Wellness tourism is a type of recreation whose goal is to strengthen physical and mental health. This format of travel energizes, restores your psycho-emotional state, relieves stress and simply frees your head from unnecessary thoughts. In Russia, this type of tourism became especially popular in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, but remains relevant now.
Spa resorts exist in many regions of our country: they are often created next to thermal, mineral or mud springs, or in places with the purest mountain air. We have selected 8 resorts where you can relax with benefits for your health, soul and body.
Kedrovy Spa Resort
At this resort in Belokurikha you can improve your health not only during procedures, but even just by being in the fresh air. “Kedrovy” is located in the foothills of Altai, which are famous for the purest mountain air. It contains a number of useful microparticles, for example, air ions, which strengthen the nervous system and immunity, and phytoncides, which act as a natural antioxidant. And walks along the trails with views of the Altai Mountains are a free addition and a real treat for the eyes.
The name of the hotel is no coincidence: almost everything on its territory is built of cedar. Guests can enjoy several types of massages, from classic to Thai and honey, Spanish and seaweed wraps, physiotherapy, a visit to a cedar barrel with Altai herbs, balneological procedures and mud therapy. The spa complex prepares healing drinks – herbal teas and oxygen cocktails, and also serves local mineral water.
Where is: Altai Territory, Belokurikha city, Slavskogo street, 3.
How to get there: by plane to Gorno-Altaisk, from there to Belokurikha 115 km.
Beton Brut All Inclusive & Spa Hotel in Miracleon
The four-star Beton Brut hotel is a stylish loft space in Anapa, where every detail is thought out for a comfortable stay for guests: rooms with king-size beds, a buffet, a gym, restaurants, bars, a cinema room, a billiard room, karaoke and, of course, a modern spa. complex with a large children’s area. By the way, the hotel opened in 2016 in the building of a former Soviet factory.
The spa center at Beton Brut is considered one of the largest and most modern in Anapa. Its main pride is a huge thermal complex with an indoor massage pool and four steam rooms: there is a Russian bath, a Roman laconium, a Turkish hammam and a Finnish sauna. Each steam room has its own benefits for the body. For example, the heat in a Roman laconium helps relieve muscle tension, and the dry steam of a Finnish sauna improves metabolism and removes toxins from the body. After the steam room, you can go for wrapping, peeling, scrubbing, massage or aromatherapy treatments.
Where is: Krasnodar region, Anapa city, Verkhnyaya road street, 120.
How to get there: The nearest airport is located in Sochi, from where Lastochka departs to Anapa daily. An alternative is to take the train directly to the Anapa railway station, from where it is about 15 minutes by taxi to the hotel.
M`Istra`L Hotel & Spa
Five-star hotel M’Istra’L Hotel & Spa on the Istra Reservoir is a great opportunity to escape from noisy Moscow, enjoy the silence and improve your health. Leave all organizational issues behind the hotel doors, enjoy quality service and have fun in one of the best spa centers in the Moscow region, La Source d’Istra. Guests can enjoy an extensive menu in the herbal bar, a gym, a 25-meter indoor pool, a thermal area with various steam rooms and an impressive list of spa treatments.
The hotel offers you to spend a wellness weekend and take advantage of programs developed by the medical staff of its own wellness clinic. In addition to relaxing massages and wraps, you can also order more serious procedures to quickly strengthen your health and immunity. For example, intravenous laser irradiation of blood, carboxytherapy, visiting the alpha capsule and pressure chamber.
Where is: Moscow region, Istra city, Rozhdestveno village, ow. 60.
How to get there: by car or taxi in the northwest direction from Moscow towards Istra along the Volokolamsk highway. The distance is approximately 90 km, the journey will take about two hours.
“Green Flow Rosa Khutor”
The main feature of the four-star Green Flow Rosa Khutor hotel on Krasnaya Polyana is an all-season outdoor pool with heating and lighting at a dizzying height of 1100 meters. From here a panorama of the picturesque slopes of the North Caucasus Mountains opens. The hotel concept includes not only spa treatments, but also care for the spiritual balance of guests in order to restore the balance between physical and mental health. After massages and detox programs, meditation sessions, yoga lessons, stretching and detox nutrition are prepared for vacationers.
The Green Flow Spa features a thermal area with several types of steam rooms, a contrast plunge pool and an ice fountain. To regain your strength, try a one-hour floating session, which replaces several hours of regular sleep. The hotel also offers classic spa programs: anti-cellulite, vibroacoustic and hydromassage, peelings, express treatments, wraps and treatments with a cosmetologist.
Where is: Krasnodar region, Esto-Sadok village, Sulimovka street, 9.
How to get there: by plane to Sochi, from the airport to the hotel 55 km (about one hour on the way).
Forrest Terrace Hotel
At the four-star Forrest Terrace Hotel in North Ossetia, you can admire views of the mountain landscapes while swimming in the indoor pool with panoramic windows. Afterwards, head to the hammam to relax and warm up your muscles and joints before your spa treatment. And to harden the body and cheer up the spirit after the hammam, plunge into the font – a barrel of ice water.
The 25-meter pool has several zones: counter-current, hydromassage and a jacuzzi with bubbling warm spring water. The list of spa treatments includes relaxing and classic massages, peelings and cosmetologist services. The hotel has its own health path for hiking in the mountains and physical therapy classes. And for those who cannot live a day without sports, there is a fitness room with exercise equipment and panoramic windows overlooking the Caucasus Mountains.
Where is: Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, Kurtatinskoye Gorge, 19 km of the Dzuarikau-Upper Fiagdon highway.
How to get there: by plane to Vladikavkaz, from the airport to the hotel it’s about an hour by taxi (the distance is only 50 km, but the road is complicated by serpentine roads , which leads to the gorge).
“Utkino Country House”
The five-star country hotel and spa complex “Utkino Country House” is located on the shore of the Manych River Bay in a picturesque location in the middle of the Don steppes. It’s great to combine a wellness holiday at a local spa complex with active entertainment in nature. If you get tired of going through the procedures, go archery, learn to throw knives and ride buggies, ATVs or horses.
It is recommended to start taking care of your health with a visit to the salt room and flotation therapy, after which next comes procedures to detoxify the body – foam massage, seaweed wraps and mud therapy. The hotel has several steam rooms: Turkish hammam, herbal and Russian baths. And to fully immerse yourself in bath culture, take a dip in the ice plunge pool or look into the infrared cabin.
Where is: Rostov region, Semikarakorsky district.
How to get there: by train to the Rostov-on-Don railway station, from where the distance to the hotel is about 170 km or about 2 hours in path.
“SummerSummer Thermal Resort & SPA»
One of the most modern and new thermal spa resorts in Siberia is the four-star hotel LetoLeto Thermal Resort & SPA” on the banks of the Tura River in Tyumen. The Siberian city is famous for its thermal springs and the hotel is no exception. On its territory there is a hot natural open-air pool with water temperatures up to +43 ° C, bottom geysers and air massage plateaus. Water from the source is enriched with useful microelements and has a balanced mineral composition.
In 2020, the hotel opened an updated spa complex – the largest in Western Siberia. Guests can enjoy a huge swimming pool with sea water and hydromassage, a jacuzzi, several steam rooms using eucalyptus and fir brooms, body wraps, and facial and body treatments. To relax with benefits for your body, visit an oriental foam massage or stone therapy using hot stones.
Where is: Tyumen city, Shcherbakova street, 87.
How to get there: by plane to Tyumen airport, from where you can take a taxi to the hotel (the journey will take about 25 minutes).
SPA-Hotel Plaza Essentuki
The four-star SPA-Hotel Plaza Essentuki is located near the center of Essentuki, just a couple of minutes walk from the Resort Park, the drinking galleries of the mineral springs “Essentuki-4”, “Essentuki-17” and the Upper Mineral Baths. On the first and second floors of the complex there is a cafe with Russian cuisine, a resto-pub with German cuisine and a restaurant with a buffet.
The hotel’s wellness center has developed different programs for vacationers depending on age, health status and needs. There are massage and physiotherapy rooms, departments with mineral baths, a mud treatment area and an inhalation room. In addition to general wellness programs, the hotel offers medical and therapeutic modules. These include procedures prescribed after examination by a therapist, for example, oxygen therapy, electro-mud applications, intravenous ozone therapy or iodine-bromine baths.
Where is: Stavropol region, Essentuki city, Internatsionalnaya street, 1B.
How to get there: by plane to the airport in Mineralnye Vody, which is located 40 km from the hotel.
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