Are you the kind of person who neglects their health? We all know how important it is to take care of our bodies, but somehow everyday life always gets in the way, doesn’t it? So why not use your vacation to do something sustainable for your health? And don’t worry! There will still be plenty of time for rest and relaxation 😉 In health hotels (which sounds stuffier than it is!) you have the opportunity to address a wide range of health issues and improve your quality of life. Green PearlsⓇ hotels’ sustainable approach also considers the health of the planet.
The difference between a health and wellness hotel
Wellness hotels promote health through relaxation and massage. Health hotels do the same, but in a health hotel you also have the opportunity to get a personalized medical assessment. The health programs offered are led by trained doctors and therapists.
In the blog article “Health or Wellnesshotel” we took a closer look at this question.
Who is a health hotel for?
Since health hotels are particularly active in the area of prevention, a vacation at a health hotel is suitable for anyone who wants to do something good for their physical and mental health. However, guests who already suffer from various chronic or non-specific ailments often take advantage of what health hotels have to offer. For example:
- Obesity
- Digestive problems
- Irritable stomach
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Fatty liver
- High blood pressure
- Joint pain
- Neck pain
- Back pain
- Sleep disorders
- Frequent or chronic fatigue
- Chronic illness (susceptible to colds, infections, etc.)
A health hotel is also ideal when you need to get back on your feet after a long illness and recovery.
Why should a health resort also be sustainable?
Sustainable health hotels, as represented by Green PearlsⓇ, also take care of the ecology with their holistic approach. This means considering not only the human being, but also his or her relationship to the environment, to nature.
As we discussed in our Insight “Is organic food healthier?”, the value of organic farming cannot be measured by the vitamin content of an apple. Instead, it is a larger concept.
Avoiding pesticides protects both groundwater and biodiversity. As biologist Dietmar Borbe says in our blog on insect extinction: “If we destroy everything at the base of a food pyramid, everything will eventually collapse”.
Environmentally friendly building materials, chemical-free cleaning products, organic food, fairly paid employees – the measures taken by a sustainable health hotel provide the right framework for taking care of one’s own health.
Four sustainable health hotels in Germany and Spain
Below we would like to introduce you to some of the health hotels that are also Green PearlsⓇ partners. Based on the program offered, you can see which hotel suits you best.
#1 OCÉANO Health Spa Hotel – Holistic recovery on the Atlantic coast
The OCÈANO Health Spa Hotel on the Canary Island of Tenerife has more than 20 years of experience as a health hotel. Its owner, Dr. Karl Matthias Rolle, is a physician, as was his father, Dr. Jürgen Rolle, from whom he took over the management of the hotel. The establishment of the F. X. MAYR CENTRE is one of the most important changes initiated by Karl Matthias Rolle. The center specializes in fasting cures and therapies developed by the Austrian gastroenterologist Franz Xaver Mayr.
Fasting Cures at the F. X. MAYR Center
During an F.X. Mayr fasting cure, the focus is on the intestines. According to the initiators, “cleansing, detoxification and strengthening of the intestines” is of central importance for the supply of nutrients, hormonal balance and the immune system.
When you sign up for a fasting program, you can use all the hotel’s wellness facilities (spa, pool, saunas, yoga room, etc.), but you live in a separate annex and do not eat with the other hotel guests. Instead, you will be surrounded by your peers, other fasting guests, and receive your own personalized fasting diet.
The period for such a fasting cure at the OCÉANO Health Spa Hotel is:
- 10 days, 14 days or 21 days
Complementary therapies
In addition to therapeutic fasting, the health hotel also has a Thalasso center. Thalasso means “healing through seawater” and also incorporates other things that come from the ocean, such as seaweed.
In consultation with the medical team, a personalized program will be developed for you (to accompany a fasting cure or independently), which may include the following elements
- Exercise
- Diet & Nutrition
- Pain Relief
Optional additional therapy options are:
- Chirotherapy
- Autohaemotherapy
- Hematogenous oxidation therapy (HOT)
- Bloodletting
- Acupuncture
- Vitamin Infusion
As you can see, here you will have opportunities that a “normal” wellness hotel cannot offer you. However, you don’t have to give up that vacation feeling, because you are on the beautiful Canary Island, right on the Atlantic Ocean! Walking along the promenade, shopping and sightseeing are absolutely allowed! 🙂
#2 Klosterhof – Alpine Hideaway & Spa – Health Hotel in the Berchtesgadener Land
A sustainable and highly recommendable health hotel in Germany is Klosterhof – Alpine Hideaway & Spa, run by Dr. Andreas Färber and his wife. Here, too, you will find a combination of a wellness hotel (1,500 square meters of spa area with indoor and outdoor pools, saunas, etc.) and an integrated health center.
Concept medicine in the health center Artemacur
As Dr. Andreas Färber describes in an interview with us, the holistic concept is very important to him, both in medicine and in ecology. The focus is on the development of a health and life concept based on scientific knowledge and individual living conditions. So, you don’t get a “one size fits all” offer, but you develop your very own concept that you can integrate into your everyday life.
The Artemacur Health Center includes
- General Medicine
- Internist
- Psychotherapist
Medical expertise is then complemented in the hotel with the areas of
- physiotherapy
- and nutritional medicine.
In addition to therapy, prevention also plays an important role.
Health programs and services offered
- Nutritional advice + diet
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis (scientifically recognized method of measuring body composition, i.e. body fat percentage, etc.)
- Liver fasting according to Dr. Worm
- Intermittent fasting
- Concept medical consultation
- Burnout prevention
- Abdominal Ultrasound
- ABI screening (vascular ultrasound)
- Pulmonary function test
- Pain managementSchmerztherapie
Located on the border of Austria (Salzburg), the hotel with its panoramic view of the Alps will also appeal to culture vultures. For example, there are regular full moon concerts, jazz or readings.
#3 TCM at the LIFESTYLE Resort Zum Kurfürsten on the Mosel River
If you would like to try Chinese medicine instead of conventional European medicine, or if you are already a believer in Chinese medicine, we can recommend the LIFESTYLE Resort Zum Kurfürsten.
Located in the medieval town of Bernkastel-Kues on the Moselle River, it offers wellness combined with Far Eastern teachings. For starters, the entire hotel (including the 4,000-square-foot spa area with several pools, a natural swimming pond, and a sauna area) is designed according to Feng Shui. There is also the diet based on the 5 elements.
Traditional Chinese medicine practice in the hotel
The TCM Center is located in the same building, so it makes sense to combine your TCM treatments with your stay at the Health Hotel. For example, you can have a nutritional consultation and then eat more “yin” or more “yang” foods based on your personal recommendations. At the Lifestyle Resort you will find the 5 elements in all meals and buffets (i.e. many warm and natural foods without industrial processing).
The following treatments are available at the TCM Center:
- Nutritional counseling / dietary changes (according to Yin Yang, 5 elements)
- Body analysis with printout
- Acupuncture treatment
- Herbal therapy (herbs selected individually for you; you can take the mixtures home with you. The herbs are taken as tea (decoction) or powder and there are also herbal baths).
- Cupping (for chronic pain and severe tension)
- Relaxation and exercise with Qi Gong and Tai Chi
- Lymphatic drainage
- Sound bowl massage
- Tunia and Guasha TCM massages
Chinese therapy is combined with a European approach so that it does not seem too foreign in the German Mosel landscape.
#4 SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA – Wellness hotel with Selfness Center
Bad Herrenalb in the Black Forest is a climatic health resort with healing waters and thermal springs, making it the perfect place for a health vacation. Here you will find the sustainable Green PearlsⓇ Hotel SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA. Featuring its own thermal swimming pool and saunas, it is mainly a health-oriented wellness hotel, but the attached Selfness Center offers a range of services for physical and mental health.
Fasting in the Black Forest
You can book a one-week fasting vacation at SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA. The following are offered:
- Fasting cure according to Dr. Buchinger
- Fasting cure with alkaline diet
During both retreats, you will receive daily support and lectures on healthy living. There will also be fasting walks, forest bathing, and other supportive activities.
Resilience training and mindfulness
Another area is mindfulness, which you can also practice on vacation. For example with
- Sound massage according to Peter Hess
- Meditation
- Hypnotic dream journeys
Special offers for a resilience vacation (3 or 6 nights) can be found here.
Health hotels offer both conventional medicine and naturopathy
As you can see, there are sustainable health hotels that employ trained doctors. These doctors perform scientifically recognized medical examinations and are allowed to prescribe prescription drugs. Other hotels follow an alternative medicine approach, focusing on alternative or Far Eastern healing methods that are not scientifically proven to work, but have brought relief to many people.
Which health hotel you consider suitable for you and which methods you hope will benefit you the most is entirely up to you.
A vacation at a health hotel is often simply about taking stock of your own health, taking a step back from your daily routine, and thinking about what you can do to live healthier in the long term.
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