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The finest health spas and wellness retreats, country by country.
Last checked October 2026.
Try "Saint-Tropez", "Positano", "truffle" or "Cyprus".
An indoor pool with a waterfall and marblePhotograph: Pexels
Try "Saint-Tropez", "Positano", "truffle" or "Cyprus".
Home›Health Spas
The finest health spas and wellness retreats, country by country.
Last checked October 2026.
The grand hotel of the Estoril coast, whose wellness centre pairs physiotherapists, osteopaths and personal trainers with treatments for joint pain and mobility; named on The Times and The Sunday Times list of the world's 50 best spas in 2025, for physical rehabilitation.
One of the world's best-known medical wellness clinics. It combines advanced diagnostics, preventive and regenerative medicine, and nutrition, and now has a sister clinic in Mexico, with another to open in the Emirates. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The home of therapeutic fasting, a method created by Dr. Otto Buchinger over a century ago and now run by the fourth generation of his family. Its residences sit among ancient palms with views of the sea. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A beachfront thalassotherapy spa with a seawater pool, personal wellness programmes and food from its own organic gardens; named on The Times and The Sunday Times list of the world's 50 best spas in 2025. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
On Cala Xarraca in the island's quiet north, with personal wellness programmes and a farm where guests do yoga and harvest the gardens. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star spa, the city's largest urban spa, set over four floors with a skylit pool. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Its Nescens spa is built around health, fitness and anti-ageing programmes. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A Philippe Starck-designed hotel whose 2,000-square-metre Shape Club runs weight-loss, detox, sport and better-ageing programmes built with nutritionist Dr. Jacques Fricker; named on The Times and The Sunday Times list of the world's 50 best spas in 2025. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Monaco's great seawater spa, next to the Hôtel de Paris and the Hôtel Hermitage.
A medical wellness retreat on a hilltop estate, licensed as a medical facility. Its meals are designed by three-MICHELIN-star chef Heinz Beck to work as part of each guest's health programme. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A five-star thermal spa hotel built in the 1950s by publisher Angelo Rizzoli. Its thermal waters have been studied since the Middle Ages, including by Marie Curie, and its restaurant Indaco has a MICHELIN star. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The island's only medical spa, home of the Leg School, a circulation treatment created by Professor Francesco Canonaco, who has directed the spa since 1994. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A five-star resort built like a Puglian village, home to the Vair Spa. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
A medical spa at the mouth of the Bay of Kotor, run on the Chenot Method of diagnostics, detox and the Chenot Diet, with cryotherapy and hydrotherapy. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
A holistic retreat in its own forest at the foot of Mount Taygetus. It blends ancient Greek principles with Chinese medicine and tests more than 250 health markers, in buildings inspired by Byzantine architecture. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A 4,000-square-metre spa in Messinia inspired by Hippocrates' approach to health, with hydrotherapy pools among herb and olive gardens; named on The Times and The Sunday Times list of the world's 50 best spas in 2025. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star spa covering 3,000 square metres, with three Turkish hammams and an indoor pool. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A 10,000-square-metre spa with hammams and personal wellness programmes. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
A spa of 2,500 square metres inside a white wrought-iron atrium, built around the Moroccan hammam. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
That makes 19 spas in all.
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