1. HOLISTIC HARMONY
Enclosed in nature, the treetop spa at Soneva Jani in the Maldives is centred around eight pillars - Sleep, Skin, Restore, Energise, Mindfulness, Balance, Pamper, and Experience. Those wanting to do little more than relax and recharge on their break away, will find treatments on tap with Soneva Jani’s Spa Unlimited package. For US $500 a day, it includes unlimited massage therapies, healing Ayurvedic rituals, IV vitamin therapies, high-performance, all natural Sodashi facials and targeted wellness programmes, as well as private yoga, meditation and personal training sessions.
All this, coupled with tailor-made menus throughout your stay, ensures a fully holistic and immersive approach to top-to-toe wellbeing.
2. HEALTH IS WEALTH
Known as a world-leader in pioneering and transformative wellness since it opened in 1995 in Hua Hin, Thailand, Chiva-Som pitches itself as a ‘haven of life’ - a sanctuary where enrichment thrives and lives change. Its four new retreats - available for three, five or seven nights - add another wellbeing bow to its arsenal, centred around Immune Resilience, Nature’s Embrace, Senior Wellness and Gut Health. As part of each retreat, guests will have an individual health and wellness consultation, three wellness meals per day, a physical analysis and skin consultation, daily fitness and leisure activities, unlimited use of the Water Therapy Suites, a daily treatment and post-stay consultation, and home exercise programme to ensure the Chiva-Som benefits continue long after your holiday ends.
3. THE SKIN YOU'RE IN
An oasis in the City of Angels, the rooftop garden spa at The Peninsula Beverly Hills has seven treatment rooms and offers everything from facials by Medical Beauty Research to a Pink Himalayan Salt Sauna. Those living in hot climates will benefit greatly from the revolutionary Biologique Recherche Seconde Peau 90-minute facial, which uses a form of electro-spun hyaluronic acid, known for its ability to plump and hydrate the skin. Or try The Ultimate Indulgence Facial - a six-in-one treatment using cutting-edge technology to enhance and enrich the skin, with diamond-tipped microdermabrasion, oxygen, radio frequency, LED face mask, air massage and electroporation.
4. SWISS FORMULA
The over-riding MO at Chenot Palace Weggis in Switzerland is to help guests understand the importance of investing in physical and mental health at the earliest possible age, using preventative measures in order to achieve a high-performing, healthy and well-balanced. Using the Chenot Method, the retreat’s internationally-recognised wellness philosophy founded by Henri Chenot in 1974, it offers a vast array of treatments across several packages, all backed by science, centred around detox, recover and energise, prevention and ageing well.
Beyond the treatments, restorative RnR can be found at the infinity pool, sauna or steam, in one of the beautifully appointed suites, or by hiking, biking or boating around Lake Lucerne.
5. A SACRED SPACE
The spa at One&Only Mandarina, Mexico, is situated in a volcanic rock garden, and is framed by expressions of sacred geometry created by Huicholes, an indigenous community of Riviera Nayarit. Its layout is based on an eight-point star, representing the Huichol vision of rebirth, renewal and regeneration. Here, you’ll be transported far away, both physically and mentally, with treatments and alternative therapies inspired by the natural world. Or, you can travel into the past to re-centre in the present by way of ancient healing rituals that are combined with your own energy to help you connect with the movements of the rainforest. And on the mindfulness side, there are classes in healing flow yoga and purpose-driven meditation practices.
6. IT JUST MAKES SENSE
The St. Regis Spa pays homage to the original Iridium Room at the New York property, and is the first of its kind, with six treatment suites – each with their own facilities - centred around the senses. Its home at The St. Regis Downtown provides a true sensorial enclave in the city, with traditional Arabian hammam, singing bowl meditation, flotation pod therapy and a 24-karat gold age-defying facial. Unique to The St. Regis, spa also has a collection of treatments inspired by Caroline Astor - better known as Mrs. Astor, a purveyor of luxury, opulence and taste in the late 19th century – with the 90-minute Illuminate & Life the most indulgent. It captures the best of science and rare ingredients to help preserve the youth of skin, by plumping, tightening and repair.
7. A MEETING OF MINDS
The union between the two maisons of Dior and Cheval Blanc result in a new era of elevated wellness at The Dior Spa Cheval Blanc Paris. The space is unapologetically Parisian: light, sophisticated and elegant, with whispers of savoir-faire at every turn from the Dior Beauty Ambassadeurs. The spa combines exclusive Dior manual techniques with cutting-edge technologies for the highest degree of efficacy, with each guest viewed holistically for physical, emotional and psychological wellness. The six suites allow for meticulously-crafted treatments from a six-hand Couture Dream massage and Radiance Detox to a Sapphire Crystal Micro-Abrasion skin treatment, while the Dior-stocked houses the very latest Dior Maison collections, flagship Couture accessories and treatments developed especially for Cheval Blanc Paris.
8. THE SECRET TO LIVING WELL
Another wellbeing powerhouse since its opening in 1939, Clinique La Prairie spa-clinic in Switzerland offers some of the most advanced health and wellness programs on the market, with luxury thrown in for free. With an assembly of over 50 leading medical experts, it pairs a holistic approach to wellbeing with proprietary genetics and epigenetics to help re-energise mind, body and soul. By enabling and empowering guests to become the ‘architects of their own vitality’, the treatments give each person the tools to protect themselves as we age, based around the four pillars of longevity: medical care, nutrition, movement and wellbeing. Specialised programmes range from revitalisation and weight loss to anti-ageing stem cells and immunity boosts. With nutrition the foundation of its programmes, there are dieticians on hand to provide each guest with tailored advice, whilst hand-crafting beautiful-yet-healthy dishes adapted to both one’s needs and goals.