The six values
Yoga, hiking, paddling and walking.
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Trips that keep you moving at your own pace: yoga with a view, hiking from the door, paddling, cycling and long walking routes.
Curated trips
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Active & Discovery on the Danube Westbound (WBL)
An active river cruise — hiking, canoeing, biking — and Avalon publishes detailed dietary options.
Avalon WaterwaysFrom $4,326 pp, as of October 2026
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Camino de Santiago: Scenic Portuguese Route (5380)
A walking pilgrimage: about 75 miles on foot over 11 days.
Globus FaithFrom $3,699 pp, as of October 2026
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Active & Discovery on the Rhine Southbound (WAW)
Kayak Amsterdam’s canals, e-bike the vineyards where the Rhine meets the Moselle, and hike Heidelberg’s Philosophers’ Way.
Avalon WaterwaysFrom $4,326 pp, as of October 2026
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Active & Discovery on the Rhône Southbound (WYL)
Provence on the move: an urban hike through Lyon’s passageways, a rail-bike descent of the Gorges du Doux, and a Lyon cooking class.
Avalon WaterwaysFrom $4,926 pp, as of October 2026
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Active & Discovery on the Seine (WPH)
Bike through Paris, kayak past Vernon’s timbered houses, and walk Monet’s gardens at Giverny.
Avalon WaterwaysFrom $5,551 pp, as of October 2026
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Active & Discovery in Holland & Belgium (WAD)
Walk the woods and dunes of Domburg and pedal past polders and dykes, with Ghent, Antwerp and Rotterdam along the way.
Avalon WaterwaysFrom $4,951 pp, as of October 2026
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Patagonia: Journey to the End of the World (SF), Small Group Discovery
Guided hikes in Torres del Paine with two nights at Hotel Las Torres, the Perito Moreno Glacier, and a naturalist-led hike in Tierra del Fuego.
GlobusFrom $9,634 pp, as of October 2026
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Papeete to Papeete: The Society Islands
Six island calls in a week, with lagoon paddleboarding on Huahine and the Belvedere Lookout on Mo’orea listed in the itinerary.
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht CollectionFrom $11,100 pp, as of October 2026
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Honolulu to Papeete: Volcanoes, Fanning Island and Bora Bora
From Hilo for Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park across the equator to Bora Bora and Mo’orea; kayaking is offered from the yacht’s marina.
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht CollectionFrom $12,500 pp, as of October 2026
Sensei Lānaʻi, A Four Seasons Resort
Adults-only, with wellness built into the stay.
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1 Hotel Hanalei Bay
An oceanfront North Shore stay with an 18,000 sq. ft.
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Anse Chastanet
A 600-acre hillside and beach estate with yoga, a nature reserve, trails and farm classes (per Classic Vacations).
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Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection
A drive-to wellness weekend with geothermal mud and mineral pools — and your dog.
Places
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Nayara Springs
An adults-only rainforest retreat at the foot of Arenal Volcano, with yoga and meditation among the trees, dawn bird walks and a sloth sanctuary.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
A resort on Seven Mile Beach with yoga on the sand, mangrove kayak tours and guest mangrove clean-ups.
Six Senses Laamu
Over-water and beach villas on a Laamu Atoll island, with yoga and meditation in an open-air rooftop studio, a Juice Bar, and menus built on the resort’s organic gardens and local fishing.
Chileno Bay Resort & Residences, Auberge Collection
A beachfront resort on a protected, swimmable cove in Los Cabos, with a Movement Studio for yoga and Pilates, breathwork and sound baths, and snorkeling over the cove’s reef.
Las Casitas, a Belmond Hotel
Twenty casitas with terraces and plunge pools in Peru’s Colca Valley. MICHELIN notes days of hiking and birdwatching.
The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
Over-water and beach villas in the Fari Islands, with sunrise yoga, a resident marine biologist, garden produce and plant-based menus, and an island that runs partly on solar power.
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
A private island in Dhaalu Atoll with rainforest, white-sand beaches and over-water villas, a Yogasala for mindful movement, and a coral reef partnership with Reefscapers.
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Alila Villas Uluwatu
Villas on the limestone cliffs of Bali’s Bukit Peninsula.
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The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara
A 78-acre resort with two miles of beach on the Santa Barbara coast, with lawn yoga, coastal trails and guided horseback rides along Haskell’s Beach.
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The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami
An oceanfront resort on Key Biscayne with sunrise yoga, Pilates, island e-bike rides through two state parks, and a Pura Vida café for cold-pressed juices.
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The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, Abama
A 160-hectare clifftop estate above Abama Beach on Tenerife’s west coast, with yoga and garden walks, hiking trails through botanical gardens and kitchens that prioritize organic, local Canarian produce.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel
A bluff-top resort above Salt Creek Beach with daily ocean-view yoga and Pilates and naturalist-led hikes to the Dana Point Headlands.
The Bodrum EDITION
A hillside hotel above Yalıkavak with Aegean views, a beach club, a yoga terrace and SUP yoga, and a kitchen that cooks with herbs and greens from its own gardens.
The Lodge at Blue Sky, Auberge Collection
A lodge on a private ranch in the mountains outside Park City.
Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa
An all-inclusive wellness resort in the Sonoran Desert.
The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert
Private pool villas in a desert nature reserve with roaming gazelles, an equestrian center, yoga in the dunes and a guided starlight meditation.
The Ritz-Carlton, Bali
A clifftop and beachfront resort in Nusa Dua above the Indian Ocean, with sunrise and sunset yoga by the beach, a garden yoga studio and Indonesian cooking classes.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain
A Sonoran Desert resort in the Tortolita Mountains with 26 miles of hiking trails, ranger-led hikes, telescope stargazing and crystal singing bowl sessions.
The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui
A 58-acre former coconut plantation in a private bay on Koh Samui, with a spa yoga pavilion, a swim reef with more than 50 fish species, and local market cooking classes.
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples
A beachfront resort on the Gulf of Mexico near Vanderbilt Beach, with daily yoga and meditation and a spa café that serves cold-pressed juices made with organic ingredients.
The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa
A resort moments from Kise Beach with early-morning yoga, a floating sound session on water, and a spa beside an old-growth forest using locally grown herbs.
Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui
A secluded beachfront cove on Chaweng Noi Beach fringed by tropical forest, with sunrise yoga, Muay Thai and Southern Thai cooking.
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Archer Hotel Napa
A downtown hotel in the heart of Napa wine country.
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Baros Maldives
A boutique island resort known for its marine life, with a Chef’s Garden of organic beds and cold-pressed juice at breakfast.
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Bear Valley Lodge
A Sierra Nevada mountain lodge with hiking nearby.
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Blackberry Farm
A farm estate in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, known for its garden and preservation kitchen.
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COMO Parrot Cay
A resort on its own private island with four miles of white sand, a yoga pavilion and a daily wellness schedule; cold-pressed juices appear on its COMO Shambhala Kitchen menus.
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The Chedi Andermatt
A mountain hotel with a 2,400 m² spa and wellness area and private yoga on request. The hotel points to about 500 km of hiking trails in the Urseren Valley.
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Costa Navarino
A resort destination on the southwest Peloponnese coast. Its outdoor page lists beach yoga, guided hikes including Voidokilia and the Kalamari waterfalls, and visits to its bio-farm.
Dunton Hot Springs
A restored 1800s mining town with natural hot springs in the San Juan Mountains.
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Esalen
A retreat campus on the Big Sur cliffs with multi-day workshops, hot springs and time outdoors.
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Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
An oceanfront resort on the Big Island’s Kona coast, set between white-sand beaches and black lava, with a cultural center and on-site marine biologists.
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Four Seasons Resort Lanai
A resort above the beach on Hawaiʻi’s quiet sixth-largest island.
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Hotel AKA Boston Common
A city base beside Boston Common and the Public Garden.
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Hotel Wailea
An adults-only Relais & Châteaux hotel in the hills above Wailea. T+L notes an open-air restaurant built around freshly grown produce, plus yoga and outrigger canoeing.
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Jumby Bay Island
A private-island resort off Antigua with beaches, a garden Wellness Pavilion for sunrise yoga and sound baths, and an island farm that supplies its dinners.
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Nihi Sumba
A remote island resort on Sumba’s wild southwest coast.
The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua
A beachfront resort on 54 acres above D.T. Fleming Beach in West Maui, with ocean-view yoga, coastal fitness hikes and an organic garden that supplies its restaurants.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
A clifftop resort above the Pacific south of San Francisco, with daily yoga, coastal walks and a spa that draws on the nearby redwoods.
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Rosewood Miramar Beach
An estate-style beachfront hotel in Montecito with beach horseback riding on its experiences calendar and a fitness studio with yoga.
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Six Senses Douro Valley
A restored 19th-century manor above the Douro River. Its Discover Yoga program combines hatha, pranayama and meditation, and guests can join an organic garden tour.
Xinalani
A jungle-and-ocean yoga retreat south of Puerto Vallarta, reached by boat.
1440 Multiversity
A 75-acre learning retreat campus in the redwoods above Santa Cruz with programs that include meditation, yoga and mindfulness.
Alila Ventana Big Sur
An all-inclusive resort in the redwoods above the Big Sur coast. Its resort page lists daily yoga, meditation, Tai Chi, guided hikes and functional fitness.
Aristi Mountain Resort
A stone-built mountain resort in a Zagori village near the Vikos Gorge in northwestern Greece.
Awasi Atacama
A desert lodge in Chile’s Atacama, one of the driest places on Earth.
Awasi Patagonia
Villas on a private reserve beside Torres del Paine National Park.
Bahia Vik José Ignacio
A beach hotel on the José Ignacio coast, sharing Vik’s organic-garden cooking program.
Bio- and Wellnessresort Stanglwirt
An organic farm and wellness resort below the Wilder Kaiser mountains in Tyrol, with its own equestrian centre.
Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne
A ridge-top resort above Lake Lucerne with the Alpine Spa and the wellness-focused Waldhotel. A funicular and boat connect it with Lucerne.
COMO Uma Canggu
A beachfront surf-coast resort in Canggu with one included group class a day (yoga, Pilates or fitness) and the Glow Juice Bar for cold-pressed juices.
Canaves Epitome
A small all-suite hotel on the Oia cliffs. Canaves lists yoga and hiking among its wellness experiences.
Canyon Ranch Tucson
An all-inclusive wellness resort in the Sonoran Desert foothills, with desert hiking programs.
Esperanza, Auberge Collection
An oceanfront resort on Punta Ballena in Los Cabos that lists yoga through its spa and desert-canyon horseback rides.
Estancia Vik José Ignacio
An estancia (ranch) estate near José Ignacio, with a large organic herb garden and garden cooking classes.
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo
A resort on a forested peninsula on the Gulf of Papagayo with a Wellness Shala for yoga and meditation.
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
An oceanfront resort with private beach access, an on-site herb garden and fresh-pressed juice at Cocoanut Cafe.
Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
A beach resort on a peninsula north of Puerto Vallarta that lists yoga, horseback riding and hikes among its activities.
Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North
A desert resort at the base of Pinnacle Peak with daily yoga, guided Desert Bathing walks and trail access.
Hotel Belmar
A family-owned cloud-forest hotel in Monteverde with yoga, horseback riding and hiking, an on-site juice bar and its Finca Madre Tierra organic farm.
Hotel Esencia
A former private estate on the Xpu-Há beach on the Riviera Maya.
Hotel Nantipa
A small beachfront hotel in Santa Teresa where the jungle meets the sand, with daily yoga at its Numu wellness space and sea-to-table cooking at Manzú.
JW Marriott Costa Elena Resort & Spa, All-Inclusive
JW Marriott’s first all-inclusive resort, opened in fall 2026 above the secluded bay of Playa El Jobo in Guanacaste, with a Mindfulness House and an on-property JW Garden.
Kamalaya Koh Samui
A wellness sanctuary with a private beach on Samui’s south coast, multiple daily yoga classes and fresh juices at its restaurants and Alchemy tea lounge.
L'Auberge de Sedona
A creekside resort with a daily yoga schedule, including Vinyasa, Hatha, gentle and Kundalini, that you can dip into.
Le Barthélemy Hotel & Spa
A boutique beach hotel on Grand Cul de Sac, with a Green Detox juice and fresh fruit juices on its beach menu.
Nayara Gardens
A rainforest resort at the foot of Arenal Volcano, with organic cacao experiences.
Ojai Valley Inn
A full resort in the Ojai Valley with Spa Ojai at its center.
The Pearl Laguna
A small all-inclusive wellness retreat in Laguna Beach that hosts about 8 to 12 guests a week.
Playa Viva
A B Corp certified, off-grid beachfront retreat on Mexico’s Pacific coast, with an organic farm, yoga and treehouse-style casitas.
Rancho La Puerta
T+L describes some 40 miles of hiking trails, an organic farm, holistic spa treatments and a culinary school on a 4,000-acre property just south of the U.S. border.
T+L World’s Best 2026 · Best International Wellness Retreats
Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa
A garden resort of private casitas in Rancho Santa Fe with a Yoga Pavilion and a monthly class schedule.
The Resort at Paws Up
A wilderness ranch resort in western Montana that lists yoga, horseback riding and hiking.
Rosewood Luang Prabang
A 23-room hideaway outside Luang Prabang, with farm-to-table French and Laotian menus.
Six Senses Crans-Montana
An alpine resort in the Swiss mountains.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
A meditation center in the hills of West Marin running multi-day silent residential retreats in the insight (vipassana) tradition.
Stillpoint Lodge
A remote wellness lodge on Kachemak Bay, across the water from Homer.
Tierra Patagonia
A lodge facing the Paine massif. Its all-inclusive packages include excursions such as horseback riding and hiking, and its Uma Spa lists yoga.
Triple Creek Ranch
An all-inclusive mountain ranch in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley.
Wakax Hacienda
A small hotel built around a private cenote near Tulum. Its wellness page lists yoga.
The Westin Kaʻanapali Ocean Resort Villas
Ocean-view villas on Maui’s western shore.
andBeyond Vira Vira
A lodge on a private reserve on the Liucura River with views to Villarrica Volcano.
