SHA is one of the most famous medical wellness clinics, and Spain is where it started. It is located in L’Albir, a beautiful small town by the Mediterranean Sea, in a calm residential area next to a natural area. The place offers partial sea views and a beautiful landscape with mountains in the distance.
It is owned and run by family Bataller, in particular Alfredo Bataller whom discovered the life-saving virtues of integrative health after suffering from digestive issues for 30 years, and one of his son Alejandro Bataller.
What is the SHA Method?
The SHA Method uses mainly integrative medicine: it looks at all the dimensions of health. It combines functional and preventive medicine, regenerative therapies, gut health optimization and anti-inflammatory nutrition.
SHA Wellness Clinic is organized with several departments, each with their own health speciality. The different experts collaborate to gain a 360° understanding of every guest, and offer the best possible diagnostics and protocols.
For example, Dr Vicente Mera is an expert in anti-aging medicine and hormonal supplementation. Dr Barbara Dalbos is an expert in aesthetic medicine. Dr Bruno Ribeiro is expert in cognitive development and brain stimulation. And the teams also include psychologists, which is not so common in the top medical wellness clinics, but always a kind of consultation our clients love during their wellness program.
The food during a SHA program
SHA essentially offers 3 different menus, matching different goals:
- The healthy and gourmet SHA menu, with starter - main course - dessert, served in reasonable quantities so you can really enjoy, but in the same time avoid overloading your digestion
- The SHA Biolight menu, which is reasonably lighter in terms of calories, and fosters a more active detox, without having the feeling to be fasting
- The SHA Kushi menu, which is the lightest option available at SHA, with the most control on calories per day, and ideal to loose weight and/or to activate the detox mechanisms of the body in full force.
The menus are combined with medicinal teas and various drinks with therapeutic properties, such as miso soup at breakfast, a glass of vinegar before your lunch or dinner, and apple Zulu tea at the end of your meals.
SHA also serves a snack around 4pm, which is really enjoyable if you exercise intensely during your stay, given that dinner is served relatively late at SHA, in particular in the warmer season.
How good are the facilities?
SHA Wellness Clinic in Spain occupies a beautifully designed building. I particularly like the integration of plants throughout the building, and the openness of the architecture.
It is true that in certain days in winter, it can feel slightly cold at times, because you have to walk outside between some of the rooms and the restaurant or the medical area. But fortunately SHA is located near Alicante, where the sun is shining 300 days per year.
Until 2025, some clients were complaining that the comfort of the entry-level rooms at SHA Spain was not as great as other leading medical wellness clinics, and the design a bit outdated … while others were actually appreciating that the hospitality comfort was not over the top. Indeed, you can always question why you would need the most comfortable setup when you’re “simply” here to focus on your health and well-being. Anyway, this has now been addressed: as of 2026, all the entry-level rooms at SHA have been entirely renovated, and the new design is really nice.
In the higher suite categories, SHA was always offering great comfort and amenities, and more than anything, space, both indoor and outdoor. SHA is truly a wellness clinics where you can easily come and stay for 2 weeks, without entirely disconnecting from work if this is what you want: with the SHA teams, we can organise all your treatments and consultations in the morning, so you can work from the comfort of your Suite in the afternoon.
SHA is also incredibly well designed for executive group experiences, in particular with the latest Villa Alma, opened very recently, just across the street of the main entrance of SHA. It offers 5 rooms, a private spa area, plenty of indoor and outdoor space, including a beautiful garden. SHA’s Villa Alma is the ultimate comfort and privacy. This is something which is quite rare in the medical wellness universe: Palazzo Fiuggi’s Villa Luisa is an equivalent, and the Presidential Suite at Buff Medical Resort as well, but these are the only structures designed for ultimate privacy of executive groups, with world-class health optimisation. More and more health-focused founders and investors take their executive team for a health and performance optimisation stay in such exceptional facilities.
The positioning of SHA:
What sets SHA Wellness Clinic apart?
SHA Wellness Clinic is one of the coolest medical wellness clinics in the world, where you make friends and socialise with other like-minded guests, have a good laugh with friends you meet there, and want to return to with friends who are not yet into preventive medicine or health optimisation.
For example, there are communal tables at the restaurant. And the staff really knows how to break the ice and help people connect. But it’s not just that: the typical guests of SHA love life and beautiful things. True, some people are on the Kushi menu, and the hard detox is a challenging experience, so they’re not particularly social. But other guests are here to enjoy their stay while staying healthy: they’re typically on the SHA gourmet menu, which is one of the most festive diet you can get in all the best medical wellness clinics.
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