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The Best New Wellness Travel Experiences To Book This Autumn

From holistic adventures to healthy eating, wellness travel has never been so popular.

Don a robe, pack your trainers and pull your hair into a ponytail - here's the best new luxury wellness-led travel experiences to book right now.

Get Ready To Robe

Indulge in an Ayurvedic escape with the Scarlet Hotel

For those partial to a staycation, the Scarlet Hotel, an eco-inspired sanctuary nestled on the clifftops of Cornwall’s Mawgan Porth, has launched four new wellbeing journeys inspired by Ayurvedic wellness principles. 

Each journey focuses on balance and rejuvenation, drawing from ancient practices to promote deep relaxation and healing. 

With four new wellness packages to choose from, guests will be treated to a programme of whole-body therapies and rejuvenating treatments, complete with the Scarlet’s nourishing seasonally inspired cuisine and sea-view accommodation. 

Our favourite, the four-night Restoring Ayurveda package is designed to support guests in finding complete natural balance and rejuvenation.  Following an initial consultation with an Ayurvedic specialist, guests will be provided with a bespoke programme of treatments unique to their wellbeing needs and doshas (energy in the body).

The package also includes a four-hour Solo or Couples Journey: a tension-releasing bathing treatment, a therapeutic massage in a tented treatment room, and time to simply reflect and enjoy the surrounding natural beauty, paired with plenty of foodie opportunities. 

All programmes include full access to the Scarlet Spa facilities including an indoor bromine-filtered pool; outdoor natural reed pool; restorative steam room; retreat terrace and lounge; cliffside gardens; and comprehensive wellbeing programme, featuring yoga and guided meditation sessions, curated to nurture both mind and body.

Four-night Restoring Ayurveda starts from £1,980 for two people sharing a Just Right Room. scarlethotel.co.uk/

Downward Dog with Hilton Lake Como

Hilton Lake Como, the new-generation Italian lakeside hotel, has launched a spoiling selection of new wellness experiences for guests through October.

Until the end of September, guests of Hilton Lake Como will be able to practice their downward dog with a view at the hotel’s rooftop yolates sessions.

Set against a panoramic backdrop of lakeside splendour, the sessions are complimentary for hotel guests and take place at 7.45am each Saturday morning, providing a magnificent setting in which to soak up the sunrise.

A new and innovative fusion of the very best of yoga and pilates, yolates provides the ultimate way to gently stretch the body, building and toning muscles while restoring calm and balance to body and mind.

For those seeking a more exclusive experience, Hilton Lake Como’s very own Spa Manager, Francesca, will offer year-round small group (up to four) and one-to-one classes upon request either on the spa terrace or within eForea Spa & Health Club, weather permitting. Whether guests favour Power, Vinyasa, Hatha or Indonesian yoga, certified yoga teacher Francesca will be on hand to guide beginners and expert yogis alike.

Private yoga sessions available from 60 euros for 50 minutes (1-2 people) or 80 euros for 50 minutes (3-4 people). Sessions available year-round. Book via hilton.com

The Dynamite Dolomites

Catch up on your ZZZ’s with Hotel de LEN

Struggling to get a full night’s sleep? Essential to both our mental and physical health, sleep is fundamental to our wellbeing. 

This is why Hotel de LEN, one of the newest properties in the glamourous Cortina d’Ampezzo, is offering a contemporary and regenerative sleep experience, deeply rooted in the nature surrounding the property.

Guests will be sure to rest easy during their stay as the property’s 22 rooms are mainly decorated with wood, specifically pine, known for improving the quality of sleep, and old fir first patina, whose natural properties contribute to enhancing the balance of body and mind.

In addition, the hotel is a SOLS (Swiss Optimal Living Society) certified environment: each bedroom is designed to create an optimal and entirely biocompatible sleep experience. Hi-tech features such as Magma13, a sleep radiance panel which reorganises energy, Orpheus, a radiation filter and Astreo, a tool used to reduce high-frequency disturbances, ensure a high quality of sleep in each room and create harmonious energy environments. 

  • Outdoor fitness activities in the fresh air of the Dolomites
  • Targeted spa treatments
  • Enhancing the regenerative journey at the HOTEL de LEN spa, located on the top floor of the hotel, whilst taking in the breathtaking view of the twinkling lights of the town, its bell tower and the surrounding moonlit peaks.

Rooms from €329 per night, based on two adults sharing a Superior room on a B&B basis. Book via hoteldelen.it

Go wild swimming with South Lodge’s Reset, Recover and Realign wellbeing retreat

South Lodge is West Sussex is hosting a series of expert-led holistic wellbeing retreats in the heart of the countryside.

The first, taking place from 14-15 October, will be Reset, Recover and Realign with Olympic silver medallist Keri-anne Payne. Guests can take part in wild swimming and cold-water exposure; a sound bath and energy healing journey; Vinyasa yoga and breathwork.

Reset, Recover and Realign brings together experts in their respective fields to offer a programme that allows guests to switch off and reconnect with guided wellness sessions and Q&A talks.  Double open water swimming 10km champion and British silver Olympic medallist, Keri-anne Payne leads a series of wild swimming and cold-water exposure training, focussing on breathing techniques, body position and sighting tips.

Participants will also have access to the spa’s state-of-the-art gym and spin studio; indoor pool; outdoor hydrotherapy pool and wild swimming pool; thermal suites; as well as the Ridgeview Beauty Bar, from manicures and pedicures to beauty treatments, all paired with a glass of Ridgeview’s sparkling wine on tap.

The Reset, Recover and Realign Retreat with Oyogo starts from £665 for solo guests and £975 for two when sharing a room. Book via exclusive.co.uk

Find Your Flow

Embrace the power of all things feminine with ADLER Spa Resort SICILIA

Taking place this November, head to Italy for a retreat experience aimed specifically at women and all things femme.

Hosted by athlete Beatrice Mazza, Sacred Feminine Yoga is an alchemical practice, which allows us to explore our subtle bodies through body movement. This is done in a flowing, dynamic style, and each class is dedicated to a specific theme.

Asanas (physical postures), mudras, kriyas, pranayama and meditations all help women to connect with their true nature and feminine power – plus, the seriously swish surrounds of the ADLER Spa Resort SICILIA are bound to help you relax in style too.

9.11.2023 to 26.11.2023, 7 nights from €1.419,00pp. Book via adler-resorts.com

Try a Bamford treatment in the middle of the Maldives

Paradise is calling. Design masterpiece and retreat of spa excellence, The Ritz-Carlton Spa at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands is one of the Maldives’ most sought-after spa experiences.

Not only the first spa in the Maldives to feature Bamford, the destination announces a worldwide resort-exclusive of the British wellness brands’ newest treatment ‘B Balanced’. 

Designed to alleviate symptoms brought on by hormonal changes and long-term illnesses, this bespoke full-body treatment will launch at the resort in October 2023.

Harnessing the power of botanicals to rebalance the mind, body and support overall wellbeing, the treatment is particularly beneficial for those experiencing hormonal imbalances or recovering from long-term illness. 

Price from $360pp for the treatment. Book via ritzcarlton.com/Maldives.

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