Antidotes to our world
Retreats that offer something a little out of the ordinary
STOP PRESS: Planning a trip to South America? Here’s a rather lovely combo – a 3 night/4 day river cruise along the Peruvian Amazon with a comprehensive wellness programme. The River Rejuvenation Experience from independent tour operator HighLives features three nights aboard the recently refitted MC Delfin II with massage, yoga classes (both aboard and on a river beach), [...]
Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman offers 3, 5 and 7 night wellbeing breaks dedicated to adventure, fitness, detoxing or slow living. You can book one or ask Six Senses a direct question using the form at the end of this post. To help you decide if you want to attend, The Queen of Retreats is [...]
Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman offers 3, 5 and 7 night wellbeing breaks dedicated to adventure, fitness, detoxing or slow living. You can book one or ask Six Senses a direct question using the form at the end of this post. To help you decide if you want to attend, The Queen of Retreats is [...]
Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman offers 3, 5 and 7 night wellbeing breaks dedicated to adventure, fitness, detoxing or slow living. You can book one or ask Six Senses a direct question using the form at the end of this post. To help you decide if you want to attend, The Queen of Retreats [...]
‘I awake about 10 am Zighy Bay time (5am UK time) to a slant of sun coming onto my huge bed and the delicious feeling that I don’t have to get up for work, my baby or anything else. The resort sets its clocks an hour ahead of everyone else in the United Arab Emirates [...]
Are luxury spas worth saving for? To help you decide the Queen of Retreats shares her diary of her stay at Six Senses Zighy Bay. ‘We touch down at 8 am UAE time, six hours ahead of UK time. My 5 night Sense of Adventure deal includes a private transfer, so after enduring a six-hour [...]
I’ve always been rather partial to the Six Senses spa resorts – their trademark ‘barefoot luxury’ is very appealing. They choose rather remote locations and build little eco villages from scratch on them, all so that you can walk around barefoot without the risk of stepping on anything you wouldn’t want to. I got engaged [...]
In short: The remarkable Makhad Trust runs regular journeys to the magical Sinai desert, donating over 60% of their profits to benefit the local Bedouin. This year the journeys will be led by Anglican priest Peter Owen Jones, who made Extreme Pilgrim for the BBC, and supported by nutritional therapist and journey leader Helen Cranston. Designed to [...]
The desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world, according to writer John Le Carré, which is why Journeys for Change developed their highly original journeys in colourful, chaotic India. Designed to give you a different perspective on yourself, and on how your place of work could make a more positive impact on [...]
