in:spa Luxury Wellness Retreats: Fitness, Yoga & Nutrition in Tuscany, France & Marrakech

A typical in:spa day starts early with a group hike or fitness class before breakfast — in Marrakech this means heading out into the Atlas Mountain foothills, in Tuscany it means walking the estate's vineyard and olive grove tracks. Breakfast is a proper meal, not a juice, and the day continues with one-to-one personal training, a group fitness class, and a yoga session. Afternoons leave room for massage, nutrition consultations with your assigned nutritionist, or free time by the pool. Dinner is cooked in-house by the in:spa chefs.

The biggest single difference between in:spa and most fitness retreats is the ratio of one-to-one time. Everyone has their own printed schedule for the week, and it is adjusted as the week goes on based on how you are recovering. Your nutritionist builds you a personal eating plan during the retreat and you take it home. The massage therapists are part of the same travelling team, so deep tissue work is built into the itinerary rather than sold as an add-on.

The team is the same group of professionals across all three destinations — trainers, yoga teachers, nutritionists, chefs and massage therapists — selected for expertise and for being good company over a week. Over 20 years of running these weeks means the schedule is tight and tested; guests regularly report this is their second, sixth or tenth in:spa trip.

Each location has its own character. The Tuscan estate sits among vineyards and olive groves with its own lavender field. The Southern France property in Puyssentut has lush gardens and a large indoor yoga hall — useful when the weather turns. The Marrakech retreat is a boutique hotel a short drive from the Atlas Mountains, with the medina and Santanyi-style village walking within reach at the Mallorca property. All three are chosen as places you can properly rest between training sessions.

The week is deliberately structured to send you home with habits, not just a tan. Guests report keeping up running and yoga and continuing to lose weight a month after returning. That is the point of the nutrition consultations and the personalised schedule: you leave with a plan you helped build, not a photocopied diet sheet.

What's included

- 7 nights accommodation at the retreat property - All meals prepared by the in:spa chefs - Daily fitness classes - One-to-one personal training sessions - Daily yoga classes - Deep tissue massage - One-to-one nutrition consultations and a personal eating plan - Guided hikes in the local terrain

What's not included

- Flights and airport transfers - Travel insurance - Personal expenses - Treatments, excursions and services outside the programme - Alcohol