STAY Wellbeing & Lifestyle Resort — Fitness Retreat, Rawai, Phuket

STAY Wellbeing & Lifestyle Resort is in Rawai, at the quiet southern end of Phuket, and it is built around fitness in a way very few resorts genuinely are. The gym runs to 1,000 square metres over three floors and is open twenty-four hours. There are more than fifty group classes a week and a team of private trainers, so you can train hard, train lightly, or do both across a fortnight.

**What makes it different**

Most hotels that advertise wellness have a treatment room and a handful of machines. STAY has a wellness clinic with physiotherapy and cryotherapy, a recovery spa with floating therapy, four places to eat including a green café and a rooftop lounge, and a working farm on site that supplies the kitchens.

That combination matters if you are training seriously on holiday. Recovery is usually the part that gets skipped, and here it is a few minutes' walk rather than a taxi ride.

**Their retreat packages**

STAY runs structured fitness and weight-loss retreats as complete packages: accommodation, wellness, recovery, nutrition, lifestyle coaching and transport included. Length is up to you — their own guidance is to start at least a week out so the team can prepare properly for you.

**Where it is**

Rawai is the southern tip of the island, about forty minutes from the airport and a few minutes from Nai Harn and Rawai beaches. It is a genuinely different proposition from Soi Ta-iad: quieter, greener, and better suited to people who want the training without living on a gym street. Chalong and the fitness strip are a ten-minute drive if you want a Muay Thai session while you are there.

**Who it suits**

Anyone who wants a proper gym and real recovery facilities without giving up the holiday. It works particularly well for couples where only one of you is training, and for people who have done the hard camps and would now rather train well and eat properly somewhere comfortable.

What's included

Accommodation in a Junior Suite or One-Bedroom Suite 24-hour access to the 1,000 sqm gym across three floors Over 50 group fitness classes a week Wellness and recovery programme, including spa access Nutrition guidance and meals as specified by your package Lifestyle coaching Airport transfers Full pre-departure guide to training in Phuket A Book Fitness Retreats account, so you can message others training in Phuket at the same time Up to €200 in platform credit towards your next trip when you book through us

What's not included

Flights Travel insurance, which you should have Private training sessions beyond those in your package Clinic treatments — physiotherapy, cryotherapy and aesthetics are charged separately Food and drink beyond your package inclusions Visa costs where they apply