Make 2025 the Year of Indulging
By Lola Méndez

Make 2025 the Year of Indulging
By Lola Méndez

Prioritize your wellbeing on your next trip via Classic Vacations.
Are you dreaming of unwinding in Dominica, St. Lucia, Mexico, Costa Rica, or Hawaiʻi in 2025? With Classic Vacations’ curated collection of luxurious hotels that offer transformative wellness experiences for guests to help renew the mind, body, and spirit, we’ve got you covered. These properties feature tranquil spas, wellness rituals steeped in local traditions, yoga classes by the beach, and many more treatments, to create a sense of serenity.
Five of our favorite wellness resorts for 2025

Tabacón Thermal Resort & Spa
Costa Rica
At Tabacón in central Costa Rica near Arenal Volcano, experience spa treatments in the jungle in open-air bungalows surrounded by the dense rainforest, the fragrant scent of local flowers, and the sounds of toucans feasting in the trees as the natural hot spring courses in the surrounding streams. The Spa at Tabacón utilizes natural local ingredients to enhance the benefits of the mineral hot springs. The hot volcanic mud massage is heavenly. Guests can soak in the resort’s mineral hot springs, including private areas for resort guests only, with some guest rooms featuring private hot spring dipping pools.

Tabacón Thermal Resort & Spa
Costa Rica
At Tabacón in central Costa Rica near Arenal Volcano, experience spa treatments in the jungle in open-air bungalows surrounded by the dense rainforest, the fragrant scent of local flowers, and the sounds of toucans feasting in the trees as the natural hot spring courses in the surrounding streams. The Spa at Tabacón utilizes natural local ingredients to enhance the benefits of the mineral hot springs. The hot volcanic mud massage is heavenly. Guests can soak in the resort’s mineral hot springs, including private areas for resort guests only, with some guest rooms featuring private hot spring dipping pools.
Sugar Beach
St. Lucia
The Rainforest Spa at Sugar Beach Viceroy Resort is surrounded by lush foliage and an epic view of Val des Pitons in the southwestern region of the Caribbean island. The newly renovated spa boasts a couples treehouse treatment room built on stilts high above the ground with a patio overlooking the surrounding nature. The Rainforest Spa uses local ingredients powered by the nearby volcanic springs and fertile cocoa plantations for treatments, including bamboo massages, hot rock therapies, facials, body wraps, and salt scrubs. You can do yoga with the ocean as your backdrop at the new beachfront wellness and fitness facility.


Sugar Beach
St. Lucia
The Rainforest Spa at Sugar Beach Viceroy Resort is surrounded by lush foliage and an epic view of Val des Pitons in the southwestern region of the Caribbean island. The newly renovated spa boasts a couples treehouse treatment room built on stilts high above the ground with a patio overlooking the surrounding nature. The Rainforest Spa uses local ingredients powered by the nearby volcanic springs and fertile cocoa plantations for treatments, including bamboo massages, hot rock therapies, facials, body wraps, and salt scrubs. You can do yoga with the ocean as your backdrop at the new beachfront wellness and fitness facility.

Chablé Yucatán
Mexico
One of Mexico’s most coveted luxurious properties, Chablé Yucatán, just south of Merida, is also home to a stunning spa oasis. Ojo de Agua Spa & Wellness offers spa-goers a curation of transformative wellness experiences rooted in ancient award-winning healing practices. You can partake in the ancient Mayan ritual healing tradition in an authentic temazcal sweat lodge or a yenekamu treatment with hot stones. Deepen your wellness experience by relaxing at your private pool.

Chablé Yucatán
Mexico
One of Mexico’s most coveted luxurious properties, Chablé Yucatán, just south of Merida, is also home to a stunning spa oasis. Ojo de Agua Spa & Wellness offers spa-goers a curation of transformative wellness experiences rooted in ancient award-winning healing practices. You can partake in the ancient Mayan ritual healing tradition in an authentic temazcal sweat lodge or a yenekamu treatment with hot stones. Deepen your wellness experience by relaxing at your private pool.
Hacienda AltaGracia
Costa Rica
This Auberge Resort is home to THE WELL, a wellness escape with phenomenal treatments. Hacienda AltaGracia, in the south-central region of Costa Rica, is surrounded by the Talamanca Mountains. Each treatment is an homage to Mother Nature and is rooted in ancient holistic healing rituals. The extensive spa menu features a hydrotherapy tub and a thermal suite. Be sure to join outdoor mindful movement classes and enjoy a stroll through the on-property healing garden.


Hacienda AltaGracia
Costa Rica
This Auberge Resort is home to THE WELL, a wellness escape with phenomenal treatments. Hacienda AltaGracia, in the south-central region of Costa Rica, is surrounded by the Talamanca Mountains. Each treatment is an homage to Mother Nature and is rooted in ancient holistic healing rituals. The extensive spa menu features a hydrotherapy tub and a thermal suite. Be sure to join outdoor mindful movement classes and enjoy a stroll through the on-property healing garden.

Mauna Lani
Island of Hawaiʻi
Manua Lani is a wellness haven located on the northern section of the island of Hawaiʻi. Indulge in a farm-to-spa experience at the Auberge Spa, with treatments steeped in the regenerative benefits of Hawaiʻi’s tried-and-true wellness methods. Therapists use sustainable natural remedies crafted with homegrown plants and botanicals for treatments, such as the Lomi Lomi massage, which utilizes an ancient Hawaiian healing method.

Mauna Lani
Island of Hawaiʻi
Manua Lani is a wellness haven located on the northern section of the island of Hawaiʻi. Indulge in a farm-to-spa experience at the Auberge Spa, with treatments steeped in the regenerative benefits of Hawaiʻi’s tried-and-true wellness methods. Therapists use sustainable natural remedies crafted with homegrown plants and botanicals for treatments, such as the Lomi Lomi massage, which utilizes an ancient Hawaiian healing method.

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