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Well World

A large indoor thermal pool under a domed roof with people swimming or resting on the curved edge (Credit: Alamy)

The town that launched a global self-care industry

By Lizzie Enfield

An Aufgussmeister twirls a towel in a sauna as a crowd watches around him (Credit: Getty Images)

Europe's new steamy, semi-nude wellness trend

By Eva Adorisio

Group of people sitting on logs around a fire in the woods (Credit: Birling Estate)

The surprising new role of farms in modern life

By Keridwen Cornelius

Drone shot looking down on a female about to hit a tennis serve on a two-toned blue and green tennis court (Credit: Getty Images)

Why everyone's travelling to hit a ball

By Anna Fiorentino

People with pink tow floats swimming in the ocean in Croatia for UltraSwim 33.3 (Credit: Vedran-Janic/ UltraSwim 33.3)

Why endurance sport is the new escape

By Lizzie Enfield

Coffin with flowers and a sign in front of it reading "Eventually you can bring nothing" (Credit: Alamy)

The Bangkok 'death cafe' that changed my life

By Tyla Fergusson-Platt

A man sits on a bed reading a book in a cabin which has views out to green hills (Credit: Adam Firman)

The unstoppable rise of digital detox retreats

By Laura Hall

Woman looking up at stars at Bliss & Stars retreat (Credit: Teagan Cunniffe)

Star bathing: The next big thing in travel

By Magali Robathan

Wooden red cabin in Sweden and snow at sunset (Credit: Getty Images)

The nation that wants you to come and sleep

By Lizzie Enfield

Balinese Performing a Melukat Purification Ritual (Credit: Getty Images)

A purification ceremony to cleanse body and soul

By Claire Turrell

Group of people hiking (Credit: Getty Images)

Adventure & Experience

The retreats that want to improve mental health

By Keridwen Cornelius

Sign saying Welcome to Mineral Wells, Home of Crazy (Credit: Visit Mineral Wells)

The state where 'America drinks its way to health'

By Teja Lele

Blue Cliff Meditation Hall (Credit: Kate Schoenbach)

The 2024 wellness trend to help you switch off

By Kate Schoenbach

Thermal Valley at Beitou, Taiwan (Credit: Charukesi Ramadurai)

Asia's less-crowded alternative to Japan's onsen

By Charukesi Ramadurai

Two people soaking in beer baths with a beer tap in between (Credit: WeWantMore/Bath&Barley)

The surprising wellness trend based on beer

By Norman Miller

Sauna-goers beat their bodies with bundles of branches to slough off dead skin and stimulate blood circulation (Credit: Getty Images)

Estonia's naked tradition thought to cure all ills

By Hillary Millán