Physician-Led Weight Loss and Longevity Week at a Five-Star Medical Spa in Lazio, Italy

You're booked onto one of the property's core programmes, which run from a 3-night Wellness Break taster up to 7, 10 or 14 nights, with the option of extending to 15+ nights on request. The most often booked are Optimal Weight (weight loss), Deep Detox, Longevity, Andros (men's health), Femina (women's health) and Regenerate (tissue repair and stress reduction). All of them start the same way: a first medical visit, diagnostics and a sit-down with the medical team to set your goals for the stay.

The diagnostics are the thing that separates this from a normal spa. The team uses Dynostics, a metabolic and performance analysis system that reads your respiratory gases and produces a fitness-level picture within minutes. Depending on your programme you'll also have blood panels, body composition analysis, abdominal or pelvic ultrasound, and a biomechanical evaluation. If you're on the Recovery & Performance pathway (post-surgery or injury rehab), you'll be assessed by physiotherapists and performance specialists from HPM, the High Performance Method team, who then build a return-to-sport plan.

Meals come from a food line created by Heinz Beck and supervised by the Palazzo's Medical and Scientific Direction. Product is largely organic and biodynamic, much of it grown within a few kilometres. On the weight and detox programmes the food is calibrated to your individual nutritional needs rather than being a generic 'spa menu' — the idea being that you eat well, not sparsely, while the programme does its work. Fiuggi's mineral water is a running theme; the town's spring has been a prescribed cure for kidney and urinary conditions for centuries.

Treatment time is built into every day. Depending on your programme you'll have hydrotherapy in the Roman Therme, hammam rituals, cryotherapy, lymphatic drainage, slimming treatments and massage, all under medical supervision. There's also a Beauty division for collagen facials and aesthetic work, which the Femina and Regenerate programmes lean on more heavily.

The setting is quiet. Fiuggi sits in the Ernici hills in the province of Frosinone, wrapped in beech and chestnut forest, and the palazzo's gardens run straight into it. For off-property days, the hill towns of the Ciociaria are close by, Rome is about an hour by car, and the hiking programme (Hiking for Longevity, running weekly from Monday in spring) uses the Apennine trails above the town with a medical assessment at the start and a final review at the end of the week.

What you get at the end is a detailed written report and a set of recommendations from the medical team — a training plan, dietary indications and follow-up notes — plus a post-residence concierge service if you want to keep going with the plan once you're home. That's the real product here: a week of diagnostics and habit-setting you can actually continue.

What's included

- Accommodation in a Charme Room (or upgraded room/suite) for the full length of your programme - First medical visit and full diagnostic assessment - Programme-specific medical consultations and specialist tests (bloods, ultrasound, Dexa, hormonal panels depending on programme) - Dynostics metabolic and performance analysis - Personalised food line by chef Heinz Beck and the Medical and Scientific Committee - All programme meals - Supervised training sessions in the Movement Lab - Hydrotherapy sessions in the Roman Therme - Cryotherapy, massage and slimming treatments as specified by your programme - Hammam welcome ritual - Final medical visit, written report and personalised recommendations - Post-residence concierge service

What's not included

- Flights and travel to Italy - Airport or station transfers (arrange on request) - Travel insurance - Additional spa, beauty or aesthetic treatments not included in your programme - Additional medical tests or consultations booked during the stay - Alcoholic drinks and any off-programme food or drink - Personal expenses and gratuities