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The leading hospitals and longevity clinics, country by country.
Last checked October 2026.
Try "Saint-Tropez", "Positano", "truffle" or "Cyprus".
A bright, serene clinic interiorPhotograph: Pexels
Try "Saint-Tropez", "Positano", "truffle" or "Cyprus".
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The leading hospitals and longevity clinics, country by country.
Last checked October 2026.
The clinical centre of the Champalimaud Foundation, on the riverside at Belém, where specialists work in multidisciplinary units for eight major cancers (breast, lung, urological, digestive, gynaecological, blood, brain and skin) and a neuropsychiatry unit linked to the foundation's research institute. Its International Patients' Office arranges treatment, travel and stays for patients from abroad. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The flagship of the private Luz Saúde group and the only Portuguese university hospital with Joint Commission International accreditation, with an International Client Support Service for patients from abroad. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private university hospital run as one hospital across its Madrid and Pamplona sites. It has held Joint Commission International accreditation since 2004, offers proton therapy and CAR-T cell therapy, and treats patients from more than 110 countries through a dedicated international team. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private hospital in the Quirónsalud group and one of only three private hospitals in Spain's top 15 in the 2026 Newsweek ranking. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Barcelona's leading private hospital, part of Quirónsalud, with institutes for cardiology, oncology, neurosciences and respiratory medicine, Joint Commission accreditation and a programme for international patients. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The main private hospital of the province of Málaga, open for about 50 years, with 75 specialties, seven associated centres on the Costa del Sol and a long record of treating international patients.
The Swiss clinic's first city longevity centre, 600 square metres on Calle de Fortuny, offering longevity protocols, preventive women's health programmes and aesthetic medicine. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
The principality's public hospital and its main emergency hospital. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A centre devoted only to heart and chest medicine and surgery, for adults and children, open since 1987. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Catholic University's teaching hospital, a private foundation that also treats patients of the national health service; ranked first in Italy in the 2026 Newsweek ranking. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private research and teaching hospital at Rozzano, on the edge of Milan; ranked third in Italy in the 2026 Newsweek ranking.
A private research and university hospital in the Gruppo San Donato; ranked fourth in Italy in the 2026 Newsweek ranking.
Operating since 1951 and described as Rome's first private international hospital, with more than 40 specialties and services in English for the international community. 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.
None that meets our standard yet.
A private hospital in the Hellenic Healthcare Group and the first hospital in Greece to earn Joint Commission International accreditation. It has robotic surgery, gamma knife radiosurgery, a VIP floor and an international patient service. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private hospital in the Hellenic Healthcare Group with more than 50 departments and several robotic surgery systems; it reports performing the largest number of robotic urology operations in Europe each year. It has an international patients department. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private university hospital with 13 centres, including organ transplantation and robotic surgery; ranked first in Türkiye in the 2026 Newsweek ranking. International patients are served through Koç Healthcare International. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private hospital in strategic cooperation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, JCI accredited, known for oncology and bone marrow transplants, treating patients from more than 65 countries; ranked third in Türkiye in the 2026 Newsweek ranking. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The international flagship of the Acıbadem group, one of Türkiye's largest private hospital networks; ranked fifth in Türkiye in the 2026 Newsweek ranking. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A long-established private hospital in the Koç group in the Nişantaşı district. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
A public hospital and the largest in Israel, with 159 departments and clinics and a Global Patient Services division; ranked first in Israel in the 2026 Newsweek ranking, and listed among the world's top ten hospitals in that ranking in recent years. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A public hospital in the centre of Tel Aviv with an international patient service; ranked second in Israel in the 2026 Newsweek ranking. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The flagship of Assuta, the largest private hospital network in Israel, which performs about 115,000 operations a year and treats medical-tourism patients. 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.
That makes 22 entries in all.
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