Luxe European Spas You Need to Know About
The best spas to seek out in Europe
The Medical Spa
Palace Merano describes itself as the place to cleanse your body, reactivate your metabolism, boost your immune system and slow down cellular ageing. How? Well for more than 20 years experts here have been creating personalised programmes for guests, built around their signature Revital Method. The first in Italy to recognise the potential of the detox approach, they’ve transformed the concepts of health and wellbeing into a profound experience designed to regenerate from within. During your stay you will undergo five specialist check-ups at the dedicated screening centre and you can choose from targeted programmes, each combining specialised treatments and a personalised nutrition plan, and all of this takes place across eight highly specialised departments equipped with cutting-edge technology and guided by a team of medical experts in prevention and diagnostics. Discretion, professionalism and confidentiality are the core values of hospitality at Palace Merano, reflected in the elegant rooms and spaces designed to offer a warm and exclusive atmosphere. The two unique restaurants are where to enjoy Revital food dishes in total tranquility, and the hotel sits in its own parkland with an outdoor and indoor pool.
Via Cavour 2, 39012 Merano, Italy
palace.it
The Gut Reset
Lanserhof Tegernsee is considered one of Europe’s most modern health resorts and a retreat for both mind and body. A world leader in holistic medicine, state-of-the-art medical science is combined with proven alternative healing approaches, providing an effective balance between personalised fasting programmes and bespoke therapeutic solutions. An interdisciplinary team of specialists are on hand to guide guests on a personalised journey towards lasting wellbeing, vibrant health, and enhanced longevity, helping you discover a renewed sense of physical harmony and regeneration. It’s all about living better and longer here, and with practices developed over three decades and refined in daily practice at Lanserhof, this approach is based on naturopathy, energy medicine, psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, chronomedicine and cutting-edge modern medicine. With an emphasis on gut health, your stay starts with diagnostics and analysis, followed by a detoxifying, cleansing and deacidification programme, with holistic support to accelerate the healing process.
Gut Steinberg 1-4, 83666 Waakirchen, Germany
lanserhof.com
The Longevity Specialists
Sha Spain promises precision health for personalised longevity, with 1,000 evidence-based treatments and more than 50 integrative wellness and medical specialities, and is the world’s foremost longevity clinic. They combine and coordinate different disciplines to improve and enhance the health of guests by the most integrative method available to achieve an optimal state of health and wellbeing, so if you want to live better, longer then this is for you. Based on nine main areas (healthy nutrition, natural therapies, preventive and healthy aging medicine, advanced aesthetics, cognitive stimulation and emotional health, wellbeing and inner balance, and physical performance, alongside learning new healthy habits through their Healthy Living Academy), Sha’s Signature programmes last between two and seven nights and include Intensive Detox & Optimal Weight for cleansing the body, Advanced Longevity to slow cellular ageing and Wellness Rebalance & Energise to help achieve maximum vitality and physical and mental balance.
Carrer del Verderol, Alicante, Spain
shawellness.com
The Luxe Resort
Perched above Lake Garda, Lefay Resort & Spa sits in its own park surrounded by olive groves. This is an exclusive wellness resort with the wow factor – perfect if you are wanting some serious pampering alongside a healthy dose of luxury. The vast spa is built around the flow of energy, where East meets West in perfect synergy. Divided into three areas; the the World of Water and Fire, which includes the swimming pools, saunas, grottos and small lakes; the Nature and Fitness area, which consists of a large gym and fitness studio, and In Silence and Among the Stars: Trilogy in the Air, which is made up of all the spacious outdoor areas for sporting activities and trails. In total there are seven different saunas and six relaxation areas here, including the adult-only whirlpool and sauna overlooking the lake. Treatments are also divided into Signature, Medical, Non-Invasive Aesthetics and A la Carte Spa, and separate programmes such as Anti-ageing Beauty, Toning and Purifying are bookable with your stay. When it comes to dining you have choice of fine dining in the Michelin-starred restaurant, or a more laid-back menu served on the terrace, but both concentrate on a Mediterranean-style diet.
Via Angelo-Feltrinelli, 136 25084 Gargano, Italy
lagodigarda.lefayresorts.com
The Gourmet Spa
Les Sources Caudalie, located between the forests and vineyards of Bordeaux, is dedicated to nature, wellbeing and gastronomy and just happens to sit on a natural thermal spring. With a two-Michelin starred restaurant, a cocktail bar and wine bar, this is definitely not a detox destination, but it does offer superb spa treatments alongside delicious dining. The Vinotherapie Spa offers exclusive rituals from French beauty brand Caudalie using active ingredients derived from the vine and grape known for their antioxidant and anti-ageing properties. The spa also boasts a hammam, a natural hot water bath and jacuzzi, and relaxation rooms. Outdoors there’s a swimming pool, tennis court and jogging trail and bikes are available to hire from the hotel.
Chemin de Smith Haut Lafitte, 33650 Bordeaux-Martillac, France
sources-hotels.com
The Activity Spa
Six Senses Kaplankaya in Bodrum includes the brand’s showcase 10,000-square metre spa with pioneering wellness programming, indoor heated pool, hydrothermal areas, hammams, state-of-the-art fitness equipment, and classes including spinning, yoga, and Pilates. Add to this multiple organic dining options, spacious outdoor venues, private beaches, a host of children’s activities and experiences, and it’s the perfect family wellness destination. Using smart technology to measure your inner health, movement and sleep patterns, the resort’s wellness experts can personalise treatments, activities and nutritional advice to help you achieve a healthy, balanced body and mind, and specialist programmes include a focus on longevity, weight management, detox and mind-focused activities to boost your brain.
Bobuk Mahallesi Merkez, Milas, Turkey
sixsenses.com
