24 Wellness Experiences to Book in 2024
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The wellness economy has reached a fever pitch: The Global Wellness Institute predicts that in 2024, the global market for wellness tourism will become a trillion-dollar industry. Here, we’ve searched the globe for the best of the best when it comes to new wellness experiences to ensure your new year is as grounded as possible. Some of these are once-in-a-lifetime retreats in the Himalayas that might just be the spiritual awakening you need, and some of them are highly practical experiences you can integrate into your daily routine in the heart of New York City. Enjoy—and be well.
The wellness economy has reached a fever pitch: The Global Wellness Institute predicts that, in 2024, the market for wellness tourism will become a trillion-dollar industry. And truly, the options are endless. Here, we’ve searched the globe for the best of the best when it comes to new wellness experiences, from a once-in-a-lifetime retreat in the Himalayas to a practical center you can integrate into your daily routine in the heart of New York City. Enjoy—and be well.
Join The Well
Full-service wellness center The Well is a haven for energy healing, bodywork, skin treatments, and more. Its newly introduced flexible monthly, quarterly, and annual membership options make it easier than ever to integrate wellness into even the busiest of urban routines—and to foster connections and tight-knit community with your fellow namaste’ers.
Dive into Psilocybin in Jamaica
CBD is so 2019. The new frontier in potent botanicals is psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. And at the beloved Rockhouse Hotel & Spa in Negril, you can enjoy a guided meditation and sound bath with an (optional) microdose of Patoo chocolates, which incorporates locally grown psilocybin.
Turn Back Time at Corinthia London’s Regenerative Institute
Centrally located just off Trafalgar Square, this decadent London hotel has partnered with two of London’s top plastic surgeons to create the London Regenerative Institute, a spa-within-a-spa concept inside the hotel’s award-winning (and enormous) ESPA Life spa. Guests can meet in a relaxing and deeply chic environment for medical-grade longevity treatments that go a step beyond the typical spa menu, including personalized IVs, stem cell facials, 3D body scans, and more.
Sail Through Croatia in Style
Cruising the Dalmatian coastline with mindful activities to invigorate body and soul? Yes, please. Sail Croatia’s new itineraries integrate plenty of yoga and relaxation with optional excursions like cycling, guided hikes, and wine tastings.
Escape to a Private Island
There is zero shortage of beautiful spas (or private islands) in the Maldives, but the new Wellbeing Village at Velaa Private Island feels a cut above the rest, offering a robust menu of services that are difficult to find anywhere, even when you aren’t in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The entirely bespoke treatments focus on the three core pillars of medicine, osteopathy, and Ayurveda, ranging from mindfulness breath work to Pizhichil oil baths.
Sleep Well in the Desert
If practicing the art of shut-eye is your idea of a good 2024, consider a trip to historic Castle Hot Springs, Arizona’s iconic desert spa oasis, which has long played host to the Hollywood elite. A series of three-night sleep retreats led by Dr. Rebecca Robbins include discussions, meditations, and personalized strategies to make 2024 your most restful year yet.
Save During Bermuda Spa Month
You can fly to Bermuda faster than it takes to drive to the Hamptons most weekends, and February Spa Month makes a compelling case for visiting in the off-season: Many of the island’s top spas offer 50 percent off select treatments.
Simmer in the Catskills’ Hot New Spa
Buzzy upstate resort Inness will add a spa this spring, featuring an outdoor covered sauna deck with radiant heated floors, hot and cold plunges, and an emphasis on organic products.
See a Different Side of Miami Beach
Since the pandemic, Carillon Miami Wellness Resort has been beefing up its menu with more tech-forward and touchless experiences, including BioCharger NG; vibroacoustic, electromagnetic and infrared therapy; halotherapy; and more. This is a must-visit if you’re a tech-loving wellness buff looking for an enviable Instagram of yourself festooned in the latest wellness gadgets and gizmos.
Visit Any Auberge Resort
Cuisine and experiences have always been front of mind at Auberge Resorts (which include The Vanderbilt in Newport, Rhode Island; Stanly Ranch in Napa Valley; Hotel Jerome in Aspen; and more). Still, it feels like the brand is really stepping up its wellness programming this year: Esperanza in Los Cabos, Mexico, just opened a revamped spa. The Lodge at Blue Sky in Park City, Utah, just unveiled a new “Edge Sanctuary” space offering programming with a Wim Hof-accredited expert, “energy journeys,” and sacred plant ceremonies. And European-based fitness craze Sanctum will provide retreats across a number of Auberge properties throughout 2024.
Vibrate in Ojai, California
Partake in spa treatments at the newly refreshed Spa Ojai and Spa Penthouse Suites at the gorgeous Ojai Valley Inn. Resident healer and psychic Nancy Furst leads the way with cleansing sage rituals, meditative journeys through drumming and Native American prayer song, and psychic readings utilizing crystals.
Hang Ten at a Luxe New Hotel in Nosara
Introducing Silvestre Nosara, the wellness-meets-surfing luxury hotel of your dreams. With just nine grand residences (some up to 2,000 square feet) and cold plunges and saunas in most rooms, there’s plenty of space to stretch out and relax.
Head to Healdsburg, California, for the Wellness (and the Wine)
People might know Healdsburg in Sonoma County for its incredible food and wine scene (it’s home to such Michelin-starred restaurants as chef Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen and SingleThread Farm, a Relais & Châteaux), but you can flock here for the spa treatments and outdoors experiences, too. Book a positively warm and goopy Harvest Honey Ginger Infusion Ritual at the Montage Healdsburg, where you’ll be cocooned in local honey. Or reach out to certified nature therapy guide Jenny Harrow-Keeler to arrange one of her transformative forest bathing sessions—she offers them in a number of select local wineries, so you can wander through the vineyards as you take in all the sights and sounds of this beautiful landscape.
Learn About Ayurveda in Sri Lanka
Where the leopards lounge and the jungle meets the sea… doesn’t that sound divine? Check out the environmentally conscious new Kotiyagala Luxury Villas nestled in Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park. Each villa includes a private swimming pool, and guests have access to an Ayurveda Spa and yoga sessions for ultimate relaxation.
Party Hard and Recover Harder in Ibiza
There’s a misconception that Ibiza is all about what the locals gently refer to as “celebration.” In fact, this island is actually home to a number of really fascinating wellness hubs: one of its outlying islands, Es Vedrá, is one of the most magnetic places on earth; there’s a beautiful regenerative farming movement happening here; and new resorts like the Six Senses Ibiza are leading the way with a full lineup of retreats, wellness programming, and the groundbreaking RoseBar longevity center.
Experience Joanna Czech in...Tennessee?
In 2023, acclaimed Relais & Chateaux resort Blackberry Mountain in Walland, Tennessee, became the first Joanna Czech-certified spa in the U.S. with a “Joanna Czech Method Enhanced LED Facial,” an 80-minute treatment customized with microcurrents, cryotherapy, oxygen infusions, serums, masks, and more.
Visit the Emerald Isle
The 163-acre Liss Ard Estate, a gorgeous Georgian mansion that recently joined Relais & Châteaux, just completed a stylish renovation. The property is home to a James Turrell crater garden that’s perfect for wandering on those chilly Irish mornings, as well as a Lakeside Wellness Center where yoga, tea ceremonies, acupuncture, and more are offered.
Get Inspired in the Hamptons
It’s difficult to beat the tranquil environment of Shou Sugi Ban House, the only spa hotel of its kind on Long Island. This January, they’re doing an inspirational “Claim Your Confidence Retreat” with renowned auctioneer Lydia Fenet.
Visit the Givenchy Spa
Finding yourself on the Riviera in 2024? Hop over to the painfully chic Spa Metropole by Givenchy at the Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo, one of only three Givenchy spas worldwide. New to the menu is an exclusive Givenchy Skin Perfecto treatment, a 90-minute experience including a pink quartz gua sha massage to reveal your skin’s natural glow.
Ski (and Après-Ski) Your Way to Wellbeing
The elegant new Six Senses in Crans-Montana, a ski resort in Switzerland, will offer a Ski and Yoga retreat this March with guided yoga and ski runs with world slalom champion Giorgio Rocca. Get an entire year’s worth of leg days in one trip.
Venture to the Himalayas
Set in the magical foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, Ananda in the Himalayas is widely considered the world’s most renowned holistic wellness retreat. They just concluded a three-year glow-up of the property—so if you’re looking to run into a prince at your morning vinyasa, this is where to do it.
Celebrate Leadership in Greece
The Greek Isles? Tired. The Peloponnese? Wired. Travel insiders are buzzing about the Greek mainland, and the Euphoria Retreat is perfectly situated to take in all the magic and energy of this landscape. This March, the resort’s founder is hosting a four-day retreat on women’s leadership to explore new archetypes of leadership for today’s world.
Coachella? More Like Spa-chella
Since it opened in late 2022, the Sensei Porcupine Creek has brought a new wave of wellness tourism to the Coachella Valley. The Japanese-meets-Californian aesthetic is undeniably fresh, and the science-backed approach to personalized wellness programs is, we think, the future of wellness tourism. Their popular five-night Rest & Recovery program includes a WHOOP wearable tech bracelet to measure your biomarkers, so that your Sensei Guide can create a targeted, data-driven plan just for you.
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