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Instead of a guilt inducing holiday spent over indulging, choose a luxury health retreat and give your body the best present it’s had in years. We all welcome the relaxation time that a holiday promises, but on a health retreat you gain the opportunity not only to relax, but the chance to take charge of your neglected well-being goals, and return home with benefits that will long outlast your tan.

Many of us battle with balancing our hectic daily schedules and home life. Between work-related issues, personal problems and struggling to find the time to catch up with yourself, it becomes increasingly easy to fall into a trap of feeling burnt-out, exhausted and stressed. In fact it is so common that in 2012, around 428,000 people suffered from work-related stress. Chronic stress is not only bad for your emotional state, but also for your physical health and well-being in general. Symptoms can include a lack of focus, irritability, migraines, and a cycle of poor nutrition and sleepless nights.

Well, where do I begin? Let’s start at arriving at Verona airport in Italy. The bags arrived promptly within 20 minutes of landing. As I walk through to the arrivals lounge, my driver from the hotel is there waiting for me and I am driven from the airport to Lefay Resort & Spa in complete comfort and luxury – this sets the tone for the whole trip from now until I come back to this airport in a weeks’ time.

Summer is the perfect time to stop hiding indoors and embrace the great outdoors on a summer sports holiday. Whether you want to cycle, surf, kiteboard or swim; discover our best summer sports holidays for the perfect way to keep healthy and happy in the summer sun. From football in the Caribbean and tennis in Cyprus, to surfing in Morocco and cycling in Spain our activity holidays give you the chance to see the world in a completely new way while enjoying the sports you love.

Looking for a healthy break with the perfect mix of adventure, fitness and wellness? Look no further! Our adventure sports holidays allow you to explore your adventurous side, whilst reaping the added benefits of keeping fit and active.

Living a Healthy Fit Life under the Tuscan Sun at Adler Thermae...

What is Adler Thermae?

Built 10 years ago in the small village of Bagno Vignoni in Tuscany, and  a 2 hour drive from Pisa or Rome airport and 40 miles south of Siena, Adler Thermae Spa & Relax Resort represents a typical Tuscan Villa, soft cream interior to rich green cypress trees with the real feature being their healing thermal springs. The luxury spa and wellness centre is beautiful with splendid views of the Tuscan countryside. Adler Thermae offers a range of wellness programmes from detox, Ayurveda, weight balance to yoga, fitness, anti-ageing and anti-stress.

Our co-founder Paul Joseph looks at how holidays can have an impact on our health beyond a tan that fades and how our well-being is generated by a holiday to increase our longevity.

Are you after an exciting activity holiday which involves cycling around some of the world’s most beautiful destinations? Do you want to absorb the great outdoors in these desirable places and increase your sense of well-being? Not only does cycling have many health and fitness benefits, it is also an exhilarating and fun way to explore new destinations and truly immerse yourself in foreign landscapes.

Testing the waters of the travel PR and marketing industry during my internship with Health and Fitness Travel could not have been a more worthwhile experience. Having struggled to find a career path since graduating, my eight week internship gave me the opportunity to change direction and discover a career path I am now passionate about pursuing.

This summer, indulge in a spa holiday which offers more than a week of lying on the beach; treat yourself to a luxurious spa and fitness break for restoration and relaxation. We offer a tempting collection of spa breaks to boost your health and fitness, whether you want to detoxify with ayurvedic treatments, reduce stress with exercise, re-energise with the healing power of thermal waters, lose weight with a healthy diet or get fit hiking in the mountains. From Croatia and Spain, to Italy and Madeira, you will be able to shape-up and spoil yourself in the lap of wellness luxury, to awaken your senses and kick-start a healthier lifestyle.