Transformative Destinations to Visit in 2026
Wellness travel is where it’s at right now, which is great news if you’re planning a health-focused break. A wellness holiday used to mean a few luxurious treatments and perhaps some sunset yoga. Not anymore.
Fuelled by lifestyle influencers and a growing emphasis on preventative health, wellness holidays have moved from niche to mainstream. You can now take your pick of a dazzling array of transformative experiences, from ancient healing rituals to deeply customised experiences designed to boost vitality and foster a deep sense of renewal.
Here’s our pick of the newest and best wellness destinations. More than just a vacation, they’re the ultimate investment in you… merging privacy, exclusivity, and pioneering health innovations to create journeys as restorative as they are unforgettable.
Best for a full 360˚ wellness reboot: NAO at Minos Palace Resort, Crete, Greece
Newly refurbished and reopened in May 2025, Minos Palace Resort boasts a revolutionary new wellbeing concept, the Nao Longevity Hub. Located atop a stunning private Cretan peninsula, Nao offers an evidence-based approach to wellness that blends ancient healing with advanced diagnostics and cutting-edge treatments.
Derived from the ancient Greek meaning ‘to flow’, Nao is about harmony and transformation. The focus is on guiding guests to extend both their lifespan and health span, and live a more fulfilling life. They’re big claims, but Nao has the facilities to pull it off. There’s everything from a cryo chamber, a brain gym, and a sensory tunnel to meditation spaces, hot and cold plunges, and vibroacoustic loungers.
Your personalised journey will be built on four core pillars: nutrition, sleep, movement, and self-mastery. Nothing is left to chance thanks to space-age diagnostics, which target key biomarkers to give you a 360˚ understanding of your health. The team then creates a fully customised programme of tailored treatments, meal plans, sleep schedules, and mindfulness practices to address every aspect of your physical, mental, and emotional health.
Best for the most advanced massage on the market : The Chancery Rosewood London
Due to open this September, the highly anticipated Chancery Rosewood is in London’s Mayfair. Located within the grandiose former American Embassy on Grosvenor Square, the Grade II-listed building is being transformed by Rosewood Hotels and will include a groundbreaking Asaya Spa.
Asaya specialises in creating customised wellness experiences tailored to your unique needs. In line with this ethos, the London Asaya will be the first to offer MoodsPro, a new science-led massage concept launched by the aromatherapy brand, Moods. A TikTok trend just waiting to explode, the exclusive 90-minute NeuroFusion Treatment Massage is the one. It will target both your muscles and nervous systems using advanced massage techniques and potent aromatic oils.
Above and beyond standard massages, every MoodsPro treatment will begin with a structured diagnosis, assessing your mood, physical condition, and sensory profile. Your therapist will then prescribe one of eight clinically proven neuro-aromatic blends, applied using a precise combination of deep tissue massage, lymphatic drainage, myofascial release, and pressure-point work. It's set to redefine wellness experiences.
Best for jaw-dropping views : Hotel Hubertus
Hotel Hubertus is an alpine retreat in the Dolomites, in South Tyrol, Italy, featuring the newly expanded Alpenreych Spa and the famed Heaven & Hell free-floating wellness space.
The reimagined Alpenreych Spa space offers an enlarged indoor pool, plus panoramic relaxation zones with breathtaking views over the Puster Valley. For wellness aficionados, there’s a Kneipp pond, seven different saunas, six heated pools, relaxation rooms, and an abundance of specialist treatments using high-end brands Babor and Team Dr. Joseph.
Heaven & Hell has a gravity-defying stilted design, so it appears suspended between earth and sky. It’s topped by the Sky Pool, a free-floating 25m swimming pool 12 metres up in the air. With some of its cabins upside down, on the underside of the platform, Heaven & Hell will give you a new perspective on wellness. The upper ‘Heaven’ level has lie-down and seated whirlpools, while the lower ‘Hell’ level has two scorching hot saunas, a whirlpool, and an ice room.
Best for a holistic, transformational retreat: Fivelements Retreat, Bali
Located next to the Ayung River, Fivelements Bali is an award-winning eco-retreat where you can immerse yourself in traditional healing rituals, plant-based cuisine, and the sacred arts. The resort is a place for transformation, where tradition meets wellness to create something quite magical.
Choose from one of three personalised retreat programmes lasting three to 14 nights, and you might find yourself experiencing holistic Balinese-inspired therapies administered by healers, yoga sessions, bodycare rituals, spiritual healing, energy work, or a Balinese fire blessing.
Depending on your wellness needs, you can take trips to hidden cave temples, trek to a mountain rainforest with a local healer, explore the sacred art of Aikido, or take part in a Beauty Sanctuary spa ritual that draws on the healing power of plants. This is escapism at its best.
Coming soon
Due to open in the next 12 months, these uber luxe destinations are set to become firm fixtures on the wellness map. Be among the exclusive first guests at these groundbreaking new wellness destinations.
Hagastrand, set by the waters of Brunnsviken in Stockholm’s royal Haga park, will offer a 2,500sqm spa plus The Social Wellness Experience, a vibrant space where wellness will fuse with community.
Six Senses London will be reminiscent of an old-fashioned London underground station, with cold plunge and magnesium pools, three saunas, a steam room, a hammam, a flotation pod, and a cryotherapy room. The Biohack Recovery Lounges will offer everything from air compression massage boots to red light therapy, pulsing magnetic field mats, and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.
AMAALA, located on Saudi Arabia’s north-western coast, is set to be the luxury regenerative tourism destination of the next decade. Focused on the art of wellbeing and situated within the Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s royal reserve, AMAALA will offer something from almost all the world’s wellness giants, including Clinique La Prairie, Jayasom, Equinox, Rosewood, and Six Senses.
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