The Best Wellness Retreats to Restore Your Mind, Body, and Soul

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Carillon Miami Wellness Resort, Florida
Home to a 70,000 square foot spa, the largest spa and wellness facility on the East Coast, Carillon Miami Wellness Resort is located in the heart of Miami's North Beach. Guests enjoy daily fresh juices to gear themselves up for classes including boxing, rock climbing, HIIT, yoga, dance, and spinning. Inside the spa, the resort's Thermal Hydrotherapy Circuit includes multi-sensory rain showers, Finnish sauna, purifying herbal laconium, a crystal steam room, a foot spa, and Miami's only igloo. Treatments range from traditional massage and beauty therapies, to more unique offerings like IV Therapy, salt float therapy, cryoskin toning, acupuncture, and Oriental herbal medicine. Rooms are large 1- and 2-bedroom renovated apartments, many with ocean views.
Rooms start at $270.
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Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
An hour outside Zurich, not far from Switzerland's border with Austria, sits Grand Resort Bad Ragaz , a sprawling multi-hotel health resort complex clustered around the restorative thermal waters of the Tamina Gorge. Billing itself as "Europe's Leading Wellbeing & Medical Health Resort," it offers a slew of treatments available in the Tamina Therme spa , as well as a renowned Medical Health Center , the Swiss Olympic Medical Center, an inpatient rehabilitation clinic, and even a charming Heidi-themed family spa created with children in mind. Relaxation is all but guaranteed in this walkable resort village, which also features two golf courses, a casino, a sculpture garden, a Michelin-starred restaurant, a palatial kids' club, and activities like biking, hiking, and wine tasting nearby.
Rooms from $422 per night.
Valley Rock Inn
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Valley Rock Inn, New York
Only an hour from New York City in the lower Hudson Valley, Valley Rock Inn & Mountain Club is a wellness focused destination with a long list of activities and boot camps . Highlights include ridge line climbs at nearly 2,000 foot elevation on 7 Hills Trail, brookside trail run hikes, biking, kayaking, and snowshoeing programs, a 75-foot pool, and a fully-equipped fitness center, spin room, and yoga studio. The compound also boasts two farm-to-table restaurants, an art gallery, an organic market with local Hudson Valley produce, and 4 guest houses with 17 bedrooms.
Rates start at $495 per night, with a 2-night minimum.
ANA InterContinental® Beppu Resort and Spa
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ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort and Spa, Japan
Just opened in Japan's Oita Prefecture, ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort and Spa offers Japanese onsen overlooking one of the country's most famous hot spring areas. Its HARNN’s Spa is inspired by traditional medicine, with mind-body treatments using natural ingredients. In addition to 79 guest rooms and 10 suites, the bamboo-, wood-, and marble-decorated resort (which is admittedly, a splure) features five treatment rooms, two outdoor onsens, a garden, open-air terrace baths with mountain or bay views, and an infinity pool with a view of Beppu's hot springs.
Rooms from $509 a night.
Yo1
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YO1 Wellness Catskills, New York
In Sanskrit, “Yovan” means youthful, and YO1 Wellness resort in the Catskills, New York, seeks to help attain eternal youth through mind, body and spirit rejuvenation. Spanning 1,300 acres, the wellness resort features the guidance of expert practitioners, with customized, holistic treatments including Ayurveda, Yoga, Acupuncture, Naturopathy, and Mindful meditation, as well as extensive walking trails in the peaceful mountains. Food includes organic meals with "conscious cuisine" designed to detox and nourish, as well as a juice bar and tea cafe. The resort also boasts a 68,000 square foot Wellness Center, a 5,000 square foot indoor pool, jacuzzis, and a 24-hour fitness center.
Rooms start from $192 per night, with wellness program packages—including Abhyangam and Podikizhi massages, mud baths, and Hatha yoga–available from $870.
Castle Hot Springs
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Castle Hot Springs, Arizona
Newly reopened, Arizona's historic 32-room, 210-acre Castle Hot Springs resort has been pampering well-heeled guests since the 19th century, when bold-faced names including Astors, Roosevelts, Vanderbilts, and Kennedys enjoyed its healing 120 F. spring waters. (JFK himself spent three months here recovering and rejuvenating.) Today, in addition to the hot springs, guests 16 and older can enjoy activities and treatments such as hiking, horseback riding, archery, gardening, meditation, pickle ball, star gazing, and al fresco mineral massage, as well as a much needed digital detox.
Rates start from $900, inclusive of room, activities, and meals.
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
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Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, New York
Located 90 miles north of New York City in the lush Hudson Valley, the Omega Institute is easily accessible yet a world away from the stress of everyday life. Your all-inclusive stay includes accommodations (ranging from campsites to dorms to private rooms for every budget), farm-to-table meals, use of amenities, and classes in yoga, tai chi, meditation, and movement. On the 250-acre campus, you’ll find a lake, trails, gardens, and a Wellness Center that offers acupuncture, life coaching, shamanic healing, and massage. In 2019, the Institute will offer unique workshops with wellness luminaries such as Eckhart Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz, and Glennon Doyle to enhance your health and well-being.
Rates start at $398 per night. Learn more here about tiered pricing and scholarship options.
High Hampton Resort
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High Hampton Resort, North Carolina
Step back in time at this rustic resort overlooking a private lake in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. For nearly a century, guests have ventured to this retreat to enjoy hiking, golf, tennis, swimming, paddle boarding, and croquet. To up their wellness offerings, the family-friendly resort will open a brand-new spa and pool facility in 2020, featuring services such as massages, facials, fitness classes, and personal training. More than anything, this is a place where you can truly escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Note: The property is currently under renovation, and will re-open in the summer of 2020. Rates start at $340 per night.
Omni La Costa
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Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, California
Whether you can escape for only a few days or have more than a week to dedicate to resorting your health, this Omni resort has a program to fit your schedule. Their physician-designed science-backed Premier Fitness Camps are led by experts who provide personal training to help you achieve your health and wellness goals. For more of a mind-body approach, go for the Chopra Fit program. Held at the on-site Chopra Center , the program blends meditation and yoga practices with behavioral health, nutrition, and fitness guidance.
Rates start at $199 per night.
Amrit Resort
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Amrit Ocean Resort, Florida
Located on Florida's picturesque Singer Island, Amrit is a brand-new oceanfront resort with a focus on wellness. The've partnered with the Himalayan Institute to merge Eastern traditions, such as mindfulness and energy healing, with high-end luxury amenities. A few of the extravagant wellness highlights you’ll find include a personal wellness assistant, available 24/7 via call or text; mood-enhancing aromatherapy; vitamin IV therapy; yoga, pilates, and meditation classes; beauty and skincare treatments, and much more.
Photo: The Reeds at Shelter Haven
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The Reeds at Shelter Haven, New Jersey
This coastal resort in southern New Jersey will open a brand-new Salt Spa with a focus on wellness this spring. The first of its kind in the area, the spa features a range of services plus a Turkish bath, floating experience, and inhalation therapy. Before your spa visit, get active with daily yoga classes, kayaking, paddle boarding, and other water sports. Look out for special wellness programs throughout the year too, such as a healthy eating panel in May and a yoga workshop in June.
Rates start at $280 per night.
Gurneys
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Gurney’s Resort, Rhode Island
From November through April, Gurney’s expansive Newport resort hosts unique health-focused retreats each month. The three-day retreats offer programs such as intention setting, mindfulness, and ayurveda workshops, workouts, plus healthy, chef-prepared meals.
Rates start at $425 per night.
Miraval Life in Balance Spa
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Miraval Life in Balance Spa at Monarch Beach Resort, California
The first Miraval spa outside its Arizona flagship, this seaside resort offers a space where you can reconnect with yourself, revisit health goals, learn more about mindfulness, and cultivate a better sense of balance. Located in Orange County’s Monarch Beach Resort , the 30,000-square-foot facility offers more than 70 treatments, yoga and fitness classes, mediation programs, healthy cooking workshops, and a speaker series. Here, you're free to make your schedule as packed or relaxed as you’d like, depending on your goals.
Rates start at $450 per night.
Mike Tittel
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Stein Eriksen Lodge, Utah
At Utah's only Forbes five-star spa facility , you can reset your well-being with the peaceful mountains of Deer Valley Resort as your backdrop. During the summer, morning yoga classes take place on the deck, and you can also sign up for a "mindful hike," where a guide will lead you through Deer Valley's trails as well as breathing techniques to assist in mental clarity. The state-of-the-art fitness center also offers daily workout classes and private training. After a tough workout, enjoy the spa.
Rates start at $390 per night.
Naia Resort and Spa
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Naia Resort & Spa, Placencia, Belize
You'll feel lightyears away from the ordinary at this hidden jewel of a resort. Sidling up to the Caribbean Sea on Belize’s southern coast, Naia offers gorgeous stand-alone villas ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, all with beachfront access. Activities are nearly endless: Choose from on-site fitness classes from HIIT to aerial yoga, long walks on the beach, kayaking, snorkeling, and paddle boarding, and the resort staff can organize other off-site activities such as diving or horseback riding. Don’t want to miss the spa, boasting an array of services in private treatment rooms overlooking a peaceful lily pond.
Rates start at $325 per night.
Hilton Head Health
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Hilton Head Health, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Sitting on the sunny coast of South Carolina, Hilton Head Health is an all-inclusive resort offering weight-loss programs and wellness packages. Take advantage of fitness classes including bootcamp, yoga, TRX, and more. After, cool off in the water with paddle boarding, kayaking, or aquatic barre. You can also try an interactive cooking class, or simply relax at the Indigo Spa with a Thai massage or custom organic facial. The on-site healthy restaurant offers a diverse menu with low-cal versions of your favorite dishes like lobster tacos and shrimp and grits.
Rates start at $482 per night, which includes a $500 resort credit.
Blackberry Farm
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Blackberry Farm, Tennessee
Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Blackberry Farm is a luxurious resort situated on 4,200 acres of rolling hills and forest. Founded more than 40 years ago, it's still renowned for warm Southern hospitality and delicious, seasonal food. The Wellhouse Spa program provides a variety of offerings you can mix and match to create your ideal wellness escape. Services include fitness classes (like “Farm Fit” which involves hay-bale throwing and sprinting through fields!), yoga, hiking, biking, massages, skincare treatments, nutrition consultations, and much more.
Rates start at $895.
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The Resort at Pedregal, Mexico
Restore your mind, body, and spirit during a unique yoga retreat at the resort’s Luna y Mar Spa . Translated in Spanish as “the moon and sea,” the spa offers a distinctive approach to wellness and beauty, sourcing inspiration from the moon, sea, and Mexican folk healing. Over your stay, you’ll experience private seaside yoga classes, a moonlit meditation, and a special spa treatment harnessing the energy of moonstone to rejuvenate and re-energize your body and soul.
Admittedly high rates start at $799 per person.
Robert Fairer
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The Mulia Bali, Indonesia
Ready to take your wellness journey internationally (and really splurge)? Head to Bali, Indonesia, for the Mulia’s Lifestyle Wellness Program . The fully customizable itinerary includes a myriad of activities designed to improve your physical and mental well-being, such as aqua aerobics, yoga, healthy meals, and Ayurvedic practices. You’ll also want to explore the restorative spa with a therapeutic “Ice Room,” as well as services such as Balinese massage, body treatments, salt scrubs, and reiki.
Rates start at $750 per night.
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Golden Door, California
Ranked as the #1 destination spa in the world by Travel + Leisure, this Asian-inspired resort encompasses 600 mountainous acres in southern California with 30 miles of private hiking trails, zen gardens, and a bamboo forest. Your all-inclusive stay will definitely be a splurge, but it features personal training sessions, spa treatments, airport transfers, and more. The complimentary meals and snacks are sourced straight from the resort’s on-ground gardens, so you know you’re eating fresh. Plus, they maintain a 4:1 staff ratio in order to ensure the best possible customer service and customized experience.
Multi-day stays start at $5400 for 3 nights and $7200 for 4 nights. (We said it was luxurious!)