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meditation on the nearby heritage site of Marble Mountain or heading off to one of the many local markets (everything from silks to spices). Food is essential to any place of wellbeing, which is why there is a wide choice of healthy, delicious Vietnamese and international dishes on offer at any one of the three restaurants and cafes. But mostly it is the beach, the privacy and the spa treatments that elicit such a feeling of wellbeing for all who come to destress and relax. Seven nights
Clockwise from top left: BioHotel Stanglwirt © Alexander Heil; Les Prés d’Eugénie; Ferme Thermale Garden Spa, both © Xavier Boymond; whirlpool at Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt © Hasselblad; Natur-Badesee © Paul Dahan
who trains the Klitschko brothers – who will teach you to ‘walk with your brain’ – wallow in a selection of pools – some with jets, some with recliners, some bath temperature, some straight from the spring – move through several types of sauna, discover a face cream that uses your own blood as a component (Dr Sturm’s MC1 creation), indulge in every type of beauty treatment, or simply relax. That is what is on offer at the Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, just 30 minutes from Munich (and so favoured by its eponymous football
is never long enough,
team). From the outside it is a picture-perfect alpine
which is why everybody
building set among farmlands and meadows, but once
promises to return.
through its portals it is a powerhouse of wellbeing.
Seven nights, including
Hence, the Peter Burwash tennis school, the
full board, two spa
state-of-the-art gymnasium (and, yes, you do see the
treatments a day, yoga,
brothers singly or together) and a spa area that is the
tai chi, meditation, fitness classes, and return flights with Vietnam Airlines, costs from £2,795, healingholidays.co.uk
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Imagine a spa where you can play tennis all year round (indoor and outdoor), practise at a golf academy, ride glorious white Lipizzaner horses, hike or ski in the mountains, have personal training from the guy