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Wellness begins with space. Not just square footage, but atmosphere, intent and texture. Stillness deserves architecture. Places that hold the quiet and frame the view. Our Holistics Edit is a design-led pause, a recalibration shaped by steam, scent and soul.
This is not wellness by numbers. It is elemental, architectural, thoughtful. From Matteo Thun’s timber-wrapped retreat at Vigilius in South Tyrol to the stone-cloistered hush of NOA’s Monastero Arx Vivendi on Lake Garda. From the quiet minimalism of Caminda in the Bernese Alps to hidden hammams on the Turkish Riviera and rooftop sanctuaries in New York City. These are spatial rituals, where every surface and silence is curated.
Wellness travel here steps into the forest, plunges into the springs, breathes deep in the high altitudes of the Alps. It is not about retreating from life, but returning to it with a clearer rhythm. You will find spa architecture that frames a view rather than competes with it. Therapies shaped by place. Design that leans into calm.
Private dens in the Highlands. Intimate boltholes in the Dolomites. Solo stillness or shared time, this is a sketch of spaces that support presence, care and connection.
Holistics puts YouTime back on the agenda. Quietly, beautifully, and with purpose.
Driftwood, spring water and elemental heat. Engel Spa is a raw Alpine hideaway where design restores and nature recalibrates. This is wellness with altitude and intention.
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Medieval rooftops cradle a hidden spa. Goldene Rose in Dinkelsbühl, fuses heritage and wellness with a rooftop infinity pool, saunas and timeless timbered design.
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A spa sanctuary of raw architecture and rooted calm — MAISTRA 160 in Pontresina cocoons guests in an elemental world of stone, steam and alpine air, where design becomes a healing ritual.
Escape to vigilius mountain resort in South Tyrol: a masterpiece of holistic design and Alpine calm, where elemental spa rituals and mindful architecture create a sanctuary of mountain silence.
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Transform your wellness routine with mindful luxury crafted from nature. Commune's creations blend sustainability and elegance, elevating everyday rituals into extraordinary moments.
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Manhattan goes minimalist. Hidden in The Greenwich Hotel, Shibui Spa channels Japanese Onsen rituals, ancient bodywork and luxury healing in a space built from 250-year-old temple wood.
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A legend since 1755, the rebirth of this historic hotel is a stylish bolthole – a chameleon of heritage, architecture, design, and alpine wellness in Austria's famed Bregenzerwald.
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Manhattan goes minimalist. Hidden in The Greenwich Hotel, Shibui Spa channels Japanese Onsen rituals, ancient bodywork and luxury healing in a space built from 250-year-old temple wood.
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To the backdrop of the Dolomites is a secretive Spa hideaway where Hay Baths, Honey Massages, Herbal Stamp Massages and Team Dr. Joseph & Thalgo line up to treat weary souls. This is the Lagaciò Hotel Mountain Residence & La Palsa Spa, located some 1500m above the sea level in St. Kassian/Alta Badia, Italy.
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By working with nature, innovation and wellbeing, Hotel Arlberg Lech has alongside Architect Peter Staic and Pointner Design, created a luxury blueprint for Alpine Health Living.
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Cryo at –110°, forest rituals, biohacks and breathwork – Forsthofgut’s waldSPA Health carves out a bold new rhythm of Alpine wellness where design, diagnostics and elemental nature power the body back to life.
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Natural beauty guru Yael Alkalay founded Red Flower in NYC in 1999, an environmentally and socially responsible beauty product, infused with aromatherapy and botanicals.
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The botanics of nature from cold-pressed organic, virgin Opuntia (Prickly Pear) oil infused with the aromatherapeutic benefits of Geranium Bourbon, Neroli, and Spanish Sage.
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A striking feat of luxury architecture & design, contemporary Strandbad Seeburg on the edge of Lake Lucerne is the perfect place for Swiss summertime paddling.
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The Senses Spa at the Hotel Arlberg Lech has partnered exclusively with Susanne Kaufmann’s plant-world inspired healing remedies formulated using only natural ingredients to add a new dimension to the Spa experience for hotel guests.
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Skincare with soul. Born in Austria’s vineyards, Vinoble merges nature with science – luxury without compromise, sustainability without limits. Beauty that works, backed by innovation and ethical craft.
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Hike with the cows in this Alpine adventure of outdoor Austrian idylls, a famed foodie hotspot, the ladies have it good up here in Vorarlberg's Bregenzerwald.
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Paris, the most romantic city on earth, and considered by many the most beautiful, too. But if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then what is in the nose…? The nose is a truth-teller – it knows beauty when it smells it and boy does it smell it at the newly re-opened Le Grand Musée du Parfum.
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Wellness and the Alps have always been inextricably linked due to the abundance of fresh mountain air, crystal clear water and the proximity of nose-tingling pine forests.
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This is our edit of luxe-cool countryside lake hotels, from farm-to-table fare to the Michelin-starred, from exclusive glam to bring the whole clan.
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In need of some tender loving care? Or perhaps in need a boot-camp style health kick? Either way we have Spa destinations that just browsing the images make you feel better.
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This tiny mountain hamlet is home to some stunning architecture, a sort of magnet for the craft and its followers, not least those that flock to the legendary architect Peter Zumthor's famed Therme Vals - an aqueous world that brings the mountain indoors.
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Lars Fredriksson was no stranger to innovative skincare when he developed Verso, a brand that was launched in 2013. Minimising skin exposure to unnecessary ingredients, Verso’s products are high quality and add easily to everyday life.
This year you find yourself dreaming of something slightly less usual, it’s time to take your holiday down-time underground. Into Bad Gastein’s healing caves.
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Perfumer H is proud to introduce its new flagship on Clifford Street, Mayfair. In keeping with the street’s 18th-century heritage, the store has been designed to evoke Georgian London.
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A lovely alpine lodge for families that has had a chic, eclectic refit. Quirky design elements, stacks of well-positioned collectables and lively, modern takes on heritage prints and textiles decorate this boutique interior.
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A peak-side, sophisticated bolthole oozing fifties Vogue glamour. A firm favourite of the design fraternity, it is a trove of timeless, postmodern pieces that feel perfectly at home in this alpine masterpiece of creative chillax.
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Once the home of devout Sisters, its aged cloistral heritage has been recast following an exacting narrative of preservation, reframing the monastic aesthetics for the modern nomad without corrupting the patina of austere beauty and timeworn touchpoints.
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A former monastery reimagined. Son Brull is Mallorca’s cult boutique escape – heritage, design, slow food, and holistic luxury wrapped in Tramuntana’s wild beauty. A soulful retreat where past and present collide.
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A smooth genre of luxury hotels that bring urban touch and impeccable luxe together with an old school quality creating a relaxed, contemporary feel.
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Beyond plastic bans and token gestures, we celebrate eco hotels, regenerative projects, design pioneers and organic makers shaping thoughtful travel, green hospitality and a more conscious way of living with the planet.
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We love finding a patch of really good design production, architecture and style. When executed well, it's like walking into a fantastic novel.
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Dens of creativity, art and playfulness, each of these hotels play host to countless cultural events where boho meets highbrow.
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Get the insider news and lowdown on what we've been up to, where we've been, and who we've met along the way. Be the first to discover new places and get the scoop on our favourites.