Miraval Berkshires Resort and Spa
Resort hotel · Lenox
55 Lee Rd, Lenox, MA 01240
Highlights
Wellness resort with yoga, spa, farm activities, and healthy cuisine.
Wellness resort with yoga, spa, farm activities, and healthy cuisine.
"Spanning 380 acres in Lenox, Massachusetts, featuring historic Wyndhurst Mansion and activities from culinary workshops to spa treatments." - Alexis Benveniste
"A wellness resort with curated programming focused on emotional well-being and relationships, exemplified by initiatives like the Path to Gratitude, which aligns with the Blue Zones emphasis on prioritizing loved ones and strengthening social bonds as a foundation for healthier, longer lives." - Heidi Mitchell
"Set across 380 acres originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, this wellness-focused outpost of Miraval offers 121 rooms and suites spread among a Gilded Age mansion, cottages, and carriage houses, with in-room serenity touches like Tibetan singing bowls, meditation cushions, and spa robes. The daily program is activity-rich and complimentary—tai chi, hiking, Pilates, pottery and more—while on-site spa treatments at a Balinese-inspired Life in Balance Spa complement chef-prepared meals that emphasize locally sourced seasonal ingredients, some grown in the property’s gardens and tended beehives and chicken coops." - Nicholas DeRenzo
"This month, another signature Berkshires wellness retreat opened its adults-only doors to the under 18s during a weeklong Family Connection Week timed to spring break. It’s the first time—and teased to not be the last—any of the brand’s three properties have offered this, and marks the hotel's support of instilling wellbeing practices from an early age. The resort’s regular schedule was adapted to bring plenty of group bonding moments over painting, cardio drumming, gluten-free baking, and a scavenger hunt." - Jillian Dara
"It was a complicated time to open a hotel, but the arrival of the Miraval Berkshires Resort & Spa in summer 2020 felt unexpectedly right. And Miraval’s “Life In Balance” motto, a nod to the brand's measured approach to wellness, continues to appeal. Unlike much of the competition in the wellness retreat space, the Hyatt-owned Miraval doesn’t tout starvation diets or extreme exercise regimes, nor does it position itself as a “dry resort” (a glass of pinot after a full day of beekeeping, yoga, and gua sha does round it all out nicely). Rather, the brand has created a sprawling retreat—102 rooms and suites across 380-acres—in western Massachusetts’s bucolic Berkshires that touts a nuanced view of wellbeing. The Berkshires, about 150 miles from both New York City and Boston, have long been a wellness destination ranging from earthy-crunchy holistic retreats to luxury hotels, and the Miraval spa (one of the largest in New England with 28 treatment rooms) benefits from a rich, experienced pool of massage therapists and aestheticians; the Deep Mountain Massage with arnica and rosemary is exactly what you want after a day diving into the retreat's activities. Hiking, kayaking, ropes courses, and encounters with rescued horses and birds of prey all become lessons in self-discovery and sustainability. And the epic pool area, just right for lounging, drives home that this place is indeed all about balance." - CNT Editors
