This holiday season, if you’re looking for a brand new way to recharge and refresh yourself for 2025, explore these new wave wellness destinations across the globe for some much-needed TLC. From Byron Bay to Marrakech, these are the top wellness spots you should check out on your next travels.
Marrakech: A Spicy Body Ritual At Amanjena
Amanjena in Marrakech delves deep into the city’s rich cultural tapestry with its array of new spa treatments that celebrate local traditions while embracing modern wellness practices. The body mask treatment incorporates native Moroccan herbs and spices to detoxify and hydrate the skin thoroughly. Then there’s the qasr hammam which offers an immersive 90-minute experience that includes a traditional hammam, followed by a nourishing hair treatment and a soothing steam-room massage. The spa has also recently introduced the Aman advanced facial, a 60-minute session incorporating exfoliation and manual lifting techniques to invigorate the facial muscles and enhance skin texture.
Beyond beauty treatments, Amanjena offers a host of holistic wellness activities, including pressure-point sessions, art expression classes led by local artists, and mindfulness workshops, catering to the wellbeing of adults and children alike.
AMANJENA
Route De Ouarzazate
KM12, 40000 Marrakech
Morocco
London: Intergalactic Sculpting At Facestellar
Previously known as Face2une, FaceStellar in London describes itself as a “gender-fluid beauty spaceship that will transport you to the universe of non-invasive facials, with stellar results”. In layman’s terms, this spa focuses on futuristic treatments in every sense—from its hiring policy of its therapists, which celebrates individuality and rejects prejudice, to the treatments that fuse new technology and traditional skincare.
With its revolutionary LED luminous lift, light therapy is used to target various skin concerns, supported by nutrient-rich serums tailored to each client’s skin type. The use of light therapy accelerates cellular renewal and collagen production, providing not just immediate results from a superficial treatment but deep, long-lasting skin health.
FACESTELLAR
307 Brompton Road
London SW3 2DY
United Kingdom
Byron Bay: Thermal Cycling At The Banya
The Banya takes inspiration from Eastern European traditions, offering a contemporary take on the ancient practice of steam bathing. Located in the tiny town of Mullumbimby in an old bank building just outside of Byron Bay, this spa is renowned for its thermal cycling ritual, which alternates between hot steam sessions in traditional Slavic banyas and cold plunges into natural pools. Following this ritual has been proven over centuries to boost circulation, enhance immune response and promote detoxification within the body.
The Banya’s use of locally sourced, natural ingredients in their steam infusions—such as eucalyptus and birch leaves—ensures each experience is environmentally attuned to the lush surrounds of New South Wales’ northern rivers.
THE BANYA
5-37 Burringbar Street
Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Australia
Sydney: A Nature Ritual At Capybara Bathing
Capybara Bathing is a newly-opened spa that introduces an exotic element into its relaxation repertoire: the humble capybara. It might sound strange to cite a giant South American cavy rodent as a skin and wellness inspiration, but studies have shown the bathing rituals of the capybara offer mental, emotional and dermatological benefits.
Inspired by the serene behaviour of these gentle creatures, which are known for their love of communal hot springs bathing, the spa offers a capybara warm stone massage. This treatment utilises smooth, heated stones whose effect penetrates deep into the muscles while therapists perform synchronised, soothing strokes, creating a deeply relaxing experience that simultaneously fosters a unique connection with nature.
CAPYBARA BATHING
Ground Floor
235 Commonwealth Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Australia
New York City: Sound Wave Soothing At Chillhouse
If ever there was a city that needed a noise-cancelling retreat from the metropolitan bustle, it’s New York City. Chillhouse is an avant-garde spa that caters to the urban elite with modern treatments that prioritise mental wellbeing as much as the physical. Take Chillhouse’s signature treatment, the chill body wave, which integrates sound wave therapy with deep tissue massage. This technique uses acoustic waves to stimulate the deeper layers of muscle tissue, promoting healing and reduction of inflammation, while the massage soothes surface tension and enhances relaxation.
Additionally, the spa environment is meticulously designed to provide a calm oasis amid the city’s chaos, featuring serene decor and ambient audio that complements the therapeutic effects of its treatments. Guests leave Chillhouse not just refreshed, but also more in tune with their bodies and minds, ready to re-engage with the world’s dynamic pace.
CHILLHOUSE
75 Varick Street
New York NY 10013
United States
This story first appeared in GRAZIA Singapore’s November 2024 print issue.
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