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Health for Life

Posted by on Jan 8, 2015 in Austria, Spa Reviews | 0 comments

Viva Mayr was recently voted Europe’s Best Medical Resort at the first annual European Health and Spa Awards. The chic Austrian resort has become one of Europe’s most sought after wellbeing destinations and a favourite weight loss clinic of the rich and famous. Catherine Beattie went for a week and found it a life-changing experience.  Viva Mayr is not just an upmarket health spa in a beautiful location – it’s a world famous naturopathic resort clinic dedicated to the restoration of health. Its treatments and therapies are based on the Mayr cure, a fasting and intestinal cleansing programme, developed by Dr Franz Mayr at the turn of the last century. Mayr believed that most illnesses stem from an unhealthy digestive system and devised his intestinal cleansing programme to restore good health. Founded in 2004 by Mayr practitioner and physician Dr...

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A Champion Trip to Carinthia

Posted by on Jan 8, 2015 in Austria, Spa Reviews | Comments Off on A Champion Trip to Carinthia

Katy Dartford visits Bad Kleinkirchheim in southern Austria where she shares the piste with a skiing legend and recuperates in a steaming thermal pool and state-of-the-art spa.  After a full day on the slopes, après ski in a few local bars is generally the order of the day. But when you’ve been skiing with one of the world’s greatest downhill racers, something a little more soothing is required. Fortunately, I’m in the handsome Austrian resort of Bad Kleinkirchheim in Carinthia, with natural thermal waters. Here the saying is ‘from the pistes into the spa,’ rather than to the bar. BKK, as the locals call the town, is all about combining snow with its spa temples and sees itself as Austria’s top wellbeing haven. I’d been lucky enough to be part of a small group who spent the day skiing with...

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Mountain Magic

Posted by on Jan 8, 2015 in Austria, Spa Reviews | 0 comments

Well known for its warm hospitality and stunning mountain scenery, the Gastein region of Austria also offers a unique natural therapy inside a mountain – Catherine and Alec Beattie tried it out.

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