New Wellness Retreats Around the World for 2024 - Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa Magazine #104

New Wellness Retreats Around the World for 2024

Wellness retreats have come a long way since the days of austere ashrams and militant-minded boot camps. These days, you can reset your mind and body in five-star resorts that draw on both cuttingedge science and ancient healing practices to leave you feeling renewed. Whether you're craving some serious pampering or a serious detox, you have more options than ever before both close to home and in far-flung locales.The newest wellness openings are raising the bar, offering everything from rooms designed for optimal sleep to the latest bio hacks and unbelievably good food.

Hotel Hanalei Bay - Kauai, Hawaii

With its biophilic design and unbeatable location perched above lovely Hanalei Bay, this 1 Hotel is an oasis of tranquility. You could craft a DIY wellness stay that taps into surfing, paddle boarding, the Bamford Spa, the pro-athlete-worthy Anatomy gym, hyperlocal dining outlets, and an on-site outpost of functional medicine center, Vitahealth Precision Wellbeing. Or you could be guided by your own Wellness Sage if you book one of the hotel's new Within Journeys. These four- and seven-night programs have been built around themes like renewal and nourishment and include IV vitamin treatments, spa therapies, and use of cutting-edge equipment like an ocean float room that promotes relaxation and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Some immersions include one-on-one personal training and off-property experiences, like farm tours. No matter the theme you choose, your room will be outfit with wellness-boosting amenities such as an Infrared PEMF, Normatec compression boots, and healing crystals.

Recommended experience : The Tulsi Honey Facial draws out impurities while leaving skin looking smoother and younger.

Engel Ayurpura - South Tyrol, Italy

Engel Ayurpura debuted last November, giving the Dolomites its first hotel dedicated to the ancient healing art of Ayurveda. The 15 blonde wood, chalet-inspired rooms have a distinctly alpine vibe, but the therapies are firmly rooted in India. Upon arrival one of the team of Ayurveda experts will take your pulse to determine your dosha, which will then dictate your food and treatments for your stay. Nine different programs range from a fourday intro to Ayurveda to an intense 21-day Panchakarma journey that includes 36 treatments designed to majorly purify the body. Meals feature local ingredients enhanced with Ayurvedic spices (the signature breakfast is a hearty porridge spiked with ginger, cinnamon, chia seeds, cardamom pods, and hazelnuts). Guests can hit the local trails or take in forest views from the spa's infinity pool or panoramic sauna. All of the mountain air ensures you'll sleep soundly.

Recommended experience: The seven-day Panchakarma eliminates toxins from the body with a metabolism-stimulating diet and therapies such as abhyanga (a massage that uses dosha-specific warm oil) and shirodhara (a treatment where warm oil is drizzled on the forehead to achieve psychosomatic balance).

Estelle Manor - Oxfordshire, UK

Stress dissipates as soon as you turn down the perfectly manicured, tree-lined drive to arrive at Estelle Manor, a 60-acre estate perched on the Cotswolds' doorstep and surrounded by 3,000 acres of gardens and parkland. The countryside sibling of Maison Estelle, a chic members' club in London's Mayfair neighborhood, is part country club, part hotel, complete with padel courts, bike paths, and a cutting-edge gym that offers 37 classes. At the heart of the property is a Jacobean Revival manor house that's been fabulously restored with period elements like ornamental plaster ceilings

and an impressive selection of contemporary art and antiques. But the Eynsham Baths, set to debut in March, are the real showstopper. Tucked away in the forest, this nearly 32,300 square foot wellness sanctuary was inspired by ancient Roman bathhouses. Ten treatment rooms offer therapies ranging from IV vitamin drips and the Skin Design London Facelift to Tibetan Ku Nye massage and reflexology. There's also a hammam, rasul, dedicated breath work pool, and a contrast therapy circuit.

Recommended experience: The 180-minute guided Thermal Journey moves guests between six different thermal areas, from a frigidarium to caldarium, tepidarium to hay sauna, stimulating the body's immune system and metabolic rate, while simultaneously soothing the nervous system.

ONDA Spa at Susurros del Corazón, Auberge Resorts Collection - Punta Mita, Mexico

Spread over nearly 35,000 square feet and nestled between jungle-covered cliffs and sea, ONDA owns bragging rights to being the largest spa on the Bahía de Banderas. The name nods to the Mexican phrase, “que onda,” which asks “what's your vibe?.” No matter your answer, you'll find an experience that perfectly suits you, whether that's an intuitive painting class with a local artist or a seaside sound bowl meditation. Spa guests have access to a hydrotherapy pool, steam room, sauna, and a fitness center with a roster of classes. ONDA is the only spa in Mexico that uses products from the Latina-owned, plant-based skincare brand Sanara, so skincare treatments are standouts.

Recommended experience: The El Cuerpo Ritual begins with a yerba maté foot soak, continues with a full-body exfoliation that uses healing botanicals like cupuaçu and Chilean rosehip-seed oil, and concludes with a full body massage.

SHA Mexico - Costa Mujeres, Mexico

The first outpost of legendary wellness clinic, SHA, opened in January on a dreamy crescent of white sand beach on Mexico's Caribbean coast. Personalized programs are rooted in the celebrityloved SHA Method pioneered at the brand's flagship on Spain's Costa Blanca and address nine areas, including nutrition, cognitive stimulation, and physical performance. Four to 21-day itineraries incorporate cutting-edge therapies like advanced cellular regeneration as well as age-old healing modalities, like sound bathing.

But don't think for a second the entire experience is cookie cutter. Everything from the sea-to-table restaurant concept to the 100 oceanfront rooms and suites decorated with Mexican ceramics and indigenous-woven textiles, is distinctly rooted in place. And unique activities include swimming in cenotes and snorkeling in the largest coral reef in the Americas.