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The Best Health Retreats in Thailand

The new trend in health and wellness travel has caught on big in Thailand, a country already extremely popular with travelers from all over the world. The country's natural setting, rain forests, and seacoasts are conducive to both seclusion and relaxation, and a well-developed service sector allows health resorts to offer a wide range of activities, treatments, and programs for those seeking to cleanse the body and de-stress the mind.
  1. Atmanjai

    • Founded by Michael Massey and Staff Farish, the Atmanjai resort offers a detox and cleansing experience. The resort advertises a seven-day course that allows guests to completely cleanse and rejuvenate their bodies with a minimum of discomfort. Atmanjai is located on the island of Phuket, a popular island destination on the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand. Rooms have been refurbished since 2004 and all feature air-conditioning, cable TV, DVD player and a Bali-style bathroom.

      Atmanjai
      27/1 Soi Mittrapap, Wiset Road, Rawai
      Phuket, Thailand 83130
      66 8 6276 1535

    Spa Resort Chiang Mai

    • This health spa is located in the midst of a mango plantation in the outskirts of Chiang Mai, the major population center of northern Thailand. The resort offers 50 villas and duplexes, and a hotel building with 32 rooms. It has a full range of health programs and yoga retreats along with two swimming pools, an outdoor cardio and fitness circuit, tennis court, bocce ball pitch and a Thai steam room. Guests can also partake of meditation and raw food classes as well as detox programs that promise better health and weight loss. There are villa residences also for sale.

      The Spa Resort Chiang Mai
      165 Moo4, Huaysai
      Mae Rim 50180 Chiang Mai, Thailand
      66(0)53-920-888
      thesparesorts.net/spa-chiang-mai.php

    The Sanctuary

    • Located on Phangan Island, near the famous Samui Island, the Sanctuary is nestled in a dense rain forest adjoining Had Tien beach. It's advertised as a spa with an experienced and courteous team of massage and health therapists, offering yoga classes and a detox/cleansing program as options. For accommodation are Thai-style bungalows, moderately priced dorm rooms and villas. Guests have praised the resort's seafood and vegetarian restaurants; there is a raw food selection as well. The Sanctuary also organizes snorkeling and boat trips, movie nights on the beach and a music club.

      The Sanctuary
      Koh Phangan, Thailand
      66 81 271 3614
      thesanctuarythailand.com

    Chiva Som Resort

    • The Chiva Som resort is a seaside operation near the town of Hua Hin, on the Gulf of Thailand about four hours' drive from Bangkok. For guests, 58 rooms and pavilions are available. The resort offers all guests a health consultation to determine visitors' current state of health and needs. A personal adviser designs a program of treatments that includes diet, treatment of illnesses, exercise and counseling. The staff includes fitness instructors, spa therapists, licensed consulting doctors, nutritionists and alternative health consultants. Specialized programs involve weight loss, anti-aging, stress reduction and skin rejuvenation. On the property are plunge and hydro pools, a high-tech fitness center, steam rooms and massage rooms.

      Chiva Som
      73/4 Petchkasem Road, Hua Hin
      Prachuab Khirikhan, 77110
      Thailand
      66 (0) 3253 6536

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