Veering from relatively mundane yoga retreats in Kerala or getting a massage in Bangkok, to slightly more unusual medical mishaps – like being prescribed frog’s scrotum in Hong Kong – our travel writing section is full of health and wellbeing tips...
Articles in Health & Wellbeing
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A Stay at SHA Wellness Clinic in Alicante
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Caroline Phillips
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Spain
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Murcia and Alicante
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Alicante
"I'm sped from the airport by a James Bond-style driver clad all in black. He plays a CD of New Age dolphin song music, the sort that normally goes with massages and crystals..."
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In Bali with Healers
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Caroline Phillips
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Indonesia
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Nusa Tenggara/ Southeast Islands
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Bali
"The sign on the Balinese street points to the magic man’s house: ‘Ketut Liyer. Painter and wood carver. Medicine man.’"
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From Shopping in Delhi to Spas in Ananda
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Caroline Phillips
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India
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Delhi Region
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Delhi
"Caroline Phillips gets hot and bothered shopping in Delhi but then chills out in one of the world’s best spas...."
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Lake Geneva: A Top Spa Destination
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Leo Bear
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Switzerland
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Vaud
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Geneva
"Lake Geneva has long been held as one of the world’s best spa destinations by virtue of its cutting edge treatments, professional therapists and top-of-the-range products, not to mention the region’s clean air, sunshine and green rolling hills..."
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Tea Plantations in Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands
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Solange Hando
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka Hills
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Nuwara Eliya
"Ceylon tea has flourished in Sri Lanka ever since Scottish planter James Taylor introduced the first sapling in 1867. Today, they cover much of the central highlands, hugging every contour of the hills, rolling lush and green across the slopes right..."
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Sri Lanka: Traditional Ayurveda for Well Being
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Solange Hando
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Sri Lanka
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South Coast
"Acclaimed far beyond the island, Sri Lanka’s traditional Ayurveda is a holistic medical science based on the careful use of organic herbs..."
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Delicious – A Yoga Retreat in the Coromandel
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Yvonne Van Dongen
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New Zealand
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North Island
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Coromandel
"As I recline on the ground my back supported by two bolsters, my legs wrapped in place by a rolled-up blanket, my torso covered by another blanket, over my eyes a folded hand towel, I can only marvel that this is not what I had expected at all. No..."
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Natural Health: The Fordoun Spa in South Africa
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Jini Reddy
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South Africa
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KwaZulu-Natal
"I’m in a darkened hut, and the man sitting opposite me is shaking a leather pouch of ‘bones’ (bits of shells, jaguar and crow’s teeth, and the odd animal bone) onto the floor..."
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Bath: England’s Haven of the Senses
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Jeremy Seal
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United Kingdom
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South West England
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Bath
"Steam is rising into the gathering dusk from the roof-top pool of the spa building in the heart of Georgian Bath. I’m poaching myself a pleasurable pink and feeling like something of a playboy..."
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A Guide to the Best Winter Spas in India
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Devanshi Mody
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India
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Himachal Pradesh
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Shimla
"There’s no getting away from it, India has become the ultimate luxury travel destination. Gone are the days when India conjured up images of back-packers hurled over by belled cows with painted horns..."