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We’ve researched and written on wellness and self-care for years — these are the festivals and retreats we’re counting on to rejuvenate us in 2024.

When it comes to taking some much-needed time off, we’re all about bang for your buck. Sure, it’s absolutely wonderful to spend a week relaxing by a beach. But sometimes, it’s even better to spend your time away actively resetting and even learning some tools you can take back to real life, too.

That’s why we’ve been so interested in learning about wellness retreats and festivals lately. Focusing on wellness can be great — but spending several days immersed in wellness practices is even better. Think daily massages or yoga, plus three plant-based meals and luxurious amenities, too.

Below, you’ll find some of the top wellness retreats happening around the world in 2024. Some are in the states, and some offer you the chance to travel to stunning international spots like Spain or Thailand. All are helmed by wellness professionals, whether they’re Ayurvedic medicine practitioners, yoga teachers, or healthcare professionals. 

The below properties range dramatically in price, location, and specialty. Read on for more details about our top picks in wellness retreats around the world.

Our criteria:

Our editors have written on the importance of self-care for years. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the most exciting and restorative wellness festivals and retreats this year. We’ve selected them based on their restorative benefits, natural settings, and the trustworthy experts that lead them. We update this list with emerging festivals and retreats that meet the following criteria.

  • RESTORATIVE BENEFITS | Each retreat below puts whole-body wellness at the forefront — physical wellness, mental wellness, and spiritual wellness.
  • NATURAL SETTINGS | Varied in setting, each retreat is surrounded by natural beauty, whether that’s the forests of the Dolomites or the vistas of Big Sur.
  • TRUSTWORTHY EXPERTS | All retreat programs are led by either holistic medicine practitioners and/or healthcare professionals. All have been vetted.

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1. Eudēmonia Summit 2024

Best For | Stand-out speakers, science-based approach
Location | West Palm Beach, Florida
Features | Prominent keynote speakers, workshops, an expo, daily fitness classes and treatments, baseline testing, daily culinary experiences
Price Starting At | $1,449 for a three-day, two-night stay and $49 for daily EXPOSŌME passes 

The first-ever Eudēmonia Summit is set to take place in West Palm Beach, FL, from November 1–3, 2024. Named after the ancient Greek word for “well-being,” Eudēmonia is poised to become the world’s most significant health and well-being gathering. This event will feature an incredible lineup of speakers and teachers, including Andrew Huberman, Jillian Michaels, Mark Hyman, Gabrielle Lyon, Adriene Mishler, Max Lugavere, Jillian Turecki, and more. It’s also the first wellness summit to measure its attendees’ baseline health through Basecamp, an on-site biometric testing center produced in partnership with Function Health. Expert staff will educate attendees on their results, allowing them to focus on their individual needs and health goals at the event for a truly customized experience.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the field of health and longevity. Topics will include discussions on biomarkers and longevity, alongside live conversations with renowned experts. 

Eudēmonia is not just a summit — it’s an experience. Participants will engage in a variety of activities designed to promote optimal well-being, from vigorous fitness sessions and sunrise meditations to cold plunges and saunas. This immersive approach ensures that attendees will not only learn about health practices but also actively engage in them.

Join the Eudēmonia Summit this November and take a step toward thriving in health and well-being. We’re super excited for this one — and our editors will even be attending so we hope to see you there!

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2. The Ranch

Best For | Plant-based cuisine
Location | Malibu, Hudson Valley
Features | Yoga, vegan food, hiking, massage therapy, fitness classes
Price Starting At | $2,975 for a three-night stay

Kind of like a luxe summer camp for adults, The Ranch has two locations — Malibu, for stays of a week or longer, and Hudson Valley, for shorter experiences. They place equal weight on physical, mental, and spiritual health, and their guided programs help guests immerse themselves in total decision-free wellness sanctuaries. Indulge in morning hikes, plant-based seasonal menus, afternoon fitness classes, daily massage therapy, energy healing, and even nap time — all with stunning natural settings and top-tier accommodations. Much of their food is grown at on-site organic gardens, and The Ranch was recently voted the number one spa destination in the US for three years in a row by Conde Nast Traveler.

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3. Soul Farm

Best For | A laid-back vibe
Location | Amboy, Illinois
Features | Glamping tents and bunks, outdoor showers, outdoor yoga, and farm-to-table dining
Price Starting At | $510 for a two-night stay

Soul Farm, just outside Chicago, wants to help guests reconnect to the earth. The facility, located on a quiet 80 acres, holds weekend yoga retreats that give guests maximum relaxation for minimal time commitments — guests can expect outdoor yoga and meditation classes and farm-to-table meals with products from local farmers. Accommodations are in “glamping” tents or the bunkhouse, with a large, airy bathhouse for hot outdoor showers. Each retreat has its own theme, whether it’s breathwork, sound healing, or something else, and some retreats offer massages, too — check out their full lineup of upcoming yoga retreats here. love the “For All” collection of unisex apparel, the 90s-inspired tees, and lounge-friendly rompers—mostly made with organic cotton or recycled terry, and sewn in Morocco.

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4. Wanderlust

Best For | International yoga festivals
Location | Location varies
Features | Yoga festivals in international cities, multi-day lux yoga retreats
Price Starting At | $3,072 for a four-night stay at Wanderlust Palmaïa

Producers of the world’s first wellness festival in 2009, Wanderlust now hosts wellness events and retreats all over the world. They specialize in what they call “participatory wellness experiences,” designed for “doers.” Their multi-day retreats have elements of yoga, mindfulness, music, art, and building community. Their upcoming wellness retreat, Wanderlust Palmaïa, brings some of the world’s top yoga and wellness experts to Playa Del Carmen in Mexico for four nights and five days this December, during which guests can indulge in yoga and meditation classes, plant-based cuisine, inspiring talks, and the area’s sun and sand. Wanderlust also has a series called Wanderlust 108 that visits cities around the world, bringing with it two-day-long yoga festivals for less than $100.

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5. YO1

Best For | Personalized wellness programs
Location | Catskills, New York
Features | Yoga, acupuncture, naturopathy, Ayurveda, lake views
Price Starting At | $1,797 per three-night stay

YO1’s property in the Catskills provides a luxurious backdrop for a totally customized wellness retreat. They specialize in four curative therapies — Ayurveda, naturopathy, yoga, and acupuncture — and have tons of different customizable health paths to follow during your stay. Upon arrival, guests meet with a health counselor to determine their mind/body type and create a customized program based on one of the facility’s many pathways, like insomnia management, cholesterol and hypertension management, fertility support, and immunity boosting. Whatever your health or wellness concerns, YO1 has something for you — and you’re guaranteed to find plenty of yoga, highly nutritious food, and relaxing rooms and suites all with lake views.

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6. Laruga Yoga

Best For | Traveling to international destinations 
Location | Location varies
Features | Ashtanga Mysore, beautiful destinations
Price Starting At | €1,880 per seven-night stay

Renounced Ashtanga yoga practitioner Laruga Glaser has traveled to Mysore, India over 15 times to continue growing as a yoga teacher — but when she’s not deepening her own practice, she hosts yoga retreats all over the world, in such gorgeous destinations as Mallorca, Italy, France, Egypt, and Tanzania. Typically at least a week long, Laruga Yoga retreats help guests deepen their practice with daily classes, workshops, and meditations. The retreats root guests in a sense of place, too, whether you’re heading out on a safari through the Serengeti or taking a dip in the water of Ibiza after your daily practice. Click here for a complete lineup of upcoming retreats, or here for Laruga’s weekend-long workshops in places like Porto or Berlin if you have less time to commit.

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7. Esalen

Best For | Specialized workshops
Location | Big Sur, California
Features | Wellness festivals, yoga, hot springs, workshops 
Price Starting At | $540 per two-night stay

Founded in California in the ‘60s, Esalen is an established retreat center in Big Sur with plenty of different ways to experience its beautiful grounds, yoga classes, sweeping sea views, rustic suites, and more. Book a workshop or retreat with a specific theme, like forest bathing, reiki, writing, or plant medicine, or choose a self-guided exploration for a weekend or week-long trip on your own terms, trying the property’s yoga classes, cliffside natural hot springs, and organic gardens on your own time. Esalen hosts a handful of festivals throughout the year, too, focused on building and celebrating community. “Summer Groove” is a vibrant festival of music and movement, while “Go Within” is a gentle wintertime festival featuring sound baths, experimental breathwork, and art making.

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8. Kamalaya

Best For | Dozens of treatments and therapies
Location | Koh Samui, Thailand
Features | Yoga, massage therapy, fitness classes, meal plans, beach, niche treatments
Price Starting At | THB 25,500 per three-night stay (approx. $700)

Located on the southern coastline of Koh Samui, Thailand, Kamalaya is a wellness retreat where the guests call the shots. Choose from one of their many wellness programs, which come in five categories: healthy lifestyle, detox & reset, stress & burnout, cultivating heart, body & spirit, or longevity & regeneration. The wellness sanctuary boasts lush natural surroundings and lux accommodations that range from cozy hillside rooms to private pool villas, along with a menu of over 70 therapies and treatments that combine both Eastern and Western medicine — one of their facilities, the Longevity House, offers functional medicine treatments like ozone, IV, and hyperbaric therapies. The laid-back retreat encourages guests to relax and enjoy rather than have rigid rules on their wellness journey, and they offer group retreats, too.

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9. Engel Ayurpura

Best For | Ayurvedic medicine
Location | Dolomites, Italy
Features | Ayurvedic treatments, sauna, meals with Ayurvedic spices, massage therapy
Price Starting At | €1,080 per two-night stay

At the new Engel Ayurpura resort nestled in a mountainside in the heart of northeastern Italy’s Dolomites, Ayurvedic medicine takes center stage. The boutique property features just 15 accommodations, all with simple, natural design, floor-to-ceiling windows, and scenic balconies, along with luxurious amenities like a panoramic sauna and an outdoor heated infinity pool. Engel Ayurpura has a medical Ayurveda team to help design personalized treatment plans for each guest, though they have a few different packages depending on a guest’s focus, from digestion to immune system strengthening to chronic disease management. Their “Panchakarma” package is their most intensive, featuring lengths of seven to 21 days and plenty of treatments like massages, nasal treatments, and energy chakra treatments — all set against the backdrop of the calming forest and mountains.

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Natalie Gale is a Contributing Editor at The Good Trade. She is a Boston-based freelance journalist. When she’s not writing about art, food, or sustainability, you can find her biking to the farmers’ market, baking, sewing, or planning her next Halloween costume. Say hi on Instagram!