Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 28
Kicking back in Catalonia: a new eco-retreat in Spain with yoga, ebikes and volcano hikes https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/oct/28/new-eco-retreat-catalonia-spain-yoga-ebikes-hiking #Healthandfitnessholidays #Cataloniaholidays #Health&wellbeing #Europeholidays #Spainholidays #Yogaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Hotels #Travel
Kicking back in Catalonia: a new eco-retreat in Spain with yoga, ebikes and volcano hikes

Set within a volcanic nature reserve, this charmingly repurposed 17th-century farmhouse has all bases covered for a relaxing, rustic microadventure

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 11
Going to the gym was too much effort, until I moved into one https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/brigid-delaney-gym-too-much-effort-until-moved-in #Healthandfitnessholidays #Australianlifestyle #Health&wellbeing #Thailandholidays #Lifeandstyle #Fitness #Travel #Asia
Going to the gym was too much effort, until I moved into one

What would happen if you removed the obstacle of having to get to the gym? Brigid Delaney spends a week finding out

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USFeb 1
Heavenly stays: 10 of the best monastery breaks in Europe https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/feb/01/10-of-the-best-monastery-breaks-in-europe #Healthandfitnessholidays #Health&wellbeing #Europeholidays #Weekendbreaks #Lifeandstyle #Shortbreaks #Top10s #Hotels #Travel
Heavenly stays: 10 of the best monastery breaks in Europe

From frugal retreats to luxury escapes, these convents and monasteries offer peace and spectacular locations for all faiths

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USFeb 1
To Big Sur, with love: a monastery stay on the north California coast https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/feb/01/big-sur-north-california-coast-monastery-stay-pico-iyer #NorthandCentralAmericaholidays #Healthandfitnessholidays #UnitedStatesholidays #Californiaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Mindfulness #Meditation #Travel
To Big Sur, with love: a monastery stay on the north California coast

High above the Pacific, a hermitage offers a world without distraction, where silence, serenity and joy reign supreme

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJan 31
‘We were inspired, recharged and nourished by nature’: readers’ favourite wellness trips https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jan/31/readers-favourite-wellness-trips #Healthandfitnessholidays #Health&wellbeing #Yogaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Mindfulness #Fitness #Travel #Top10s
‘We were inspired, recharged and nourished by nature’: readers’ favourite wellness trips

From mindful waking in the Yorkshire Dales to a Buddhist retreat in Japan, our tipsters have found inner peace and rejuvenation all over the world

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJan 7
How I learned to meditate in Herefordshire https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jan/07/how-i-learned-to-meditate-in-herefordshire #Healthandfitnessholidays #UnitedKingdomholidays #Health&wellbeing #Englandholidays #Lifeandstyle #Meditation #Travel
How I learned to meditate in Herefordshire

At a centre in the Wye Valley our writer puts aside her initial doubts and learns how silence and focusing on the breath can quieten the mind and boost wellbeing

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJan 5
Relax, revive, refresh: 30 of the best spa hotels and retreats in Europe https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jan/05/30-best-spa-hotels-and-retreats-in-europe-uk #Healthandfitnessholidays #UnitedKingdomholidays #Health&wellbeing #Englandholidays #Europeholidays #Lifeandstyle #Spabreaks #Travel #Beauty
Relax, revive, refresh: 30 of the best spa hotels and retreats in Europe

From luxurious urban escapes to holistic getaways and indulgent country breaks, here’s our pick of the very best spas

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJan 1
Happy new you! 10 of the best UK wellbeing retreats for 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jan/01/10-best-uk-wellbeing-retreats-holidays-2025 #Healthandfitnessholidays #UnitedKingdomholidays #Health&wellbeing #Lifeandstyle #Yogaholidays #Meditation #Fitness #Travel #Top10s #Yoga
Happy new you! 10 of the best UK wellbeing retreats for 2025

Get the year off to a positive start by booking a restorative break. We pick the best wellness retreats, with yoga, swimming, walking and more in pretty settings from the Highlands to Essex

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USDec 22, 2024
My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/dec/22/voyage-of-wellbeing-and-good-cheer-around-finland #Healthandfitnessholidays #Health&wellbeing #Finlandholidays #Europeholidays #Lifeandstyle #Foodanddrink #TheObserver #Spabreaks #Travel
My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 24, 2024
Like a luxury spa – for £20: where to enjoy Britain’s Turkish baths revival https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/nov/24/like-a-luxury-spa-for-20-punds-britain-turkish-baths-revival #Healthandfitnessholidays #UnitedKingdomholidays #Lifeandstyle #Shortbreaks #Citybreaks #Swimming #Daytrips #Travel
Like a luxury spa – for £20: where to enjoy Britain’s Turkish baths revival

In 1900, there were 600 Turkish baths in Britain and Ireland. Today, only a handful survive. We enjoy a revived hammam in Newcastle and take a look at 10 more around the country

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