Independently researched rankings of the best functional medicine wellness resorts and retreats, from the Costa Blanca and Lake Lucerne to the Caribbean.
Unveil the treasured sanctuaries of functional medicine wellness resorts, where a doctor's unhurried attention meets nutrition, movement and modern testing. Our team reviews each retreat carefully, reading the resorts' own programme pages rather than what others say about them, and focuses on wellness criteria that blend traditional and modern practice into a stay built around understanding your own health.
We see through the online noise with laser-focused clarity, allowing you to enjoy your best wellness journey effortlessly. Here you will find the world's top destinations for functional wellness, root-cause health assessments and personalised nutrition in one place.
Functional medicine is an approach to health that asks why a problem has arisen rather than only what to call it. A functional medicine doctor takes a long history covering diet, sleep, stress, movement, environment and family, often orders tests, and builds a personal plan centred on food, exercise, sleep and stress, with supplements and follow-up. Its strengths are real: time with a clinician, attention to lifestyle, and a plan you can follow. Its weaknesses are real too. Large trials are lacking, and many tests sold under the functional medicine banner, such as IgG food intolerance panels, hair mineral analysis, provoked heavy metal tests and biological age scores, have not been shown to guide treatment reliably, while supplement plans can be costly and interact with medicines. A retreat is a good place to experience functional medicine at its best: a thorough assessment, nourishing food, daily movement and the time to change. This guide records what each programme is designed for, names the tests and therapies with weak evidence, and does not repeat claims that a stay cures any condition.
With so many accommodations on the wellness bandwagon these days, true independent, thorough, specialized data is more important than ever. "Root cause" has become a marketing phrase, and many resorts borrow the language of functional medicine without a doctor behind it. We searched in fourteen languages across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania and opened the resorts' own pages. Three resorts name functional medicine as their approach and offer a functional medicine doctor or programme, and they rank first. No resort we found is devoted to functional medicine alone, so the other three places go to the closest programmes in the world: one that looks for root causes and follows guests for two months under another name, one built on functional testing, and one that names functional medicine but includes drips and ozone in every tier. Each of their cards says plainly what it lacks. We ranked all six on the clinician, the programme, the honesty of the testing and the follow-up, and we say plainly which tests and therapies have weak evidence. No programme here is built on surgery or on prescribing medicines.
Welcome to the inquiring world of functional medicine wellness resorts, where every stay starts with a simple question: why? On the Costa Blanca, doctors pair diagnostics with nutrition and a personal plan for the years ahead. On Koh Samui, a functional medicine doctor works beside naturopaths and Chinese medicine practitioners above the sea, with test results waiting when you arrive. In Saint Lucia, doctors add a personal health journey to a Caribbean holiday and stay in touch after you fly home. Beneath the Byzantine hill town of Mystras, a forest retreat looks for the root causes behind low energy and keeps in touch for two months; on the shore of Lake Lucerne, a palace reads the body through four days of tests; and on Ibiza's quiet north coast, a longevity centre pairs functional medicine with the newest biohacking. One shared aim runs through them all: functional wellness that lasts, sending you home understanding your own health and knowing what to do next.
Type: Health Programmes
Address: Carrer del Verderol 5, 03581 L'Albir, Alicante, Spain; +34 865 614 147
Stay options: programmes from four nights (Advanced Longevity, Rebalance & Energize) or seven (Intensive Detox & Optimal Weight), longer where the doctors advise
What the programmes are designed for: slowing biological ageing and preserving long-term vitality, reducing inflammation and oxidative stress, and optimising physical, cognitive and hormonal resilience (Advanced Longevity), using advanced diagnostics and functional medicine.
SHA Wellness Clinic stands on a hillside above the Mediterranean at L'Albir, beside the Sierra Helada natural park on Spain's Costa Blanca, and describes itself as integrating the latest advances in functional medicine with next-generation diagnostics into every health programme. Its programmes bring physician consultations, next-generation diagnostics, a full-board healthy meal plan tailored to your goals, ten or more daily activities and the wellness, fitness and hydrotherapy facilities, and Advanced Longevity adds a personal longevity roadmap to take home. Its team includes a named functional medicine doctor in Spain, Dr Daniela Riselli.
The doctor-led structure, food and daily activity are the strongest parts. The diagnostics are not itemised on the programme pages, and the Advanced Longevity page mentions regenerative therapies without naming them while listing no additional treatments, so ask exactly which tests and treatments you will have and why. SHA's wider medical menu also sells intravenous and ozone treatments, a hormonal specialist is on the team, and the brand offers stem cell treatments in a separate programme at its Mexican resort (see the medical procedures section above); none is part of the programmes described here, and we do not recommend them. Never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice.
Advanced Longevity costs €1,200 per person a night and Rebalance & Energize €625, with a four-night minimum; Intensive Detox & Optimal Weight costs €875 a night for at least seven nights (operator site). The Advanced Longevity page says its price does not include accommodation, while SHA's programmes overview says the nightly rate includes a Deluxe Suite; confirm what your rate covers when booking. A private return transfer or parking, taxes and service are included. Official website: shawellness.com.
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Type: Functional Medicine Consultations and Programmes
Address: 102/9 Moo 3, Laem Set Road, Na-Muang, Koh Samui, Surat Thani 84140, Thailand; +66 77 429 800
Stay options: wellness programmes from three nights; appointments with the functional medicine doctor and functional health assessments can be added to a stay
What the services are designed for: any health concerns or individual needs, including women's health checks and general annual health checks, with functional medicine described as a biology-based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease.
Kamalaya climbs a hillside to its own beach on the south-east coast of Koh Samui, built around a cave once used by Buddhist monks for meditation. A Functional Medicine Doctor sees guests by appointment for any health concerns or individual needs. Its functional medicine assessments, run in partnership with PAAR London, send a testing kit to your home up to nine weeks before you travel, so the results are ready when you arrive, and many of the scheduled wellness programmes include a follow-up consultation during the stay. Bio-impedance and 3D body scans, blood and urine tests arranged with Bangkok Samui Hospital, naturopathic nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine complete the picture.
The combination of a doctor, testing before arrival, naturopaths and a beautiful, calm setting is a strong one. The doctor is not named on the resort's pages, so ask about their training. The Longevity House offers IV drips, ozone therapy and hyperbaric oxygen (see the medical procedures section above), and IV therapy is built into the Radiant Bliss for Women's Health programme, so choose another programme if you want to avoid it. The wider menu adds colon hydrotherapy, homeopathy, bioresonance, a device with no evidence behind it, and a blood "cancer screening" test that is not a validated screening tool; the resort's claims for ozone and hyperbaric oxygen are not ones we repeat, and you can decline any of these treatments. Never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice.
Consultations and assessments are priced separately, so ask the resort for current rates. The one programme with published prices, Radiant Bliss for Women's Health, is listed at THB 129,084 for eight nights, THB 222,696 for fourteen and THB 324,871 for twenty-one, with three healthy meals a day, before accommodation, which starts at THB 6,900 a night in a Hillside Room for one guest (operator site; rates first published at the programme's 2023 launch, so confirm them). Official website: kamalaya.com.
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Type: Wellness Clinic Journeys
Address: Cariblue Beach, Cap Estate, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia; +1 758 457 7800
Stay options: journeys added to an all-inclusive stay; some tests can be arranged in your home country before arrival
What the journeys are designed for: fine-tuning the body and mind, focused on functional medicine, across de-stress, detox, fitness, digestive health, weight management, menopause, inflammatory joints and bone care, and anxiety and emotional balance.
BodyHoliday is an all-inclusive wellness resort on its own beach at Cap Estate, on the northern tip of Saint Lucia, where a daily treatment and tai chi, yoga and fitness classes come with the room. Its wellness clinic, focused on functional medicine, offers journeys at extra cost in which doctors use non-invasive diagnostics and laboratory tests to assess factors such as nutrients, hormone and stress levels, then plan diet, exercise and treatments. Some tests can be arranged in your home country before you travel, and the clinic supports healthy habits through follow-up after you leave.
A doctor-led journey with follow-up, within a sociable beach holiday, is an easy way to start. The doctors are not named on the clinic page, Ayurvedic doctors are part of the team, and the clinic offers iridology, which has no scientific basis; the weight management journey's tests for genetic predisposition and food sensitivities are not reliable guides to treatment. The page gives no journey lengths, so ask how long yours runs, what each test is for, and keep your own doctor in the loop.
Journeys are charged in addition to the all-inclusive room rate, which covers meals, a daily treatment and classes; journey prices are not published, so ask the resort for a quote, and the clinic offers a complimentary initial consultation with no obligation to book (operator site). Official website: thebodyholiday.com.
Type: Longevity & Metabolic Programme
Address: Mystras, Sparta, Greece; +30 2731 306 111
Stay options: 7, 10, 14 or 21 days, with the room booked separately
What the programme is designed for: guests who prefer a personalised approach targeting their symptoms' root causes, identifying the root causes of any cellular energy imbalances (Advanced Longevity & Metabolic Optimization, which the resort files under precision medicine).
Euphoria Retreat stands at the foot of Mount Taygetus in its own forest, below the Byzantine castle town of Mystras near Sparta in the Peloponnese: a family-owned retreat with Byzantine-inspired architecture, indoor and outdoor pools, a tepidarium, sauna and cold plunge. Its Advanced Longevity & Metabolic Optimization programme begins before you travel, with a 40-minute online consultation with the medical team, then brings a medical and holistic consultation, nutritional guidance and a personalised three-meal plan, blood tests, body composition analysis, an ECG and resting and active breath tests of metabolism, with acupuncture, cupping, lymphatic drainage, personal training, Pilates or yoga, salt room and infrared sauna sessions. Follow-up continues after you leave, with online consultations with the medical team of its partner, Eucrasia-IMON, and its nutrition team, and a medical consultation two months after the stay on an online platform.
What to know: Euphoria never uses the term functional medicine; it calls the programme precision medicine and is here because it is the closest in substance, looking for root causes, with a doctor's consultation before you arrive and two months of follow-up. Rectal ozone therapy is part of the programme (two sessions in every version whose list we could read), and several of its scans and devices have little scientific support, among them an OG Scan that the resort uses for heavy metal and mineral analysis; ask what each test is for and whether the ozone can be left out (see the medical procedures section above). No doctor is named on the programme page, so ask who will see you. The blood tests, ECG, breath and fitness testing, nutrition and exercise are the solid core, and the programme includes supplements, which belong on your medicines list.
The programme costs €8,337 for seven days, €9,380 for ten, €12,824 for fourteen and €18,627 for twenty-one, excluding the room rate (operator site; the page does not say whether prices are per person, so ask). Official website: euphoriaretreat.com.
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Type: Body Insights & Optimisation Programme
Address: Hertensteinstrasse 34, 6353 Weggis, Switzerland; +41 41 255 21 60
Stay options: a five-night programme of four full days; Chenot says its programmes are designed for a minimum stay of seven nights, so ask whether five nights can be booked
What the programme is designed for: adults who are interested in proactive health management, early-stage prevention and precision lifestyle guidance, with functional testing that gives a precise and time-efficient overview of how daily choices affect health.
Chenot Palace Weggis stands on the shore of Lake Lucerne in the village of Weggis, facing Mount Rigi and Pilatus, with 97 rooms and suites in a turn-of-the-century palace and a contemporary building and a 5,000 square metre medical spa. Its Body Insights & Optimisation programme reads the body in detail: eight screenings, including blood tests, a DXA body composition scan, an arterial stiffness test and a gut health test; four functional tests, covering VO2max, strength and balance, posture and movement, and heart rate variability; a medical consultation on arrival and a dietitian's nutrition consultation; two strength training sessions, two breathing, stability or mobility classes and lectures on sleep, nutrition and exercise; four Chenot treatments; a vegetarian, anti-inflammatory diet; and a remote consultation after you leave to discuss all the findings.
What to know: Chenot speaks of functional testing, not functional medicine, and this is a five-night screening stay with one remote follow-up consultation; no doctor is named on its pages. It is here for the depth of its testing and for what it leaves out: no drips, infusions, ozone or hormones are part of the programme. Several screenings are research tools rather than clinical tests (gene-expression tests from Chenot's Molecular Lab, glycation, oxidative stress and "inflammaging" markers), two short hypoxic training sessions in an altitude room have no established role in a health check, and the diet adds collagen peptides every day, a food supplement to include on your medicines list.
The programme costs CHF 6,100 (operator site). The programme page does not say whether the room and meals are included or whether the price is per person, and Chenot's programmes page lists rooms from CHF 410 a night, so ask the resort what your rate covers. A UK agent, Healing Holidays, quotes from GBP 7,679 per person sharing, or GBP 8,349 single, including transfers, accommodation, full board and the five-night programme (agent quote, valid to 31 December 2026). Official website: chenot.com.
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Type: RoseBar Longevity Programme
Address: Camí de Sa Torre 71, 07810 Sant Joan de Labritja, Ibiza, Spain; +34 871 00 88 75
Stay options: three programme tiers, added to a stay; the programme length is not published, so ask
What the programme is designed for: people who feel their body and mind could be functioning better, with low energy or brain fog, combining functional medicine, advanced diagnostics, biohacking and spiritual wisdom.
Six Senses Ibiza sits above Xarraca Bay on the island's quiet north coast, with rooms, suites, residences and mansions among the pines, and its RoseBar longevity centre brings together expertise in longevity and functional medicine. Every tier of the Longevity with RoseBar programme starts with a functional medicine and nutrition consultation and includes personalised supplementation plans, spiritual wellbeing sessions and a set of biohacking sessions: hormesis, cryotherapy, photobiomodulation (red light), hyperbaric oxygen and compression, with energy medicine in the top tier. Guests leave with a personalised longevity lifestyle plan.
What to know: NAD drips, nutrient infusions and ozone therapy are part of every tier (ask whether they can be left out), and no length, named clinician or follow-up after you leave is published (see the medical procedures section above). The consultation and nutrition are the useful core; hyperbaric oxygen and cryotherapy have no good evidence for longevity in healthy people, and the tests are described only in general terms, so ask who will see you, which tests are included and what each will change.
The programme costs €2,500, €3,900 or €5,500 per person, including taxes, with accommodation and meals billed separately (operator site). Official website: sixsenses.com.
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SHA Wellness Clinic rises on a hillside above L'Albir, beside the Sierra Helada natural park, looking out over the Mediterranean on Spain's Costa Blanca. Its health programmes combine physician consultations, next-generation diagnostics, a full-board healthy meal plan and a busy daily timetable of activities, guided by a team that includes a named functional medicine doctor, and Advanced Longevity guests leave with a personal roadmap. Among functional medicine wellness resorts it is the one for the most structured, doctor-led programme.
Kamalaya climbs a wooded hillside to its own beach on Koh Samui's south-east coast, built around a monks' meditation cave. A functional medicine doctor, naturopaths and Chinese medicine practitioners work side by side, with health testing that can be done at home before you arrive, body scans and the Longevity House, and the kitchen cooks fresh, mostly plant-based food. Among functional medicine wellness resorts it is the one for functional medicine woven into a holistic tropical retreat.
BodyHoliday sits on Cariblue Beach in a private bay on Saint Lucia's northern tip, an all-inclusive resort where a daily treatment and classes come with the room. Its wellness clinic adds doctor-led journeys for stress, digestion, weight, menopause and joints, with tests that can start at home and follow-up after you leave. Among functional medicine wellness resorts it is the one for a functional medicine journey within a Caribbean beach holiday.
Euphoria Retreat lies in its own forest at the foot of Mount Taygetus, beneath the Byzantine ruins of Mystras near Sparta, a family-owned retreat whose design draws on Byzantine heritage. Its Advanced Longevity & Metabolic Optimization programme runs for one to three weeks and starts with an online consultation with the medical team before you travel, then brings blood, ECG, body composition and metabolic breath testing, a personalised food plan, acupuncture, bodywork and personal training, with online follow-up for two months after you leave. It calls this precision medicine rather than functional medicine, and rectal ozone and several scans and devices with little scientific support are part of it, so ask what each is for. Among functional medicine wellness resorts it is the one for the longest root-cause programme with follow-up, for guests happy to question its extras.
Chenot Palace Weggis sits on the shore of Lake Lucerne, facing Mount Rigi and Pilatus, with a private lakefront beach, a turn-of-the-century palace and a large medical spa built around the Chenot method. Its Body Insights & Optimisation programme reads the body over four full days, from VO2max, strength and DXA to blood and arterial stiffness, then turns the results into coaching, a vegetarian anti-inflammatory diet and a remote follow-up consultation after you leave. Chenot calls this functional testing rather than functional medicine, and no doctor is named, but nothing invasive is built in. Among functional medicine wellness resorts it is the one for a short, detailed functional health check-in by the lake.
Six Senses Ibiza stretches above Xarraca Bay on the island's unspoilt north coast, with rooms, residences and mansions among the pines. Its RoseBar longevity centre pairs a functional medicine and nutrition consultation with supplementation plans, spiritual wellbeing sessions and a full biohacking menu, from cryotherapy to red light. NAD drips, infusions and ozone are part of every tier, and the programme's length and clinicians are not published, so ask before you book. Among functional medicine wellness resorts it is the one for a biohacking-led longevity programme in a chic island resort.
Doctor-led health programmes with functional medicine and diagnostics above the Mediterranean.
SHA Wellness Clinic is a health resort on a hillside above L'Albir, on Spain's Costa Blanca, that integrates functional medicine with next-generation diagnostics. Its programmes, from four nights, bring physician consultations, diagnostics, a full-board healthy meal plan, daily activities and, on Advanced Longevity, a personal longevity roadmap, with a named functional medicine doctor on the team.
On the evidence. The lifestyle core is well founded. The diagnostics are not itemised and the "regenerative therapies" mentioned are not named; ask which tests and treatments you will have and how they will change your plan.
Setting: A hillside above L'Albir and the Mediterranean, beside the Sierra Helada natural park.
Treatments include:
Wellness Centre Facilities:
Ask for a written list of every test and supplement, and decline intravenous or ozone treatments offered outside your programme.
Wellness programmes include:
What the programmes are designed for, in the resort's words:
What a stay involves:
Bring your recent blood tests and medicines list, and never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice.
Additional Activities:
A full-board healthy meal plan tailored to each guest's goals.
Dining atmosphere: Calm and health-focused.
Accommodations:
Service Approach: Clinic-style organisation with resort hospitality; health journey advisers plan each stay.
Estimated Pricing & Value:
Pricing is indicative; confirm current rates directly with the resort.
Included: The programme's diagnostics and consultations, full-board meals, daily activities, wellness facilities, a private return transfer or parking, taxes and service.
FAQ:
Is SHA a clinic or a resort?
Both: a health resort with medical teams and suites.
Are stem cells part of these programmes?
No; they belong to a separate Cellular Regeneration programme at SHA Mexico, which this page does not recommend.
Which tests are included?
The pages describe next-generation diagnostics without listing them; ask before booking.
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A functional medicine doctor, naturopathy and Chinese medicine on Koh Samui's south-east coast.
Kamalaya is a hillside and beach wellness resort on the south-east coast of Koh Samui. A Functional Medicine Doctor sees guests by appointment for any health concerns, functional health testing kits can be sent home before arrival so results are ready when you arrive, and many scheduled programmes include a follow-up consultation, alongside naturopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Longevity House.
On the evidence. A doctor's assessment and naturopathic nutrition are sensible; bioresonance, ozone, IV drips and the blood cancer screening test do not have good evidence.
Setting: A wooded hillside running down to the beach on Koh Samui's south-east coast.
Treatments include:
Wellness Centre Facilities:
Blood and urine tests and check-ups are arranged with Bangkok Samui Hospital.
Wellness programmes include:
What the services are designed for, in the resort's words:
What a stay involves:
Ask the doctor about their training and what each test is for, and never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice.
Additional Activities:
Fresh, seasonal and organic cooking with no processed foods, mostly plant-based, with eggs, fish, seafood, poultry and ostrich also served.
Dining atmosphere: Relaxed and sociable.
Accommodations:
Service Approach: Warm and personal, with naturopaths, TCM practitioners and a functional medicine doctor.
Estimated Pricing & Value:
Pricing is indicative; confirm current rates directly with the resort.
Included: Programme treatments and a wellness consultation; Radiant Bliss adds three healthy meals a day. Ask whether transfers are included.
FAQ:
Is the functional medicine doctor included?
Appointments are bookable; ask whether your programme includes one.
Should I take the cancer screening test?
It is not a validated screening test; follow your national screening programme instead.
Can I skip the IV and ozone?
Yes, as Longevity House treatments; IV therapy is built into Radiant Bliss, so choose another programme to avoid it.
2026
2024
No award here concerns functional medicine specifically.
A doctor-led functional medicine journey within an all-inclusive Caribbean wellness holiday.
BodyHoliday is an all-inclusive wellness resort on its own beach at Cap Estate, Saint Lucia, where a daily treatment and classes come with the room. Its wellness clinic, focused on functional medicine, offers journeys at extra cost for stress, detox, fitness, digestion, weight, menopause, joints and emotional balance, with doctors' diagnostics, tests that can start at home, a personal plan and follow-up after you leave.
On the evidence. A doctor's assessment and lifestyle plan are sensible. Iridology has no scientific basis, and genetic and food sensitivity tests for weight are not reliable guides to treatment.
Setting: Cariblue Beach in a private bay at Cap Estate, the northern tip of Saint Lucia, with a hillside wellness centre above the resort.
Treatments include:
Wellness Centre Facilities:
Some tests can be arranged in your home country before you travel.
Wellness programmes include:
What the journeys are designed for, in the resort's words:
What a stay involves:
Ask what each test is for before agreeing to it, and keep your own doctor in the loop.
Additional Activities:
All meals are included, across several restaurants.
Dining atmosphere: Sociable and relaxed.
Accommodations:
Service Approach: A sociable all-inclusive wellness resort; the clinic's team includes Ayurvedic doctors.
Estimated Pricing & Value:
Pricing is indicative; ask the resort for a quote.
Included: Accommodation, meals, a daily one-hour treatment, tai chi, yoga and fitness classes.
FAQ:
Is the functional medicine journey included?
No; journeys cost extra, after a complimentary initial consultation.
Who are the doctors?
The clinic page does not name them; ask about their training.
Should I have iridology?
It has no scientific basis; decline it.
No award was verified for this page. No award here concerns functional medicine specifically.
A root-cause longevity and metabolism programme with two months of follow-up, beneath Byzantine Mystras.
Euphoria Retreat is a family-owned wellness retreat in its own forest at the foot of Mount Taygetus, below Mystras near Sparta in the Peloponnese. Its Advanced Longevity & Metabolic Optimization programme (7, 10, 14 or 21 days) is designed for guests who prefer a personalised approach targeting their symptoms' root causes: an online consultation with the medical team before arrival, medical and nutrition consultations, blood, ECG, body composition and metabolic breath testing, a personalised food plan, acupuncture, bodywork and personal training, and online follow-up for two months after the stay. What to know: Euphoria never uses the term functional medicine; it calls the programme precision medicine and is here as the closest programme in substance. Rectal ozone therapy is part of the programme, and several of its scans and devices have little scientific support; no doctor is named on the programme page.
On the evidence. Blood tests, an ECG, fitness and breath testing, nutrition, exercise and follow-up are sensible. Rectal ozone has no established role in wellbeing or longevity, and several of the programme's scans and devices are not validated.
Setting: A private forest at the foot of Mount Taygetus, below the Byzantine castle town of Mystras, a UNESCO World Heritage site, near Sparta.
Treatments include:
Wellness Centre Facilities:
Ask what each scan and device is for and whether the rectal ozone can be left out before you book.
Wellness programmes include:
What the programme is designed for, in the resort's words:
What a stay involves:
Bring your recent blood results and medicines list, add the programme's supplements to it, and never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice.
Additional Activities:
A personalised plan of three meals a day, with a smoothie and a snack, set to each guest's programme.
Dining atmosphere: Calm and health-focused.
Accommodations:
Service Approach: A family-owned retreat with its own wellness team, working with the medical partner Eucrasia-IMON; no doctor is named on the programme page.
Estimated Pricing & Value:
Pricing is indicative; ask whether prices are per person and confirm current rates directly with the resort.
Included: The programme's consultations, tests, treatments, personal training, food plan, supplements and online follow-up; ask whether the follow-up blood test listed on the page is included.
FAQ:
Is this functional medicine?
Not by name: the resort calls it precision medicine. It looks for root causes with tests, nutrition and follow-up, which is close in substance.
Can I leave out the rectal ozone?
It is listed in the programme and nothing says it is optional; ask the resort before booking.
What follow-up is there?
Online consultations with the medical and nutrition teams after the stay, a medical consultation two months later on an online platform, and three months' access to that platform.
2025
No award here concerns functional medicine specifically.
Four days of functional testing with coaching and a remote follow-up, on the shore of Lake Lucerne.
Chenot Palace Weggis is a medical spa hotel on the shore of Lake Lucerne, with 97 rooms and suites and a 5,000 square metre medical spa. Its Body Insights & Optimisation programme, five nights and four full days, is designed for adults interested in proactive health management, early-stage prevention and precision lifestyle guidance: eight screenings including blood tests and DXA, four functional tests including VO2max and strength, medical and nutrition consultations, strength training and classes, four Chenot treatments, a functional diet and a remote follow-up consultation. What to know: Chenot speaks of functional testing, not functional medicine, and this is a five-night screening stay with one remote follow-up consultation; no doctor is named.
On the evidence. VO2max, strength, body composition and blood testing with exercise coaching are well founded. Gene-expression, glycation, oxidative stress and inflammaging tests are research tools, and hypoxic training has no established role in a health check.
Setting: The shore of Lake Lucerne in the village of Weggis, facing Mount Rigi and Pilatus.
Treatments include:
Wellness Centre Facilities:
Ask before the hypoxic sessions if you have a heart or lung condition.
Wellness programmes include:
What the programme is designed for, in the resort's words:
What a stay involves:
Bring your recent blood results and medicines list, and never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice. Cryotherapy and other recovery modules are optional extras.
Additional Activities:
A vegetarian, anti-inflammatory functional diet of whole, minimally processed, seasonal foods, served in the Dining Room.
Dining atmosphere: Calm and light; some guests feel mild hunger at first, which usually passes.
Accommodations:
Service Approach: A medical spa hotel: doctors, dietitians and therapists working to the Chenot method, with five-star hotel service; no doctor is named for this programme.
Estimated Pricing & Value:
Pricing is indicative; ask whether the room is included, whether the price is per person and whether five nights can be booked, and confirm current rates directly with the resort.
Included: The screenings, functional tests, medical and nutrition consultations, training sessions, classes and lectures, four Chenot treatments, the functional diet and the remote follow-up consultation.
FAQ:
Is this functional medicine?
Not by name: Chenot speaks of functional testing. The programme measures how daily choices affect your health and turns the results into lifestyle guidance, which is close in substance.
Who leads it?
A medical consultation opens the programme and a remote one follows it, but no doctor is named; ask who will see you.
Is there follow-up?
Yes: one remote consultation after the stay to discuss all the findings; ask when it takes place.
Distinctions
No award here concerns functional medicine specifically.
Functional medicine meets biohacking at the RoseBar longevity centre on Ibiza's north coast.
Six Senses Ibiza is a resort above Xarraca Bay on Ibiza's north coast. Its RoseBar longevity centre combines functional medicine, advanced diagnostics, biohacking and spiritual wisdom; every tier of its Longevity with RoseBar programme includes a functional medicine and nutrition consultation, supplementation plans, spiritual wellbeing sessions and a menu of biohacking therapies, with a personalised longevity lifestyle plan to take home. What to know: NAD drips, nutrient infusions and ozone therapy are part of every tier (ask whether they can be left out), and no length, named clinician or follow-up after you leave is published.
On the evidence. The consultation and nutrition are sensible. NAD infusions, ozone, hyperbaric oxygen and cryotherapy have no good evidence for longevity in healthy people, and the tests are described only in general terms.
Setting: Pine-covered slopes above Xarraca Bay on Ibiza's north coast.
Treatments include:
Wellness Centre Facilities:
Check with your doctor before hyperbaric oxygen or cryotherapy if you have heart, lung or ear conditions.
Wellness programmes include:
What the programme is designed for, in the resort's words:
What a stay involves:
Ask which tests are included, who will see you and how results will be followed up, and never stop a prescribed medicine on a retreat's advice.
Additional Activities:
Meals are billed separately from the programme, at the resort's restaurants.
Dining atmosphere: Relaxed island style.
Accommodations:
Service Approach: Six Senses hospitality with a dedicated longevity team; the clinicians are not named.
Estimated Pricing & Value:
Pricing is indicative; confirm current rates directly with the resort.
Included: The tier's consultation, supplementation plans, biohacking, infusion and ozone sessions, spiritual wellbeing sessions and a personalised longevity lifestyle plan.
FAQ:
How long is the programme?
The page does not say; ask how the tiers fit your stay.
Is there a doctor?
The page lists functional medicine consultations without naming the clinicians; ask who will see you.
Can I skip the infusions and ozone?
They are listed in every tier and nothing says they are optional; ask before booking.
No award was verified for this page. No award here concerns functional medicine specifically.
