For some travelers, finding the perfect place to stay can make for a lifelong relationship with a certain hospitality company. The appeal of the Aman Group's properties around the world has been chronicled extensively; earlier this year, Jake Emen wrote about the bespoke allure of the company's luggage tags. "[T]he property went the extra mile to deliver a lasting, memorable impression," Emen observed - and it's touches like this that have kept travelers returning for stay after stay.
Travel doesn't need to be stressful. In fact, it can be downright therapeutic. As travelers continue to embrace self-care and mental health, the variety of wellness offerings around the world have expanded. Are you into the latest science? Do you prefer traditional holistic methods? Or is it all about a relaxing landscape? Whatever your preference, here are the wellness hotspots to plan a trip around, as recommended by our A-List advisors.
One of the funny paradoxes of trip taking is that it can be an escape from all the headaches back home and also serve as a means of growing as a person so that you are better able to meet your challenges in the place where you actually live-often at the same time. And I think this beautiful contradiction is especially inherent in wellness travel, which had already taken off like a rocket ship before the pandemic
Trading my sweatpants-and-Birkenstocks uniform for dresses and beach coverups, I arrived with my husband at the 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii on the day I hit 27 weeks and stayed through the transition into the last leg of pregnancy, leaving when I was 28 weeks along. During the six days we spent there, I practiced holistic self-care with the hotel's expansive wellness programming complimented by the serene setting;
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If you came to stay on the tiny island of Styrso (steer-shuh) in the Gothenburg archipelago in the late 19th or early 20th century, there was a good chance it was because you had tuberculosis. The island had already begun to appeal to city folk who came here for fresh air, sea baths and peace, but the sanatoriums set up by the renowned Dr Peter Silfverskiold gained such a positive reputation that the isle became known as a health resort.
