Palace Merano

For those who really know their Spas and Medical Clinics, Palace Merano is firmly on top of the annual must-visit list.

Led by Dr Massimiliano Mayrhofer, it is renowned for its remarkable hub of committed and skilful staff, many of whom have been there since it opened – so returning clients know that their favourite therapists and doctors will be waiting for them which, post-Covid, is not only a rarity in Spas, but has become a real Spa luxury!

This fine-tuned marvel delivers big, even to the most discerning and demanding of clientele who will normally only part with their blood for analysis to a clinic that has its own hi-tech lab on site. Merano has this and more; you can have a whole battery of tests that will give you an encyclopaedic knowledge of your body - where imbalances and deficiencies are detected and a plan of action put in place with the doctors to spring you back to rude health.

Your treatment schedule then takes shape - daily massage, mud hydrotherapy, intravenous vitamin infusions and activity treatments, with many other treatments, which are a mixture of Chinese principles and the latest modern scientific advances, added depending on your medical results.

You have gym sessions with the brilliant trainers, and power walks amongst the orchards. You will feed on mouse-sized morsels of delicious, alkaline-rich food that will have your head spinning with hunger, but as the days pass your body adjusts and your energy levels rise.

The location helps too, flanked on three sides by mountains and with its own microclimate, and so for those who want a familiar team and a clinic with a highly-proven track record, it has to be Palace Merano.