The Best New Wellness Retreats Around the World for 2024
"Situated in a quiet corner on the Catskills on the former campus of a New Age health spa, Hemlock Neversink is part adult camp, part health getaway. The 34-room retreat takes a playful approach to wellbeing, with quirky offerings like therapeutic hikes with the resident goats and terrarium workshops led by the hotel’s director of gardens. Set on 230 woodsy acres, guests are encouraged to work up a sweat on the property’s six miles of hiking trails and outdoor tennis courts. A dedicated movement building hosts classes like yoga nidra and offers one-on-one personal training, while the spa taps into local ingredients for treatments ranging from detoxifying body wraps to energizing massages. Food is a highlight here. Bittersweet restaurant’s plant-forward, multi-course dinner menu features flavorful dishes like roasted persimmon with cashew and Thai basil and ricotta dumplings with spinach and Nasturtium. Essential experience: The return to nature body treatment starts with a berry seed and white peat exfoliation, followed by a mask of organic mushrooms, helichrysum blossoms, and berry oils to promote cellular turnover and reduce inflammation. You’ll conclude with a bath laced with calming salts and birch extracts."
