wellness


Active on the water


Jane Archer limbers up and gives us the lowdown on wellness activities on board and ashore


From dance therapy to tai chi, spinning to meditating, cruise ships are getting ever-more adventurous for the mind, body and soul, with active itineraries popping up left, right and centre – but where do you start when it comes to selling this lucrative market?


WELLNESS TOURS Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises are at the forefront when it comes to wellness-themed tours; the latter offers everything from a dip in Roman thermal baths in Viterbo, Italy, to meditation with a monk in Bangkok. From 2020, passengers on Regent Seven Seas’ ships will be able to practise yoga at Atzaró wellness retreat in Ibiza (£140 for four hours) or hike the Sentier du Littoral, a coastal trail in France, from St Tropez (complimentary). Oceania offers Chinese qi gong – a mind-body practice similar to tai chi – in the rainforest outside Cairns in Australia ($164 for four hours), dance therapy in Colombo, Sri Lanka ($187 for four hours) and mud baths in Cartagena, Spain (£155 for two hours). On the rivers, Uniworld, Emerald Waterways and AmaWaterways have hiking trips around the Rhine and the Danube. Avalon Waterways' Active & Discovery itineraries include jogging tours and canoeing trips.


THEMED CRUISES US integrative medicine guru Dr Andrew Weil is hosting two wellness-themed cruises with Seabourn this year and next with lectures and demonstrations in meditation, chanting and yoga. Crystal Cruises has five themed mind, body and soul cruises between May and December 2020, with experts


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