wellness
From far left: Plant-based cheeseburger, Oceania Cruises; sauna, Marella Cruises; and snow grotto, Viking Cruises
wellness gurus and spa experts, buying in to the latest fitness crazes, and taking their health kick to the kitchen. Almost all cruise lines show additives and allergens on their menus. Alongside vegetarian options, lines including SeaDream Yacht Club and Costa Cruises now offer a full vegan repertoire.
LEADING THE PACK Oceania Cruises is positively glowing with wellness initiatives. It dropped fees for fitness classes two years ago; recently launched vegan breakfast, lunch and dinner menus; and offers tours that involve getting covered in curative mud, or dipping in Roman thermal baths believed to have healing properties.
Taking a leaf out of its sister brand’s books, Regent Seven Seas Cruises will offer a full vegan menu from October, as well as a wider range of active
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Most lines have signed up wellness gurus and spa experts, and bought in to the latest fitness crazes
hiking, cycling and yoga excursions. Seabourn has health programmes devised by American meditation celebrity Dr Andrew Weil, Marella Cruises has signed up Champneys to run its spas, and Celebrity Cruises has gone high-tech, offering more than 1,200 video fitness classes on new ship Celebrity Edge.
Viking Cruises’ ocean ships, meanwhile, have Nordic spas where passengers can get their blood pumping by switching between a hot
sauna and cold snow room; while in a nod to the maxim that 60 is the new 40, over-50s specialist Saga Cruises has put a large gym and fitness studio on new ship Spirit of Discovery.
ON THE RIVERS
It’s not only the ocean-going ships that are riding the wellness wave. River cruise lines such as AmaWaterways, Emerald Waterways, APT, Uniworld and A-Rosa now have fitness instructors to host classes. Aqua aerobics is on offer in the pools on Emerald Waterways’ vessels, while AmaWaterways’ new ship, AmaMagna, features a large wellness studio where passengers can burn the calories on a treadmill or try their hand at line-dancing. Even if clients only sample a few of
these options, the ‘new me’ at the end of the cruise might be a little closer to the one they were hoping for.
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PICTURES: ANTHONY WELLER/ARCHIMAGE
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