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Mediterranean Wellness Retreats: New and Established Properties

A Mediterranean wellness resort terrace with a long horizon pool framed by ancient olive trees, the deep blue sea visible beyond and white reclining loungers arranged at intervals along the pool edge.

Wellness travel in the Mediterranean has matured from a small sub-segment of the spa-hotel market into a substantial industry of its own. The most rigorous properties — SHA Wellness Clinic in Spain, Palace Merano in northern Italy, Euphoria Retreat in Greece, Forte Village in Sardinia — now run programmes that resemble medical clinics more than … Lire la suite

Private Rail Across Asia: A Slow Luxury Renaissance

The interior of a luxury train dining car with rich dark wood panelling, brass lamps on each table, white linen tablecloths and the landscape of Asian rice paddies visible through the window during early evening light.

The Eastern and Oriental Express returned to service in 2024 after a five-year hiatus, with a new route through the Malay Peninsula and a programmatic shift toward shorter, more curated itineraries. The relaunch was, in some ways, characteristic of the broader Asian luxury rail revival: an established operator returning with thoughtful changes rather than wholesale … Lire la suite

Patagonia Luxury Lodges: A Season Guide to the Far South

The Torres del Paine massif at sunrise with the granite spires lit in pink and orange light against a clear sky, the dark waters of a glacial lake in the foreground reflecting the peaks.

The view from the bar at Tierra Patagonia, a long horizontal building perched on the eastern edge of Lago Sarmiento and pointing toward the Torres del Paine massif twenty-five kilometres away, is a kind of standardised wonder. Almost everyone who arrives spends the first ten minutes in silence at the floor-to-ceiling windows, processing the geographic … Lire la suite