Spa Day at Healthouse Las Dunas*****

When I was given the opportunity to visit Healthouse Las Dunas, a luxurious health resort located near Estepona on the western Costa del Sol, I squealed with excitement.

Healthouse Las Dunas***** GL Health & Beach Spa is a health-focused hotel and a wonderful escape from busy day-to-day life. A place, that teaches you to look after yourself better from evaluating your eating habits, providing full medical examination, helping you to lose weight, destress or recover from an illness. An oasis of calm that prepares you to lead a healthier and more positive life.

Their spa consists of 3,000 square meters of utter luxury - outdoor and indoor hydrotherapy pool, salt and snow cabins, sauna, steam room, caladium, and 18 treatment rooms, there is a lot to try out from modern therapies to spa, medical and holistic treatments to rejuvenate mind, body and soul.

I felt a little worse for wear after my friend's wedding the night before, suffering from splitting headache and sore feet had danced into the early hours of the morning.

Therefore, I couldn't wait to test their half-day 'Essence of Balance' experience, a head-to-toe affair consisting of three treatments: Stress relieving face, scalp and shoulder massage which sent my headache packing! Then the extremely relaxing Foot reflexology, which my feet were loving and thanking me for. Last, but not least on agenda was the flotarium experience. Laying in what looks like a bathtub, you get that sensation of floating without being in water while power jets massage your whole body slowly releasing its tensions and pains. It is designed to reach deep levels of relaxation, and I can confirm it really does work. Apparently, 25 minutes in flotarium has the same effect on the body as 5-hour sleep.

Pot of refreshing Matcha tea followed afterward, which in fact I like so much I now enjoy daily. 

Did you know? When you drink Matcha you ingest the entire leaf and therefore receive 100% of the nutrients of the leaf. It has 137 times more antioxidants than regularly brewed green tea, wow!

Feeling reborn, I headed to the gardens.

Sprawling greenery, towering palm trees, water fountains, immaculately kept gardens with thriving flowerbeds, I found myself in paradise!

How cool are these caged loungers for an afternoon siesta?

I sat down to take in the incredible views of the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa, and Gibraltar, which sadly disappeared under the thick clouds building up before the sunset. Only the sound of crashing waves was breaking the utter silence falling on the beach, which I always find so incredibly soothing.

Healthouse Las Dunas offers half-day spa days, weekend or weekly tailor-made and all-inclusive weight-loss, detox or anti-aging programs to discover a healthier lifestyle. It is expensive, but you get a lot for your money, health, and soul.

Thanks to Healthouse Las Dunas for supporting me on my visit to Marbella. As always, all photos and opinions are my own. To experience it for yourself, visit their website here.