GlobalSpa
03-Feb-2020
It seems that the tables have finally turned around. Whether you want to up your fitness game or get in the perfect shape, some of the world’s best wellness retreats can be found in some the busiest cities in the world.
Willow Urban Retreat, Australia
Located in a stunning Victorian building in Melbourne’s Armadale district, Willow Urban Retreat offers a holistic approach to wellness incorporating both Eastern and Western healing treatments. The retreat offers an array of treatments from Ayurvedic therapies, yoga, meditation to curative massages and detox body scrubs. Willow Urban Retreat assures its guests complete healing of mind, body and soul.
South Kensington Club, England
Often called as SKC, the club caters exclusively to fitness and wellness fanatics. Located in a Gregorian building, the décor is an amalgamation of Mediterranean and colonial influences that create an airy ambiance for healing and tranquillity. The treatment comprises of Russian banya, Turkish hammam. SKC also has three fitness studios with pilates, cardio and boxing training sessions. The gym at the top floor is meant for those fitness enthusiasts who wish to work out alone.
Bota Bota, Canada
Located on a fully restored boat and spread over five stories, Bota Bota is a floating wellness centre on St. Lawrence River, over looking Old Montreal’s architecture. The wellness centre believes in the Scandinavian principle of hot, cold and relaxation healing. Guests can move between saunas, outdoor pools and resting rooms for relaxation, reading and meditation. Spa treatments and massages like Thai, Swedish, Lomi Lomi are quite popular. La Traversée serves a season menu with health as the primes focus.
The Well, USA
The Big Apple is sanctified with an 18,000sqft wellness centre in Manhattan’s Union Square district. The wellness centre has a meditation centre dome, a spa and sauna room. The studio hosts yoga, other classes and a library that hosts events and workshops. The Well has a team of licenced professionals ranging from traditional Chinese medicine to sports creating customised wellness treatments for its guests, thus, helping them achieve their individual goals.
Asaya, Hong Kong
Asaya is created around five values: emotional balance; fitness and nutrition, physical therapies; skin health and community. The Glass House is renowned for its rising floor-to-ceiling windows, a fitness studio and a calm lounge with private consultations and meditations. Asaya also has a 120-seat restaurant, Asaya Kitchen serving health related cuisine with prime focus on locally produced and sourced produce. The menu is very well curated with selection of vegetarian and seafood dishes taking inspiration from Mediterranean and Japanese cuisines.
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