Choosing A Wellness Retreat For Your Vacation

Sunday Dec 20, 2009

Why not take a vacation at a wellness retreat? Let’s say that money is not an obstacle for vacationing this year. So, you would like to do something a little out of the norm. While there are many places you can go to get pampered, at some of them you can get healthy as well. We are not talking fat farm here, we are talking about going to a wellness retreat.

The term health spa used to apply pretty well to a place where you could go get pampered and enjoy some of the benefits of a healthy regimen. Then, fat farms came into the picture and turned our ideas of a health spa to boot camp for fat people where the diets are restrictive and dull and the exercise routines are punishing. Now, a health spa is more likely to be found in the pricey part of town and it’s a place to get a facial and your nails done. This leaves us with the term wellness retreat when we are talking accommodations that will spoil you and add a healthy routine to your stay.

Pick any spot in the world and you will be able to find a wellness retreat.

Many would rank the Canyon Ranch in Miami Beach, FL as one of the best wellness retreats available. This resort sits ocean-side and includes a 70,000 square foot spa in the middle of very extravagant accommodations. At Canyon Ranch you can have massages, facials, thermal water suites, rock climbing, indoor fitness, and more.

You might pick another wellness retreat for your vacation, like Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort and Spa in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. Located in a gorgeous Australian National Park, you can experience nature walks for therapy and spa treatment based on Aboriginal rituals. You can have your own out-of-body experience perched upon this cliff-top overlook where indulgence surpasses the corporeal.

If you prefer to stay in North America, you might choose Alive Health Resort, for your wellness retreat. Located in Kelowna, British Colombia, Alive Health Resort has a rustic charm that’s hard to deny. It’s cradled in the forests of the Monashee Mountains, with breath taking views and plenty of hiking and outdoor exercise for the back-to-nature type. Once you’ve had your wellness retreat experience here, it will be difficult to return to the bustle and strife of the real world.

If you want to travel to a wellness retreat whose therapies include that of slowing down the aging process, you will be headed to the wine country of Bordeaux, France to Les Sources de Caudelie. You can experience massages and wraps that utilize, of all things, grape extracts. These therapies are said to enhance blood flow by strengthening blood vessels. A similar treatment is available from the inside out, as you are also encouraged to take part in the resort’s wine tasting parties every week.

The resorts listed above are just some of the renowned wellness retreats available. Most of these can get quite expensive. However, there are wellness retreats that can fit most budgets. Make sure you shop around and find that one retreat that is perfect for you and your wallet.

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