SHA

What SHA is

SHA Wellness Clinic is a medical wellness clinic, not a spa. It practises integrative medicine, and every first stay is built around a health programme, with doctors, diagnostics and a menu set for you.

SHA is owned and run by the Bataller family. Alfredo Bataller found integrative health after thirty years of digestive problems, and the clinic grew out of that recovery. His son Alejandro runs it with him.

The SHA Method

The method looks at every dimension of health at once. It combines functional and preventive medicine, regenerative therapies, gut health and anti-inflammatory nutrition. Each department holds its own speciality, and the experts compare notes on you.

The method is also Dr Vicente Mera, known in Spain as the king of longevity. He leads SHA’s anti-ageing medicine and hormone work. Dr Philippa Harvey leads on Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Dr Barbara Dalbos on aesthetic medicine. The team also includes psychologists, which is rare at this level. Our clients almost always end up valuing those sessions.

The food is part of the treatment. Three menus run side by side: the SHA menu, gourmet and in sensible quantities, the lighter Biolight menu, and Kushi, the lightest, built for weight loss. Your doctor sets yours, and the kitchen follows your programme.

The programmes

Both clinics run the same health programmes, and a first stay is always built around one of them.

• Rebalance & Energize. The least medical, and the usual starting point for stress, fatigue and a first stay.
• Detox & Optimal Weight. Built for detox and weight loss, from seven nights, with the Kushi menu.
• Intensive Detox & Optimal Weight. The same aim, with more treatments and closer medical follow-up.
• Advanced Longevity. The most medical programme, and the one most of our clients go to SHA for. It suits slowing ageing above all.
• Leader’s Health and Performance. Built for executives who need to stay sharp under pressure. In Mexico it is called Leader’s Performance.

Guests who have been before can book a Tailor-Made stay around their own goals.

Your first stay

A one-way transfer from the airport is included. Your stay starts with consultations and diagnostics, and they set your treatments, your menu and your movement through the day. The daily agenda is settled when you arrive, so tell us your priorities before you travel and we will pass them to the medical team.

Most guests add treatments once they are there, and these go on your room account. Part of the schedule also introduces aesthetics. If you do not want those consultations, tell us and we will have them left off. Most of our clients stay seven nights.

How the two clinics compare

The method and the programmes are the same in both. The setting, the age of the operation and the flight are what decide.

• Spain. SHA Spain opened in 2008 in L'Albir, on the Costa Blanca, about 45 minutes from Alicante airport. It has the larger and more established medical team, and the sea below with mountains behind. A week on Rebalance & Energize starts from €8,925.
• Mexico. SHA Mexico sits on the beach at Costa Mujeres, north of Cancun, facing Isla Mujeres. It was the first clinic of its kind in the Americas, and the property is newer. The same week starts from $8,890.

Clients who can travel anywhere and want the real SHA experience usually choose Spain. Mexico earns its place when the flight decides it, which for North American clients it usually does, and when you want the Caribbean. A third SHA, in the United Arab Emirates, is due in 2027.

What guests talk about afterwards

Almost every guest mentions the atmosphere. There are communal tables at the restaurant, the staff know how to help people connect, and you meet guests of every generation who love life as much as their health. It is one of the few clinics our clients want to return to with friends. Chris, founder of WellnessTravelPRO, reviewed Rebalance & Energize at SHA Spain from the inside, and it is the best place to start if burnout is what brings you.

They also talk about the food, which is genuinely good, and about the psychologist. The criticism we hear most is about the agenda being settled only on arrival, service that varies in the busiest weeks, and some building work in Spain. Our honest review of SHA goes through each point and what is true.

In Spain, you walk outside between some rooms and the restaurant or the medical area, which can feel cool on a winter day. The entry-level rooms were rebuilt in 2026, and the new design is very good. For a group, Villa Alma has five bedrooms, its own spa and real privacy.

SHA or another clinic

Clients often weigh SHA against ZEM, half an hour along the coast in Altea, which is stiller, a place to slow down and hear yourself think. Our ZEM and SHA comparison sets out the difference.

If digestion is the whole reason you are going, Mayr medicine is built around it and SHA is not. We would look at VIVAMAYR or Lanserhof Sylt first, and we compare SHA with Lanserhof in SHA or Lanserhof. For the most rigorous detox, we would look at Chenot Palace Weggis.

For what each programme and room costs, see our SHA prices. Or tell us what you want from the stay, and we will tell you which SHA fits, or whether another clinic fits better.