Water is one of Andorra’s natural resources and its hot springs offer major health benefits. Wellness culture is a concept offered in the country at centres such as Caldea, the largest spa space in southern Europe; however, the offer is complemented with hotels offering treatments and massages in line with wellness culture and a healthy life balance throughout the year.
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Andorra is a small nation in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. Its residents hold the top spot for longevity. Andorrans can look forward to a life expectancy of 83.5 years on average.
Recovering vitality, ridding yourself of stress or treating and preventing rheumatism or circulation problems are just some of the benefits offered by wellness culture. This concept is boosted in Andorra thanks to the ideal conditions of its waters and hot springs. The Caldea centre is one of the leading spaces in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Visitors are offered an authentic relaxing paradise in its indoor and outdoor pools.
At Caldea, visitors can enjoy a genuine Indo-Roman bath (hot and cold contrast) or an Icelandic bath (cold bath). There are circuits that stimulate circulation, tone the body or simply offer relaxation with a comforting Sirocco bath (aromatic). These are complemented by more exotic offers such as the grapefruit bath in the Japanese tradition or the Aztec bath with its gentle massage walking over river stones.
Preventing stress is another factor why people have become immersed in wellness culture. Caldea has Wood light (negative ions that reduce anxiety) or infrared relaxation. There is also a wide programme of tailored treatments to pamper and rejuvenate the body.
Therapeutic treatments
This level of wellbeing is also available at other locations. Several hotels in Andorra are home to genuine relaxation oases. A good example of this is the Hotel Roc Blanc in Escales-Engordany, with programmes divided into three areas: relaxation, beauty and health. The aquatonic pool has 3 areas and 60 different water effects with therapeutic benefits. In addition, there are Thymus therapy treatments that stimulate the immune system or the Argan facial and body which relaxes and prevents premature skin aging.
The recently opened Hotel Plaza in the heart of the country has made its spa an ocean for the senses. Its modern facilities invite guests to spend a pleasant day in its thermal area and try the many à la crate treatments. In turn, guests can 'travel’ to other age-old cultures such as those from the Orient, Japan or Polynesia with its health and beauty programmers.
The Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa in Canillo has a 5,000 m2 spa with thematic areas offering guests a wellbeing paradise through hydrotherapy and tailored programmers.
There are also pleasant spa circuits at the following hotels: Princesa Parc, Diana Parc, Aparthotel Anyós Park and Hotel Rutllan in La Massana, Andorra Park Hotel in Andorra la Vella and Hotel Grau Roig at the foot of the slopes in Encamp. The hotels have hydro-massage areas, jacuzzis, saunas, body treatments and massages for guests to pamper themselves with specialists.
Andorra offers many activities for visitors to do on their own or with a group. Skiing in the country’s resorts, shopping, savouring typical dishes and, finally, giving themselves a treat at the spa circuits in hotels and spa centres. Andorra is the wellness country!
The tiny European principality of Andorra seems to have discovered the secret of longevity. Andorra is smart, small and wealthy. Andorra also has a 100 percent employment rate for its 42,420-person-strong labor force. It was generally a poor country until after World War II, when Andorra reinvented itself as a tourist destination for skiing. Now, with a gross domestic product (GDP) -- the total of all of the goods and services produced in a year -- of $2.77 billion U.S., Andorra has what the CIA characterizes as a "well-to-do" economy.
Life expectancy there, according to the World Health Organisation, is top of the global league. Water aerobics classes like this one for pensioners in one of Andorra's many pristine public swimming pools are free and frequent. It's normal here, high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, to be active into old age. The average life expectancy is 83.5 and there are lots of people here in their late nineties. Exercise is one reason, others are clean air, healthy diet, lots of lean meat, vegetables and olive oil and a world class health service. If your goal in life is to live a long time then you should pack up and move to Andorra where the average life expectancy is 83.5 years. Know More:
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