The Ayurveda Resort Mandira in the Austrian spa town of Bad Waltersdorf is a leading Ayurvedic destination in Europe. Surrounded by gentle hills, vast vineyards and green hues, and with a Mediterranean climate, the location boasts plenty of Tuscan-style charm!
Although Ayurveda hails from the Indian subcontinent, there’s really no need for Europeans to travel all that way to benefit from this holistic healing method. The Mandira offers an alternative that is much more in tune with our western lives. Combining millennia of Indian wisdom and rituals with naturopathic medicine and diagnostics, the Mandira’s Holistic Ayurveda concept is based on the idea that the challenges posed by European diets, available foods, climate, lifestyle diseases and needs are quite different to those faced in India.
Tailored Treatments
Ayurveda Resort Mandira is a destination for a wide range of travellers – from relaxation-seekers and people with specific medical issues to personal-growth enthusiasts and those in need of holistic health improvement and rejuvenation. Following a personal consultation with the medical team, guests receive a tailor-made programme that covers nutrition, as well as treatments picked from Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine and complementary medicine.
Mind, Body and Spirit in Harmony
Detox programmes include a range of Panchakarma plans to restore the harmony of body, mind and spirit. The Mandira’s kinesiologist offers non-invasive recovery from physical and/or emotional injuries, while therapeutic exercise deals with musculoskeletal issues. With all this health and wellbeing comes a welcome focus on beauty with Ayurvedic treatments and products, as well as patented high-tech and bioactive skincare solutions. Unsurprisingly, yoga is a biggie here, with excellent teachers running classes in the top-floor studio – a vision of loveliness in glass and timber – where asanas, meditation and breathwork are taught with a kind and a mindful approach.
Take advantage of the last beautiful Autumn days to visit Switzerland for a long weekend. Travel through the largest canton of Graubünden by Rhaetian Railway. Reach Switzerland via your own route or by train directly from Prague. Catch the train in Prague in the evening, have dinner on board and wake up in Graubünden in the morning. Chur is an ideal location for accommodation, the perfect base from which to take train trips in various directions. The capital of the canton offers visitors cultural and culinary experiences, as well as a Visitor’s Card, which allows free entry to museums and galleries, a half-price trip to nearby Brambrüesch mountain, and entry to the swimming pool. And where should visitors go? Here are our tips for a four-day itinerary with a Swiss Travel Pass.
Luxury is defined by the Alpine spirit, the highly professional and, at the same time, friendly approach of the owner Elisabeth Gürtler and the entire team of the Alpin Resort Sacher Seefeld. This is how one can briefly describe the top-level service, for which only the most demanding adrenalin- and sport-loving guests come to this Austrian resort. However, other activities in the fresh Alpine air, relaxation in the local gym and sleep in the modern, cosy bedrooms will also be relished.
