Wellness

If you are looking for a healthy holiday with your partner which will set you both on the pathway to a healthier lifestyle, look no further as we round up our top 5 luxury couples wellness retreats from around the globe. 

If you are looking for a healthy holiday with your partner which will set you both on the pathway to a healthier lifestyle, look no further as we round up our top 5 luxury couples wellness retreats from around the globe. 

Travelling solo can allow for an optimised self-care experience where individual traveller needs are the main focus. Our top 5 luxury holiday retreats for singles offer the utmost in all-things-solo travel, providing a mix of personalised spa treatments alongside group activities. Like-minded singles are given the chance to de-stress together. Our selection of singles holidays range from the Taygetus mountain range in Greece to the breath-taking coast of southern Koh Samui in Thailand. Our wellness retreats in Spain, Austria and Portugal all offer a plethora of personalised health plans - this guide explores 5 luxury holiday retreats where your best self will flourish.

Home to charming traditional villages, stunning mountain hillsides and long stretches of golden sands, Portugal’sstriking and diverse landscape provides the perfect backdrop to rejuvenate on a luxury spa holiday. Whether you retreat to the infamous Algarve coastline or the peaceful pine forests of Portugal’s nature reserves, soak up the sunshine whilst enhancing your well-being with rejuvenating spa treatments and wellness therapies.

Whilst yoga can benefit a person's breathing and flexibility, a gradual fitness regime of Pilates will build a strong core, strengthen your back and maximise endurance. Though it was originally developed for dancers, Pilates can help anyone tone up and it can even improve your golf or tennis game. Fitness trends come and go but with all the physical and mental benefits, Pilates is here to stay.

Embrace the freedom to spend your singles holiday exactly the way you want to with our top solo friendly escapes for over 40s. Meet others of a similar age and with common interests as you spin together in a treetop studio in St Lucia or explore temples in Thailand. Escape from the demands and responsibilities of your busy life on a singles holiday designed to restore and relax.

Routines meet interruptions, it is a part of life, and so is recovery. We have seen a growing demand from travellers looking to reset, recover and rebalance to jumpstart getting back to health and fitness during busy modern life.

With this in mind, to help boost your return or discovery of wellness habits, we have selected our top 5 picks for Recovery Retreats in Spain that are tailored to reset, revive and rebalance travellers. Return home refreshed both in mind and body with a much-needed change of pace and scenery.

There is something to suit everyone and at Health and Fitness Travel we understand everyone is unique. There is a beauty in individualism, and we all have diverging ways of achieving recovery from wellness retreats, be that with a focus on fitness, the immune system, the mind, to a purely pampering spa holiday.

If you’re after smooth skin, a healthy glow and a relaxed body then a spa retreat might just be exactly what you need. Whether it be a hot stone massage, a detoxifying body scrub or a relaxing facial, there’s no shortage of options when it comes to spa therapies and treatments. Not only will these treatments make you feel good, but they will also make you look good and provide you with that beauty boost you’ve been yearning for. So, stay tuned as we share our top 7 spas for a beauty boost that will outlast your holiday glow.

Did your dentist provide you with a list of foods to avoid? It’s all too common to read or hear what foods are bad for the teeth. But why does it seem like nobody talks about what foods are good for your oral health?

Discover how to cleanse and nurture your body in just a few days with our top 7 short-haul detox retreats. Prepare to expel those nasty toxins and break unhealthy habits in a choice of superb destinations, including Italy, Greece, Turkey and France. Gain incredible knowledge about how to best benefit your body with various health tests, including everything from a glycaemic and lipid structure evaluation in Italy to a biophysical evaluation in Portugal. Treat your body to a rejuvenating diet with detox supplements, healthy and delicious meals or daily cleansing juices for a truly refreshing detox holiday experience.

With thousands of wellness escapes in Europe alone, you don’t have to travel far to get your healthy fix. Give yourself a well-deserved break and escape to wellness luxury with the best healthy breaks in Europe. Pamper your mind and body with Watsu, massages, acupuncture and cocoon wraps and improve your endurance with mountain biking, hiking, TRX suspension training and water sports. Transformative travel is a truly enriching experience which ensures that you return from your holiday feeling happier, healthier and more aware of how you treat your mind and your body. So, stay tuned as we reveal our top 8 European health retreats for wellness that are bound to change your life for the best.

Thanks to a late Easter, the early May bank holiday and now the Royal Wedding on 29 April, Brits can take three days leave and get an 11 day break between 22 April and 2 May.

Watch the royal wedding by the pool on holiday on satellite TV for those who don't want to miss Will and Kate's big day. For those wishing to escape the wedding celebrations for a healthy few days away, a European rejuvenating break is the perfect choice.

Holidays are a great time to escape from the stresses and strains of every day life, and an occasion to indulge in the things you struggle to fit into your typical working week. The word alone invokes images of fine sandy beaches, turquoise waters, colourful cocktails and afternoon wake up calls. But if you want more from your holiday than just a suntan, combining exercise with your time off work could be just the thing you need to give your health and well-being a boost.

Have you decided what to do on Valentine's Day yet? We've got some great ideas for healthy holidays for couples and it's not too late to book a breakaway for a truly romantic getaway. These five holidays are designed to ensure you board the plane home not only relaxed but rejuvenated too and include all sorts of vitality-boosting activities, menus, and treatments for the ultimate health and fitness romantic experience.

In support of ‘World Mental Health Day’ we’re covering the top 6 wellness centres that help guests balance their mental well-being and reconnect to their inner self. Our selection of mind healing holidays all focus on aspects of emotional rebalancing and use practices such as mediation, yoga and life coaching to help guide people on the path of mental wellness. Indeed, this is a great chance for anyone to step back from the stresses of daily life and realign to their true path.

If you’re looking for a change of scenery, escape on one of our solo friendly hiking and trekking holidays for an exhilarating journey that will bring you closer to nature. Fill your mind with wonder as you discover new surroundings and stretch those legs, reaping the rewards of a healthy hiking holiday in the great outdoors. for a trip to remember. Whether volcano hiking or jungle trekking, meet like-minded solo travellers and make new friends on an active singles holiday as you traverse stunning landscapes around the world.

As the leading healthy holiday specialists we have uncovered the top spa and wellness travel trends for 2014. We are always researching and forecasting the next big trends in wellness holidays, and making sure our clients are always in the know with the latest and most up-to-date information. Here are Health and Fitness Travel's latest predictions for 2014.

Societies’ reliance on fossil fuels has captured peoples’ attention as heating oceans, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels, are making their way into the daily news. Here at Health and Fitness Travel, we take this issue as a serious matter and are proud to connect you with eco-friendly retreats whilst providing a few simple tips to achieve an eco-friendly holiday.

Staying healthy with a family of kids running around can sometimes seem like an impossible challenge, but it doesn’t have to, learn exactly why with our top tips for family wellness.  

by Steve Halsall

A Celebrity Personal Trainer

The Holy Trinity of energy (good sleep, food and attitude) is underpinned by the one thing we all love most; that being a good night's sleep. Good sleep is something every human being deserves, no matter what age you are, and having a good night's sleep allows for better decision making in all areas throughout the following day. Getting your head down and sleeping well is one of the most important things in anyone's life.