Spa 101

The medical studies have proven it: the Pritikin health regimen works, lowering blood pressure, reducing weight, and decreasing the risk of heart disease. If that isn’t great enough, this luxury resort in Miami, Florida, is the place where you can get with the program and unwind luxuriously. Long renowned for its three-pronged expertise in health, […]

Founded in 1931 by Dr. Paul Niehans, a cellular therapy trailblazer whose methods were rooted in the extraction of various organs from sheep and sheep fetuses, Clinique La Prairie, in Montreaux, Switzerland, has steadily built on its original vision to create a private luxury clinic offering regenerating and revitalizing treatments based on organ extracts.

Originally named Essene School of Life, the 3,000-acre Baja California retreat looked to the Essenes, a Jewish Sect, as the model for returning to the simple life.

According to Gordon Wheeler, president of Esalen Institute, Esalen’s mission is still in line with what it was when it was founded 50 years ago: to “further the human potential for creativity and evolution, through opening a venue for the exploration of all that was excluded from mainstream universities and research institutes, on this remote […]

When Canyon Ranch first opened its doors on a former dude ranch in Tuscon’s Sonoran desert in 1979, cofounder Mel Zuckerman’s business card read “President & Bell Captain.”

Built from the ground up in 1986, Cal-a-Vie was envisioned from the start as a luxury destination spa offering a comprehensive plan integrating health, nutrition, fitness and spa treatments.

Still situated in its original location of Hertfordshire, England, just 45 minutes from London, Champneys Tring was established in 1925 by naturopath Sir Stanley Lief. “Sir Stanley Lief was a daring and pioneering healer,” Sharon Scott, spokesperson for Champneys Health Resorts, told SpaFinder. “He developed a considerable following with his idea of alternative medicine. This approach […]

“The resort was founded in 1872 as a pure and grand hotel,” says Hans-Peter Veit, current spa manager for the majestic Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa, which has been located for the past 139 years next to the Lichtentaler Allee, a gorgeous arboretum and park in the spa town of Baden-Baden, Germany. While Brenners Park still […]

  “We wish SpaFinder well in their 25th year, and we look forward to many more years of a mutually beneficial relationship. I think Pete and Susie have done a great job with SpaFinder and taking it to the next level.” —Deborah Zee, Cal-a-Vie “Champneys would like to congratulate SpaFinder on reaching this significant anniversary […]

In the heart of one of the famous spa town’s finest hotels, the Spa Evian Source was founded in the early ’80s, when its visitors became interested in spa options beyond taking the waters. Still, we really admire how the Source has drawn its inspiration from the healing power of its nearby springs and has […]