Top destination spas to visit post pandemic

Plan a trip to some of the best spa experiences in the world once the pandemic is gone. Here's your spa-perfect bucket list.

Baden-Baden is one of the world's most famous spa towns, and there is no spa more comprehensive or professional than the Villa Stéphanie Spa & Wellbeing, a spa where guests enjoy recuperative, preventative and luxurious treatments, in glorious surroundings.

Villa Stéphanie at Brenner’s Park Hotel & Spa is a lieu of relaxation and luxury healthcare hospitality. The building’s impressive history, the magnificent natural surrounds of its location in a private park and the style and design in all aspects of the Villa Stéphanie – all create an environment of recuperation and relaxation in the character of a large private house. Covering an area of 5000 square metres an entire mansion is solely devoted to the spa experience. The building’s history forms a fascinating part of Baden Baden’s 2000-year heritage.

The exclusive ambience of Armani/SPA reflects the lifestyle and design by Giorgio Armani. A corner of quiet and wellness of 1000 square meters, with a breathtaking view from the eight floor and immersed in the Milan fashion district.

Take a break in the enchanting relaxation pool or get involved in the spa trail with saunas, steam baths and ice waterfall. Finally, choose from a wide range of hot teas, cold infusions and fresh fruits, the best solution to pamper you along the path and boost your energy to better face your day.

Armani/SPA is devoted to restoring your wellness with a selection of exclusive facilities and personalised treatments designed to coax your mind and body into a state of deep relaxation. Select your treatments from MU, an exclusive collection of soft and delicate touch treatments designed to induce a deep relaxing sensation and give unique moments of well-being, or LIBERTÀ, a unique collection designed to free mind and body from deep physical stress and to sooth aching muscles, dissolving tensions and alleviating pressure on tired joints. FLUIDITÀ is a collection of purifying treatments to rebalance and harmonize mind and body, improving the removal of water out and toxins, reinvigorating essential functions from within.

Chiva-Som, Thailand’s iconic wellness resort, is famed as one of the earliest pioneers of the wellness industry. Guests choose Chiva-Som for its world-class facilities as well as the wellness team’s unparalleled skill and depth of knowledge. The resort has been attracting well-heeled visitors from far and wide with its selection of holistic treatments and immersive programmes geared towards helping form healthy habits and lifestyle transformations. Guests include celebrities such as David Beckham, Kate Moss, Serena Williams and royalty from around the world. Asia’s first comprehensive wellness resort, Chiva-Som is a beach front property spanning across seven acres of paradise.

The resort has six modalities, offering guests the opportunity to focus on fitness, spa, nutrition, physio, ascetic beauty or holistic elements. Chiva-Som means ‘Haven of Life’ and this truly embodies the goals and philosophies of the resort. Chiva-Som believes that the Mind, Body and Spirit must be given equal care and attention in order for a person to transform their health; a retreat at Chiva Som signals the start of this wellness journey.

Located in the upscale town of Gstaad, Ultima Gstaad is an award-winning boutique 5-star superior hotel, comprising three sprawling wooden chalets, blending traditional Swiss architecture and contemporary elegance. Recognised for its exceptional services, state-of-the-art facilities, as well as gastronomic and wellness experiences, it has become one of the most exclusive luxury hotels in Switzerland creating an artful getaway for the world’s elite.

A world-class Spa featuring treatments from Swiss Perfection makes pampering a key focus at the Ultima Spa, an 8,600-square-foot sanctuary including a hammam, sauna, swimming pool and an indoor and outdoor jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, in addition to treatment rooms, a private cinema and a fitness centre. All treatments feature products by Swiss Perfection, renowned for its anti-ageing cellular therapy, ensuring an exceptional beauty experience. You will find unmatched technologies, techniques and standards in these luxuriously curated havens of white and black marble.

Face and body rituals harnessing the radiance of the Mediterranean sun, the perfume of the pine trees and the breeze of the sea. Float away on cloud 9 amidst the art of wellness curated by Cheval Blanc & Guerlain.

Cheval Blanc and Guerlain present exclusive face and body treatments specially conceived for a stay on the Mediterranean. Skin, kissed by the sun and drops of the sea, is rejuvenated. Muscles worn from daily schedules or exciting excursions are revitalised. Minds and spirits are reanimated.

The Cheval Blanc Spa features:

4 single treatment rooms

1 Orchidée Salon, prestigious treatment room for two

Traditional hammam, experience shower, snow shower, ice fountain

Bespoke Guerlain treatments

Spa Boutique featuring rare Guerlain products