The Wellness Escapes Redefining Longevity
From urban oases to far-flung biohacking hideaways, here are the top spots to relax, recharge, reset — and commit to new habits that may even add a few good years. EE72 Beauty Director-At-Large Sarah Brown reports.
SURRENNE
Locations in the UK, US and France
Butterflies are a recurring motif that represent beauty, metamorphosis and the fragility of life in the artwork of Damien Hirst, which makes it fitting that his kaleidoscopic works should be scattered so generously about the four floors of the longevity-focused oasis that is Surrenne at The Emory hotel in Knightsbridge. Alkalizing hydrogen-boosted water flows from the taps; snowflakes flutter at a constant clip in the indoor snow shower (Surrenne’s version of a cold plunge). Alice Temperley designed the spa kimonos; Rose Ferguson designed the café’s spa and smoothie menu. Individual programs are created in response to baseline testing (bloodwork), which assesses everything from kidney and liver function to grip strength (an indicator of muscle mass believed to be a key marker of one’s health span).
Cognitive longevity is the current buzz, according to Global Head of Wellness & Longevity Hattie David Wilkinson, who notes that members have lately been asking for more “brain boosting” programming to help optimize their mental performance now and protect it for the future. Surrenne operates as a members’ club for locals, with features accessible to hotel guests at its various outposts. In addition to London, there’s the recently opened Maybourne Riviera perched on cliffs above the Côte d’Azur in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, and two new locations coming soon, at The Maybourne Beverly Hills (summer 2026), and the Maybourne Saint-Germain hotel and residences in Paris (2027).
THE FOUR SEASONS
Locations in Hawaii, Singapore and Costa Rica
The Four Seasons is going luxuriously all-in on longevity — “health optimization” as they gently put it — at their properties around the world. Their Maui resort at Wilea collaborated with Next Health to seriously raise the bar on what can be achieved during a beach vacation. Along with a dizzying menu of vitamin shots and IV drips, there’s everything from exosome, ozone and stem-cell therapies to help improve vitality and cellular health.
Even the facials are super-charged, with the $895 Ultimate Signature Facial including a protocol of CO2 buffing, oxygen, an aqua peel, microcurrent, ultrasound and radio frequency. Earlier this year, the medically licensed Chi Longevity Clinic — which endeavors to “slow” biological aging — installed a satellite at the Four Seasons Singapore. With an emphasis on enhancing quality of life via preventative care, practitioners use insights from diagnostic testing to identify areas for improvement and to create personalized action plans: “interventions” that range from lifestyle adjustments to medical treatments.
Meanwhile, at the surf-centric Peninsula Papagayo retreat in Costa Rica, guests can sign up for a three-day program under the watchful eye of Andy Galpin, Ph.D., the human performance scientist and popular podcast host. Inspired by programs he’s designed for elite athletes, Galpin uses tools like biomarker analysis, MRI scans and sleep monitoring to help clients set goals and unlock their potential. Guests leave with tailored diet and fitness regimens, and continue to be monitored by Galpin’s coaching team for the following six months.
SHA
Locations in Spain, Mexico and the Emirates
When its flagship location in the port city of Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca opened in 2008, SHA quickly established itself as the Rolls-Royce of destination health spas. It remains the place to go for fashionable wellnessminded vacationers who’d prefer matcha over a margarita. Their medically minded, diagnostic-led Advanced Longevity program is available from seven to 14 days and is tailored to help “extend vitality” and “improve mitochondrial health” by focusing on nutrition, gut health, hormone balance, stress management, cognitive health, physical performance and everything in between.
A second SHA debuted beachfront in Costa Mujeres, Mexico, last year, adding moonlight meditation, sound therapy and cooking classes focused on an anti-inflammatory diet to the mix. An ambitious new location is slated to open in 2027 on the stretch of coastline between Abu Dhabi and Dubai called Sahel Al Emarat, “the Riviera of the Emirates.”
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