the term came part of popular vernacular. In 1736 Thomas Barber created the first sea water bath in England here, and…
Wandering into Vabali Spa is like entering a different world. Gone has the addictive chaos of Berlin, instead you enter a Balinese health spa that exudes tranquillity out of its…
Mal Tattersall gets the cold shoulder in Karlovy Vary spa hotel in the Czech Republic (or Czechia), and discovers some old relics. I soon get a bit hot and bothered…
Mark Bibby Jackson visits the beautiful German spa town of Baden-Baden and ends up on the tables with Marlene Dietrich. Baden-Baden is bad; really bad – or at least it…
Maria Boyle visits the medieval city of Lucerne and visits one of its most historic thermal spas and also the Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa, Switzerland’s largest spa. Switzerland has…
For a seriously passionate and curious traveller, revisiting the same destination is an absolute no go given the world has officially reopened for adventures and there are new places to…
Eileen Wise checks into Potton Hall Country Spa & Cottages and spends a delightful time being pampered with her sister. The flags of Zambia and St. George flutter in the…
Mark Bibby Jackson checks into the recently opened AIRE Ancient Baths London and emerges two hours later feeling like a completely different man. There will be a time when international…
Eileen Wise checks in to the original FX Mayr Clinic in Austria determined to lose weight and discover the Mayr cure, and ends up learning a thing or two about…
Mark Bibby Jackson takes an overnight spa break at Champneys Henlow Grange for a pampering experience that leaves him feeling thoroughly rejuvenated. My previous experience of visiting a spa or…
Concluding their Malaysia travel adventures, Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise leave the tranquil Cameron Highlands to head to the island of Pangkor Laut. For the final few days of our…
Fitness fads come and go but all feature the same goal – to keep your body healthy, but what about your mind? Marissa Carruthers asks whether Cambodia could become the…
Is 2018 the year to begin something new, to create a new year. Our resident expert in all things Eastern has given her pick of the best Southeast Asia Wellness…
Spa resorts and hotels are there to provide the guest with health and beauty treatments in a relaxing atmosphere. They range from the very expensive to the more manageable day sessions.
There are some dramatically located natural spas throughout the world. Pammukale in Western Turkey is an amazing sight, with its therapeutic waters trickling down its luminous white rocks from the hillside above. Another unforgettable experience is Iceland’s Geothermal Spa built on a lava field. Perhaps not as exotic, you could try a touch of Jane Austin and use the Blue Lagoon Thermal Bath Spa in the UK City of Bath. Jane Austin’s heroines probably wouldn’t have ventured into the waters however – too unladylike. For a more esoteric experience, wind down in the radon-infused waters of the Tajik mountain sanatorium Khoja Obi Garm, Soviet style, or cover yourself with mineral-rich Korean mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival and let its healing properties do their work. But for the ultimate spa experience, head to the Belgian town of Spa, famous since the 16th century as a health resort and where the English word spa comes from.
Heviz, a town in Hungary, is known worldwide for its thermal qualities. It is on the edge of Lake Heviz which has 4.5 hectares of thermal waters. This therapeutic lake is fed from mineral springs and swimming is possible throughout the year, as the temperature hardly ever falls below 23C.
There are many hotels offering spa breaks with products to pamper you and massages to get you into shape. They range from the high end secluded luxury boutique hotels to others that offer very reasonably priced weekend or day breaks. There are an increasing number of wellness resorts that allow you to detox and recharge your batteries. If your pocket doesn’t reach to that, contact some of your home town’s spa hotels and see what deals they have.
