Spain

The Costa Blanca, around Alicante, is where the medical clinics are. SHA is in L’Albir and ZEM is in Altea. Alicante airport has direct flights from most European capitals. The landscape is dry limestone hills dropping into the Mediterranean. L’Albir and Altea are very chic small towns (Alicante is not), and it is one of the most beautiful parts of the coast in Spain.

The Costa del Sol, around Málaga, is where the hospitality is. Buchinger Wilhelmi sits above Marbella among old palms with the Rock of Gibraltar visible on a clear day. Marbella Club has been on the beach on the Golden Mile since Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe opened it in 1954. Behind both, the road climbs into the Sierra de las Nieves to Shanti-Som and Viluz. From 2027 Lanserhof joins them at Finca Cortesin, 50 minutes west along the coast at Casares.

Camiral is at Caldes de Malavella in the Costa Brava countryside, ten minutes from Girona airport and an hour and a half from Barcelona, inside the PGA Catalunya golf resort. Six Senses is at Cala Xarraca on the northern tip of Ibiza, which is the half of the island the nightclubs never reached. Palasiet is further north again at Benicàssim, 50 metres from the water, doing thalassotherapy under medical supervision since 1963.

The practical version: fly to Alicante for a clinic, and to Málaga, Girona or Ibiza if the stay is a holiday with wellness in it.

Spring and autumn are the preferred seasons for most guests. April to June and September to November give you warm days without the July and August heat. On the southern coast that heat is sometimes uncomfortable, especially if the program has you outside a lot. January tends to be the busiest month at SHA because of New Year detox bookings, but it is quite fresh when it is not sunny. The best months to come to Spain for wellness are September and April.

Start with the goal, not the address. These six properties offer genuinely different experiences.

For deep diagnostics, a wide program catalogue, and the strongest reputation, choose SHA. A department for each speciality, and doctors who combine their views into a single picture of the guest. The range runs from weight management and sleep through to genetic testing and advanced longevity. A seven-night stay starts at €8,925 including the room. It is the benchmark, and it is also the biggest property on this page.

For the same medical seriousness, in a newer and stunning design, choose ZEM. It opened at Altea in 2025 with specialists across 25 fields of medicine. Seven nights start at €7,150. More and more of our clients who have already done SHA want somewhere quieter without dropping the medicine, and this is the answer.

For longevity specifically, SHA and ZEM are the two serious options on this coast, and each runs a dedicated program. SHA Advanced Longevity is From €12,950 for 7 nights for seven nights, built on the diagnostics its medical team is known for. ZEM Prime Longevity is From €11,350 for 7 nights for the same length, in the quieter property. We can send you both protocols side by side.

For fasting, the reference is Buchinger Wilhelmi Marbella. It has been doing therapeutic fasting under medical supervision since 1973, as the sister clinic to the original on Lake Constance, and nothing else in Spain comes close on that one discipline. Typical stays run two to three weeks, which is the usual length a therapeutic fast needs, and the reason it does not suit a short holiday. We work with the best clinics and health resorts in this field, and can advise you on the best match for your objective and needs.

For a wellness week that is also a proper holiday, choose Camiral or Marbella Club. Camiral is in the Costa Brava countryside with golf on site and four nights from €2,536. Marbella Club is a beach hotel with a serious spa attached and 70 years of excellence at looking after people. All three are great options if you’re going with someone who is not into wellness.

For sleep, longevity protocols or to be on an island, choose Six Senses Ibiza. RoseBar runs the longevity protocols, and the setting on the north coast is a totally different experience of Ibiza than you would expect.

If none of those is right, the answer may not be Spain at all. Contact us, tell us your objective, we’ll be more happy to advise you.

Four nights at Camiral start at €2,536, which is the entry point on this page. Seven nights at ZEM start at €7,150 and seven nights at SHA at €8,925, both including the room. The longevity programs sit above that, at From €12,950 for 7 nights for SHA Advanced Longevity and From €11,350 for 7 nights for ZEM Prime Longevity. Marbella Club is priced on request. Six Senses Ibiza and Buchinger Wilhelmi are quoted on request too.

The best properties in Spain are good value for this level of medical and non-medical wellness, compared with the top names in Switzerland, Italy or Germany.

Where Spain is genuinely weaker, and we would rather say it here than after you have booked. There is nothing in the country like Kusnacht Practice for private psychiatric or addiction recovery, so those cases still go to Switzerland. There is no alpine altitude and no thermal spring tradition. The concentration is thinner: in Switzerland we work with nine properties of this calibre, five of them clinics, and in Spain with six, three of them clinics. And SHA is a large resort by design, so a guest who wants to see the same fifteen faces all week should be at ZEM, at Shanti-Som, or somewhere else entirely.

One scheduling note that catches people out. Buchinger Wilhelmi is a two to three week commitment and does not shorten well, while Camiral, Marbella Club and Six Senses are comfortable at three or four nights. Do not book a fasting clinic for a long weekend.

We hold partner status at most of the properties above, which means the best available rate and the amenities that go with it. Ask us about any wellness clinic or health resort in Spain, including the ones which may not be displayed on this page. We work with all the best partners, we test their programs and retreats, so we can advise our clients on where they will get the best results and experience. Send us the dates and the objective before you book anywhere.