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MEDICAL WELLNESS VILLA PADIERNA THERMAS DE CARRATRACA - SPA RETREAT

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THE EUROPEAN AUTUMN & WINTER - THE IDEAL TIME FOR SPA-ING Call me biased, but it’s my favourite Spa Hideaway in Europe - Villa Padierna Thermas Hotel in Carratraca, near Malaga, Spain. A truly unique spa refuge, it was a refuge chosen by esteemed personalities already in the past, such as the Empress Eugenia of Montijo; King Ferdinand VII of Spain; Lord Byron and the famous novelist Alexander Dumas.

The place is magic – its aromas, Frank M. Pfaller sounds and the natural thermal spring, President landscapes, sunrises, sunsets and the CoutureHospitalityConcept sheer comfort and beauty of its facilities, combined with soothing and curing treatments supervised by a medical director, toped by an outstanding ‘GourmetDiet’ by an award winning Maitre Cuisinier. Enjoy reading and be inspired!

AN IDEAL COMBINATION OF NATURE, COMFOR & WELLBEING Let your senses be seduced by the magic of this place – its aromas, sounds and natural spring, landscapes, sunrises, sunsets and the comfort and beauty of the facilities and its distinctive Andalusian surroundings.

THE WATERS AND ITS PROPERTIES The fundamental action of this water and of the adjacent natural mud’s to the spring is due to the content in bivalent sulphur and to the presence of other factors minerals like the bicarbonates, sulphites, chlorides, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and such trace elements as the multiple biological reactions of oxidation-reduction.

JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM MALAGA Carratraca is one of those typical Andalusian ‘White Villages,’ where time seems to stand still.

Malaga, with its international airport and AVE fast-train station, the Picasso museum and some of the finest Tapas Bars, just a 30 min. drive away.

Indoor and outdoor pools with spectacular landscape views Al-fresco dining with secluded and relaxing terraces.

“LA CONDESA RESTAURANT” Delicious Mediterranean dishes created with care by the chef with the best local ingredients in harmony with our Health programs.

The most popular dishes of Andalusia are interpreted them a healthy twist to a menu of special diet.

No alcoholic drinks except wine and beer are served in the hotel.

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rom different ancient coins with effigies of Ti b e r i u s, Claudius and Caesar found in the area it is evident that the Romans were well aware of the curative properties of these thermal waters. Great warriors came to this village in the Malaga Sierras to rest their spirit at the thermal spa after fierce battles.

The Moors, who also enjoyed these waters, gave the town its name. Carratraca originates from the Arabic term "Karr-alkrak", which means "without blemish" and it was here that the Moors washed away their

impurities, as one of the main routes from Bobastro to the sea passed by the spring. No doubt the renowned leader Omar Ben Hafsum used this spring on several occasions as a place of relaxation and retreat.

The Carratraca Spa building was commissioned by Fernando VII and inaugurated in 1855. A Neoclassical construction, built from sandstone and marble, it nestles at the very source of a spring on the slopes of Sierra Blanquilla.

Due to the curative properties of the waters, as well as the services provided at the Spa, the facilities have received numerous international

awards, a gold medal in Paris in 1878 and most recently a Seven Star Award in Bali, and the Travel Award in Sardinia.

Illustrious personages have taken the waters at Carratraca, including: Empress of the French Eugenia de Montijo (wife of Napoleon III), Canovas d e l C a s t i l l o, E s t e v a n e z Calderon, Rainer María Rilke, Lord Byron, Romero de Torres, Muñoz Degrain, Alejandro Dumas, Campoamor, Vicente Aleixandre, Eugene Giraud, Fe r n a n d o V I I , , Tr i n i d a d Grund, Antonio Banderas, Antonio Gala, to name just a few.

HOW TO CURE | BESPOKE TREATMENTS

THERMALCURES ROMAN BATH

Consists of alternating cold baths (18ºC-35ºC), warm baths (36ºC37ºC) and hot baths (37ºC-40ºC) in the five Roman thermal pools.

Duration 40 minutes

THERMAL BATH

A treatment with your choice of jet, surround or mist showers, in addition to the healing bath in mineral medicinal water.

Duration 50 minutes

THERMAL BATH WITH HYDRO-SEQUENTIAL BATH Consist on: hydro-sequential thermal bath, followed by jet shower or Scottish shower and finishing with the pool circuit.

Duration 80 minutes COMPLETE THERMAL BATH

Here you will see the beneficial effects of the thermal water combining different techniques: sauna, jet shower, Scottish shower, hydrosequential thermal bath, mist and a pool circuit.

Duration 150 minutes

COMPLETE VICHY SHOWER

Exfoliating and moisturising treatment in a linear shower with a micromassaging effect which is extremely relaxing. It also has a stressreleasing effect which promotes blood circulation and relaxation.

Duration 50 minutes

SCOTTISH SHOWER

A “circular”shower with sulphur water at different temperatures.

Duration 10 minutes

FOUR HANDS VICHY SHOWER

A complete Vichy shower with a four hands massage under the sulphurous waters of the Carratraca spring.

Duration 50 minutes

JET SHOWER

Treatments with blasts of water (cold, hot or alternating) stimulate blood circulation in specific areas of the body, and so are especially effective for people with circulatory problems, sleep disorders or muscular strains. Water at different pressures and alternating or progressive temperatures are used to achieve cold-hot contrasts (vasoconstriction - vasodilatation) with the aim of generating especially relaxing reactions in the body’s muscles and aiding circulation.

THERMALWATER SPRING The renowned medicinal mineral waters, with sulphur and calcium. The waters are taken in baths, hydroponics cures and inhaled. Carratraca’s waters are generally acclaimed by their reinvigorating effects on the immune system and by its main component’s detoxing power: the sulphur. Besides, they serve to improve from several skin, rheumatic and dental diseases. There are also many described cases that emphasize its usefulness to favour fertility.

All these data are supported by numerous publications and updated analysis confirmed by the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain.

RESPECTFUL & DEDICATED RENOVATION It took two years of dedication, intense restructuring and respectful restoration work to bring this diamond back to all the original luxury and splendour that attracted celebrities from all over the Old Continent to come and loose themselves in this heaven of peace and tranquillity.

Spa Cuisine Gourmet Diet

MAITRE CUISINIER Pablo Luis Qui単ones Vega

Maitre Cuisinier Pablo comes with extensive training and Chef positions in Micheline starred restaurants in Barcelona and Marbella. His Asian tenure helped him as well to create what he calls his Spa Gourmet Diet, consisting of local organically grown fresh seasonal produce..

WHAT TO EAT

SPAGOURMETDIET DIETARY CUISINE VILLA PADIERNA THERMAS HOTEL

The concept developed in Villa Padierna Thermas Hotel is a small reflection of the dietary cuisine, with a kitchen product and materials of high quality, reflecting simplicity with a touch of tradition of the region in harmony with the chosen treatment.

The available dietary menu will match the type of diet and indications performed by the doctor or specialist.

THE COMPOSITION OF FOOD

Distinction has to be made between nutrition and feeding. The act of eating food is called nourishing the body. We understand nourishing as the process, by which the body receives, transforms and utilises the chemical substances in the food.

Since it is rather difficult to act voluntarily in the processes of nutrition, we can only improve it by improving our eating habits.

BALANCED DIET

A balanced diet is one that contains all foods necessary to achieve an optimum state.

This nutritional state is one in which feeding covers the following objectives: • To provide the necessary nutrients (calories) that are sufficient to carry out metabolic processes and physical work. Neither more nor less.

• That the amounts of each of the nutrients are in balance.

• Carbohydrates give us at least 55% - 60% of total caloric intake.

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That lipid does not exceed the amount of

ROOMS & SUITES It took two years of dedication, intense restructuring and respectful restoration work to bring this diamond back to all the original luxury and splendour that attracted celebrities from all over the Old Continent to come and loose themselves in this heaven of peace and tranquillity.

 

SALONS, & LIBRARY It took two years of dedication, intense restructuring and respectful restoration work to bring this diamond back to all the original luxury and splendour that attracted celebrities from all over the Old Continent to come and loose themselves in this heaven of peace and tranquillity.

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