Wellness
Spa retreats, forest therapy, longevity programmes. Hotels where wellness is the starting point of the architecture, not an amenity added at the end.
The Nature Spas of South Tyrol: Where the Alps Turned Wellness Into an Art
There is a corner of the Alps where the spa is not an amenity but the entire point. In South Tyrol, the German-speaking province of northern Italy where the Dolomites meet vineyards and apple orchards, wellness has been refined over decades into something close to an art form. Its hotels are built around water and heat and forest silence, with bathing lakes the size of a small sea, rooftop saunas open to the peaks and treatments drawn from Alpine herbs. This is a look at how that culture works, told through six of its finest nature spas and the elements they share.
The Longevity Retreat: Why a New Generation of Luxury Hotels Is Being Designed to Help You Live Longer
The wellness hotel of the 2010s was a spa with a yoga deck. The hotel that is emerging now, quietly and across several European and Asian coastlines, is a different proposition: a property designed not to relax the guest, but to extend the guest's life. The shift is small, deliberate, and far more interesting than it sounds. This piece looks at four hotels where it is already happening, the science underwriting it, what a real day inside one looks like, and what a serious longevity week actually costs.
The New Bali: Five Wellness Retreats Beyond the Yoga Cliché
Bali wellness in 2026 is not the same conversation it was in 2010. The island has moved on. Five retreats across volcanic east Bali, the cliffs of Uluwatu, the Sidemen rice fields, and the quiet north coast of Amed show what a serious wellness week on the island looks like today, without the saturated Ubud Instagram set.
The Mountain Cure: Five Alpine Hotels Where Wellness Comes From Altitude
Five hotels in the Italian Dolomites, the Mont Blanc and Cervino valleys, the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland and the Stubai of Austrian Tyrol. The argument: the most underrated wellness in 2026 is the one you do not pay extra for, because it is what the mountain is doing to your body whether you book a treatment or not.
The Cold Cure: Nordic Wellness in Bergen and Stavanger
Snow rooms, fjord plunges, and the Norwegian art of friluftsliv. Two design hotels where wellness means something different than you expect.
Mindful Journeys: The Rise of the Slow Spa Movement
Discover the Slow Spa Movement redefining wellness in 2026, where design, mindfulness and stillness meet across Tokyo, Crete, Spain and Austria.
Where Wellness Meets Design: Europe’s New Wave of Boutique Escapes
Discover Europe’s best wellness boutique hotels, where spa rituals, design, and lifestyle merge for the ultimate restorative escape