Mindful, Meaningful Wellness Vacations in 2025
For those who love to travel, journeying across the globe, the country, or even just to see some charming towns in your own home state or province, travel has long been a form of therapy. Taking yourself out of your usual routine and location can have transformative effects on your mental and physical wellbeing, as can stepping out of your comfort zone to embrace new cultures, new experiences and potentially even new friends. Wellness travel, one of the biggest travel trends in 2024, is now exploding in 2025. Here are three spots to try out for yourself.
What Does Wellness Travel Really Mean?
Unlike regular travel that has wellness benefits, if you let it, wellness-focused travel is an experience crafted entirely with spiritual, mental or physical wellness (or all in one) in mind. This is our 2025 vision board for all things wellness travel in 2025 — maybe you’ll find some inspo of your own here! Let’s start with a relaxed body.
You can get a good massage or facial in many places. You can probably even find a yoga teacher who offers classes in the comfort of your living room. Wellness travel is more than just having access to a chic, fancy spa or taking a few classes; it is a break from routines that may be overwhelming or even unhealthy. When you make wellness the focus of your trip, you can curate a set of experiences that will help you balance mind, body and soul. This way, you’ll give yourself a chance to refresh your mindset in a way that will help you be well (even when you return home) while having the opportunity to see some of the world’s most naturally beautiful destinations and locations designed with peace, tranquillity and happiness in mind.
What kind of experiences can you expect?
- A digital detox from your phone/computer
- Private or class fitness training
- State-of-the-art (and, in some cases, medi-spa) treatments
- Spiritual counselling
- Workshops and classes on nutrition, dance, flower arranging, cooking, fitness, art, and other areas of knowledge and creativity
- Nature-based experiences like hikes, farming or fruit picking, and ocean bobbing
- Concierge travel and transfers. In some cases, your destination may be able to hire luxury jet services and arrange car transfers as part of your package.

Luxury Wellness Vacation Destinations
- Stolen Time — St Lucia, the Caribbean
Abundance is the keyword at Stolen Time, thanks to the marvellous and diverse array of experiences on offer. This Caribbean escape is one for those who love some downtime, some calm time to reflect, relax and restore, and a chance at adventure. There’s a lot to admire about this place, so we’ll start with the island’s incredible natural beauty. Your views from the compound are exquisite, but that’s just a taste of the turquoise, crystal-clear waters, the well-preserved flora and fauna, the sea life, the soft sand and the many sunrises or sunsets you can catch here.
At the resort itself, you can relax in the pool or nap in the secret garden and eat and drink at Malabar Beach Club, Thyme, The Terrace, Champagne Bar, or the dedicated bars on the premises. There’s a spa that will transport you to heaven on earth with simple and classic manicures or remedial tissue therapy, alongside archery and salsa classes. The resort’s all-inclusive package gives you an excellent bang for your buck while offering a top-tier luxury experience.
- Shou Sugi Ban House — Hamptons, USA
Zen is the name of the game at Shou Sugi Ban. If you’re travelling to the Hamptons, you’ve already demonstrated excellent taste in destinations. But if you choose to spend your time at this wellness destination, you’ve also proven that you know how to take care of yourself mind, body and soul. This private sanctuary is located in Water Mill, which really gets you away from the vacationers who overrun the Hamptons.
The 13 studios on the premises give you space from the other guests, and the incredibly calming and neutral decor evokes relaxing Asian influences that afford a sense of calm. The class and communal spaces at this gorgeous escape are gorgeous, too. There’s a demonstration kitchen for learning to create beautiful dishes, movement spaces for class and free time, sound healing, mat pilates, balance and strength training, Ashtanga yoga, contrast pools, a choice of infrared or dry saunas, a steam room, and ice fountain to enhance physical wellbeing.

- Euphoria Retreat — Peloponnese Peninsula, Southern Greece
There are few places in the world as steeped in mysterious beauty and an excess of heavenly cultural heritage as Greece. The idyllic location of Euphoria Retreat in Southern Greece provides the ideal backdrop for transformative healing. This isn’t just a beautiful, effective retreat in a magical destination; it’s a collection of buildings, people and experiences that are informed by a combination of the traditions of the ancient Greeks and a modern approach to the philosophy of wellness. This is a completely one-of-a-kind experience.
The complex is thoughtfully set out, with mini amphitheatre settings for small classes. For a modern set of buildings, it is very unusual in its form and functionality. The facilities here are the best in their class, including the Kneipp Therapy Water well — a unique feature that showcases the beauty of the Greek light and sky outside and features both hot and cold foot baths. The sphere pool, a collection of Byzantine-inspired domes and hydrotherapy jets that are therapy for aching muscles and a busy mind, is modelled around the idea of the calm and quiet of the womb, which encourages guests to connect to their primal selves. There are many different package options, some focusing on herbal medicine, some focusing on yoga and mindfulness and the classic Euphoria Retreat.
Be Well
Mindful travel planning leads to experiences that can be truly life-changing like a visit to any of these three locations would be. These are the absolute crème de la crème of luxury wellness travel and we hope that you’ll take the opportunity to give back to yourself with some wellness travel this year.