Detox at the start of the year: 5 health hotels to relax and detoxify

Detox at the start of the year
5 health hotels to relax and detoxify

The Christmas goose, cookies and marzipan thalers were just as excellent as the New Year’s Eve menu, and the wine at the games evening also put us in a good mood. But no matter how wonderful the holidays were, there comes a moment when we long for peace and asceticism. Then exercise, fresh air, relaxation and healthy food are the order of the day. And to turn the sacrifice into pure joy, we look for a nice health hotel to detox. We present 5 of them.

1 – Salzburger Land: Health and lifestyle at Sendlhofer’s

Almost 100 years ago, hotelier Lukas Sendlhofer’s grandparents opened the first open-air thermal bath in Bad Hofgastein. To this day, the house’s pools are fed by the Elisabeth Spring with medicinal water that is hotter than 40 degrees. In addition to the spa treatments, there is plenty of time to enjoy the lifestyle at “Sendlhofer’s”: with morning yoga, floating, in the sauna or in the 2,500 square meter naturalSpa. In the evening, a visit to “Luke’s Living Room” (photo) with bar, billiards and live music awakens our spirits before we fall into the cozy beds (sendlhofers.com).

2- Allgäu: Therapeutic fasting in the Rosenalp health resort & spa

Less is more: Fasting lowers blood pressure, regulates the intestines, helps with weight loss and activates self-healing powers and new energy. At the “Adults Only Health Resort & Spa Rosenalp” everyone can see for themselves the positive effects of fasting. For at least seven days, only herbal and fruit teas, juices and vegetable broths are served. Surrounded by the beautiful Oberstaufen nature, the resort offers the perfect setting for this: there is an activity and fitness program and wonderful moments of pampering in the 2,000 square meter spa (www.rosenalp.de).

3 – Emilia-Romagna: The Acquaviva method at the Palazzo di Varignana

Poor sleep, a weakened immune system, body or soul out of balance? If you want to tackle these topics in 2024, you can book one of the health and wellness retreats in the “Palazzo di Varignana” south of Bologna. The nutritionist and pharmacist Dr. Annamaria Acquaviva shows guests how a healthier life is possible using a method she developed. The focus is on five pillars: personalized nutrition, inner harmony and balance, physical activity, sleep and rest, as well as nutritional supplements and cosmetics. Her stated goal is to “accompany people in their transformation.” In addition to taking stock of the current physical and mental state, she works with the guest to design strategies to permanently reduce stress and exhaustion (www.palazzodivarignana.com).

4 – Carinthia: Alkaline fasting in the “Biohotel Daberer”

The family-run “Biohotel Daberer” in Carinthia’s Gailtal has lived ecologically and close to nature since it was founded more than 40 years ago. There is heavenly peace here in the midst of beautiful nature, ideal for letting go and finding yourself. The one-week yoga retreat combined with a week of alkaline fasting is particularly beneficial for body and mind. Morning and evening yoga practice is combined with vegan cuisine. In the spa, expert hands pamper you with myofascial treatment: Here, changes in the body’s fascia that have occurred over the years are resolved. And in the swimming pool with water from the hotel’s own spring, at the forest pond or in the forest sauna, time finally seems to stand still (www.biohotel-daberer.at).

5 – Milan: Portrait Milano with new spa

The spa will open in the five-star Hotel Portrait Milano in the new year. The house in a historic seminary in the heart of Milan then offers a chic pool under old vaults and a fitness center. The treatments range from detoxifying, revitalizing and therapeutic massages to beauty treatments. Guests who want to start the new year healthy will find six different smoothies and teas for detoxification in their room on the day of arrival (lungarnocollection.com/de/portrait-milano-hotel).

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