Sri Lanka is the world’s top wellness destination. Ulpotha, Sri Lanka’s original yoga retreat has been here since 1997 and sits in one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions of Sri Lanka. Its story stretches back over 5,000 years and is carried in the soil, the water and the hills that surround the village.

Wellness travel has a reputation for being something you do at a remote mountain retreat or a villa tucked away somewhere near the ocean. But what if you rethought what wellness travel actually looked like? You’d find that some of the most restorative experiences you can have don’t happen on land at all.

If you’ve never considered a five-star Caribbean cruise as a wellness retreat, it might be time to redefine your thinking. The combination of sea water and sunshine has restorative powers after all.

Sri Lanka is now the world’s number one wellness destination. Ulpotha has been here since 1997 and sits in one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions of Sri Lanka.

Everyone talks about “switching off” these days, but how often do we really give ourselves permission to do it? Europe is full of places that seem designed for slowing down - where the pace of life is naturally softer, and wellbeing doesn’t feel like a trend but something woven into the culture.