Top 10 wellness holidays

Top 10 wellness holidays

Getting out of the gym, the office and the daily routine, and into another world, can be an exhilarating adventure. It only takes a week away to help us get back into healthy habits and embrace enthusiasm and energy levels like long lost friends. From yoga retreats and Pilates practise to trail running, sailing and learning a language, our top 10 wellness holidays give you that little bit of ‘me time’ so not only are you able to rest, relax and rejuvenate you're also able to return to daily life with an extra bit of added sparkle.

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1. Yoga retreat, Valencia

Stretch in the Spanish sunshine and enjoy organic, home cooked meals as you relax and revive in a restored retreat in rural Valencia. What better way to unwind than with two daily Vinyasa flow classes, daily meditation, mountain walks and time well spent by the pool. This is not just a holiday; it's an opportunity to make permanent and positive changes to your life.

Best time to go: January to April
Our top selling trip: Yoga retreats in Valencia, Spain
Read more: Valencia travel guide and Yoga travel guide

2. Luxury fitness holiday, Alicante

Combine core and circuit training on the Costa Blanca with meditation classes, mountain treks, spa and fitness facilities. After being shown to your very own luxury double suite you'll have an initial one to one wellness consultation to help you formulate a focused fitness schedule for the week ahead. Daily yoga and Pilates, whole body workouts and a healthy menu in a luxury retreat in Alicante – drop in, drop out and drop a load off your mind.

Best time to go: Fixed dates throughout the year
Our top selling trip: Luxury fitness holidays in Spain
Read more: Fitness holidays travel guide

3. Yoga & walking holiday, Austria

Sunrise yoga followed by a hike and picnic in the mountains is absolutely the best excuse to enjoy Austria and all of her wonderful wellbeing qualities. Delicious and wholesome meals – including homemade cakes, of course – help you feel good from the inside. And just a short dose of that invigorating alpine air is enough to ensure Austria is all you need for a well deserved week of wellness. Make the most of a MoaAlm mountain retreat with no kids!

Best time to go: June to September
Our top selling trip: Austria yoga and walking holiday
Read more: Austria Walking travel guide

4. Yoga on the French Riviera

There’s another side to the French Riviera. Behind the glamorous coast you’ll find a beautiful setting for a yoga retreat – at a cooler elevation in the hills, where you can practice your outdoor morning yoga sessions in an inspirational setting, as the morning sun yellows the mountains. Set in a small traditional village with a close-knit community, this retreat is both relaxing and inspirational. Plus, its hosts are serious about the provenance of their food, providing fresh, organic home cooked meals, with vegetables sourced from a nearby farm.

Best time to go: March to November
Our top selling trip: French Riviera yoga holiday
Read more: Yoga travel guide

5. Ayurvedic retreat, Sri Lanka

A-yu ready for your Ayurvedic retreat? This practice focuses on balancing your and treating it with a special diet, massage, meditation and yoga. And where better place to practice than on the Indian subcontinent, where it originated? In Sri Lanka, you can stay as long as you like in a leafy plantation, concentrating on your wellness. Your retreat might be distant from your everyday life, but it’s embedded in its local village. Centres like this provides vital employment for community members in Sri Lanka’s rural areas – many of whom have never worked before.

Best time to go: November to April
Our top selling trip: Ayurvedic Retreat, Sri Lanka
Read more: Sri Lanka travel guide

6. Pilates wellness retreat, Greece

The Pelion Peninsula provides the perfect place for Pilates as not only is it blessed with sunshine and sea views, it also conjures authentic visions of Greece from beach blankets and traditional tavernas. Pilates strengthens the core muscles and helps to balance the body and the mind; imagine combining this with Tai Chi, Qi-gong and meditation sessions against Aegean idylls. If Odysseus wanted a bit of time out, a Pilates retreat on the Pelion Peninsula is where he'd head.

Best time to go: June to September
Our top selling trip: Pilates wellness retreat in Greece
Read more: Mainland Greece travel guide and Pilates travel guide

7. Wellness holiday, Tobago

You can’t help but feel well in Tobago, an island that revels in its abundance of nature. Aside from the yoga and the massages you can enjoy if you come here on a wellness holiday, snorkel the reef close to the shore, walk in the rainforest, enjoy spotting one of the 220 or so bird species that pack onto the island, and enjoy rustic chic on the beach. Sun, sea, sand, jungle: this island hums with vitality – or is that just the hummingbirds feeding outside your window?

Best time to go: January to March
Our top selling trip: Tobago wellness holiday
Read more: Tobago travel guide

8. Walks and spas, Bulgaria

Bulgaria has hundreds of mineral springs which have been known for millennia for their healing properties – just ask the Romans who developed their spa towns here. Today, visiting spas is still a staple activity in the country for Bulgarians – and increasingly for visitors from abroad. Combine nights spent in spa hotels with nature walks in the resplendent Rhodope Mountains for a wellness holiday that strikes the perfect balance between relaxation and nature.

Best time to go: May to October
Our top selling trip: Bulgaria self guided walking and spa holiday
Read more: Bulgaria wellness holidays guide

9. Learn Spanish & yoga, Picos de Europa, Spain

Expand your mind as well as your limbs as you combine language learning with daily yoga and Pilates classes in Northern Spain's Picos de Europa National Park. This is a world away from the crowded Costas and provides ample excuses to get outdoors and embrace your newfound skills. Stay with a local family, learn at a language school and practise yoga on the beach, in a studio or whilst balanced on the back of an SUP board.

Best time to go: March to October
Our top selling trip: Learn Spanish and yoga in the Picos de Europa, Spain
Read more: Picos de Europa travel guide

10. Trail running holiday, Spanish Pyrenees

Book yourself into a renovated farmhouse near Ordesa National Park and let your mind and body run free on an endless choice of forest trails, single tracks and mountain ridges. Even if you prefer to walk instead of run you'll be given every opportunity with two qualified mountain running guides leading you through an incredible mix of terrain and scenery. You’ll fine boundless energy and enthusiasm for life in this perfect part of the Pyrenees.

Best time to go: September
Our top selling trip: Trail running holiday in Spain, Spanish Pyrenees
Read more: Spanish Pyrenees travel guide