Updated on Nov 18, 2025 | Published on nov 19, 2025
Luxury family and couples’ retreats: spa, biohacking and holistic health for 2026
Our time out has never been so precious - take a look at our retreats for all the family, suggests Christine Fieldhouse, Retreat Editor of The Global Retreat Company
With everyday life getting busier, the way we spend our time away from home and work has become more important than ever before. So, it’s vital that our time out has something for all the family, whether we’re a couple or parents with sons and daughters of all ages.
And with the emphasis on healthy living, more and more people are looking for family wellness holidays to suit all ages. Luxury family retreats and holistic health retreats are becoming much more popular because of the number of boxes they tick for everyone, not just Mum and Dad.
What makes a retreat ideal for families and couples?
A wide range of activities is a must when different generations are retreating together.
At JOALI BEING, a spa retreat in the Maldives, for example, you can stay in family-friendly villas and have fun at B’Kidult. Here, generations can come together to play, have fun, and take part in wellbeing sessions together. Activities for all ages include making natural self-care products with resident herbalists and exploring the power of sound healing with experienced practitioners.
If there are some water babies amongst your group, marine adventures at JOALI BEING include scuba diving courses for beginners, marine conservation for experienced divers, kayaking, SUP, wake-surfing, underwater adventures in a semi-submarine, sailing alongside dolphins and island-hopping.
This luxury wellbeing resort on Bodufushi island also offers a wide range of wellness programmes, including a couples’ wellness programme to strengthen your bond. You can expect cryotherapy, several types of sauna and steam, a sound healing forest path, and a watsu pool. There’s also a huge gym complete with Pilates reformer.
How do biohacking and holistic therapies enhance wellbeing?
Biohacking – when we make small, strategic changes to our lifestyle – enhances our wellbeing because we’re building up a bank of good habits, such as swapping cakes and biscuits for healthier snacks like fresh fruit and nuts or stopping watching Netflix into the early hours for an early night. The holistic health retreats in The Global Retreat Company’s collection can help us ascertain which habits to let go of, and which should replace them.
To get us back on track to good health, many of our retreats offer high-tech wellness facilities.
At Daios Cove on the Greek island of Crete you’ll have access to a 2,500 square metre wellbeing hub with treatment rooms, wellness suites, a leisure pool, a vitality pool, infrared sauna, shower walk experience, hammam, hyperbaric oxygen chamber and a full-immersion cryotherapy chamber.
Which destinations offer the best luxury family and couples retreats?
Over the years, the team at The Global Retreat Company have visited dozens of family and couples’ retreats. Here are some that have really stood out:
JOALI BEING is the ultimate in luxury! Bodufushi island is a secluded Maldivian retreat island devoted to wellbeing .
Its programmes focus on four wellbeing pillars - mind, skin, microbiome and energy.
Located on a stunning hillside overlooking crystal clear Aegean waters on Crete, Daios Cove is an expansive, plush getaway where you can improve your fitness on an intensive retreat, have sessions with visiting healing masters and relax in KĒPOS, a cutting-edge wellbeing hub with innovative technology.
In Italy we recommend Terme di Saturnia, a luxury thermal spa resort built around natural mineral hot springs, which bubble up from a crater deep within Tuscany’s Monte Amiata.
The benefits of thermal springs have been known since ancient times, and now mineral-rich waters been found to be beneficial for people suffering from skin conditions such as psoriasis, dermatitis, pruritus and prurigo, as well as improving skin hydration and health and reducing inflammation.
Take a look at our wellbeing escapes for more multi-generational experiences and romantic getaways. We have some lovely ones to choose from and they’re in wondrous locations all over the world.