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Here you will find everything you need to know about wellness, wellness holidays, wellness hotels and a healthy and sustainable lifestyle! On our Wellness & Health blog you will find tips and tricks for a healthy diet and learn how to maintain your health. We also present new trends and tried-and-tested products in the field of fitness and wellness. You don’t have to change all your habits overnight to stay healthy. You can also reach your goal with small steps. We’d like to give you some suggestions in this respect.

Summer, sun, wellness: ‘The top hotels for the perfect relaxing holiday’

11. Jun. 2025

Relaxation is always a good idea. Especially when the city is loud and crowded in summer. Fortunately, there are the hotels and resorts of the Leading Spa Resorts, where you can have a wonderful time - with peace and quiet, massages and the finest food. In the holistic wellness oases, you can recharge your batteries, relax tense muscles with a massage and take a deep breath. A time-out that has a lasting effect.

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Nine wellness hotels for your spring holiday

26. Mar. 2025

Nature is finally coming to life. Blooming meadows and warm rays of sunshine draw us outside - it's the best time to head out into the sunshine. We have discovered nine places that are particularly beautiful after the dreary winter.

Relaxing places for the winter season

06. Dec. 2024

From tranquil places of power, idyllic retreats and soothing wellness offers. You are invited to experience winter from its most beautiful side and recharge your batteries in wonderful wellness temples. Walk through the crunching snow, warm up in the sauna and relax with a soothing massage.

Deep relaxation in autumn at the Leading Spa Hotels & Resorts

10. Sep. 2024

Gentle relaxation, nature in transition and indulgence at its peak: this is what makes autumn the time for wellness. Forget everyday life and relax in one of the most beautiful wellness hotels & spa resorts.

Summer holiday for all the senses

23. May. 2024

Wellness in summer is the trend. You can combine relaxation and adventure, come to rest and enjoy the summer holidays with unbeatable wellness offers. Here are the perfect destinations and oases of peace for a natural break and refreshment.

Spring: time to blossom with warmth, spa and wellness

08. Feb. 2024

The sun is still gentle, the air is fresh and the first harbingers of spring are sprouting. There is no better place to watch winter fade away than a wellness oasis. Welcome spring with relaxation, warmth and tempting offers. Nature is blossoming and so are you!

LEADING SPA AWARD STYRIA 2023: Natur-Wellnesshotel Höflehner Wellness in Styria

23. Jan. 2024

Natur-Wellnesshotel Höflehner Wellness in Styria: an excellent tip The winners of what is probably the most coveted wellness award in the country have been announced. Among them is the nature and wellness hotel Höflehner in Gumpenberg in Styria.

LEADING SPA AWARD SALZBURG 2023: EDELWEISS Mountain Resort

23. Jan. 2024

DAS EDELWEISS Salzburg Mountain Resort wins wellness award DAS EDELWEISS secures one of the most coveted wellness awards in the country with the LEADING SPA AWARD.

LEADING SPA AWARD ITALY 2023: Alpen Tesitin

23. Jan. 2024

Top-class wellness at Alpen Tesitin There is a clear sign of quality in the wellness sector: the LEADING SPA AWARD. Once a year, an independent jury honours the best spa hotels in Austria, Germany and Italy. The Alpen Tesitin in Val Pusteria/Pustertal brings the only award to Italy in 2023.

LEADING SPA AWARD UPPER AUSTRIA 2023: Aviva

23. Jan. 2024

Award-winning wellness bliss for singles and solo travellers The AVIVA make friends hotel is the perfect wellness hotel for anyone who wants to leave everyday life behind. With its feel-good concept, it impresses across the board and secures this year's LEADING SPA AWARD OBERÖSTERREICH.

LEADING SPA AWARD TIROL 2023: Zillergrund Rock

23. Jan. 2024

Tirol's most beautiful spa oasis: ZillergrundRock Luxury Mountain Resort If you want to escape the daily grind, follow the LEADING SPA AWARD. It has been honouring the most beautiful 4- and 5-star superior wellness hotels for 13 years and in 2023 will go to the ZillergrundRock, located directly at the beautiful Zillergrund Nature Park.

LEADING SPA AWARD VORARLBERG 2023: Alpenstern

23. Jan. 2024

Panoramahotel Alpenstern: Wellness oasis in the middle of the mountains The Panoramahotel Alpenstern is located in the western mountains of Austria and offers its guests one of the most beautiful places to switch off and relax. It is a well-deserved winner of one of the most coveted wellness awards in the country.

LEADING SPA AWARD CARINTHIA 2023: Hotel Pulverer - Carinthia

23. Jan. 2024

Enjoying time in Carinthia: Wellness tip from LEADING SPA This year's winners of the LEADING SPA AWARDS have been announced. The award also goes to Carinthia, honouring the Hotel Pulverer as the most popular wellness and relaxation oasis for the second time.

LEADING SPA AWARD BURGENLAND 2023: Reduce Hotel - Burgenland

23. Jan. 2024

REDUCE Hotel Vital Winner of the LEADING SPA AWARD If you want to experience top-class wellness, follow the LEADING SPA AWARD. Once a year, it honours the most outstanding 4- and 5-star superior partner hotels. In Burgenland, the REDUCE Hotel Vital can place the award on its mantelpiece.

LEADING SPA AWARD SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN 2023: Upstalsboom

23. Jan. 2024

Upstalsboom Wyk on Föhr: Winner of the exclusive wellness award It's like being on holiday in a faraway world when you arrive on Föhr. With its location, concept and hospitality, the Upstalsboom Wyk won the wellness award of the year!

LEADING SPA AWARD BAVARIA 2023: König Ludwig Inspiration Spa

23. Jan. 2024

There are places where you feel good from the very first second. One of these places is Das König Ludwig Inspiration SPA, which won the LEADING SPA AWARD BAYERN 2023 with its unique concept.

LEADING SPA AWARD NORDRHEIN WESTFALEN 2023: Landhotel Voshövel

23. Jan. 2024

Every year, outstanding wellness centres are chosen as the winners of this exclusive award. The Landhotel Voshövel impressed the jury with its individuality and sensitivity for recreation and relaxation.

LEADING SPA AWARD HESSE 2023: Göbel Schlosshotel "Prinz von Hessen"

23. Jan. 2024

Audience winner: Göbel's Schlosshotel "Prinz von Hessen" At this year's LEADING SPA AWARD, the wellness oasis impressed guests across the board with an outstanding relaxation concept and hospitality that comes from the heart.

LEADING SPA AWARD NIEDERSACHSEN 2023: Romantischer Winkel

23. Jan. 2024

The winners of the LEADING SPA AWARDS 2023 have been announced and the Romantischer Winkel can be particularly pleased as it has secured the exclusive award for the third time in a row.

LEADING SPA AWARD BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG 2023: Treschers

23. Jan. 2024

Award-winning for the third time: wellness dining at Treschers on Lake Titisee The LEADING SPA AWARD is well known to wellness connoisseurs. It has been honouring premium-class wellness experiences for 13 years. This year, Treschers am Titisee is delighted to receive its third award in a row.

LEADING SPA AWARD SAARLAND 2023: Seezeitlodge

23. Jan. 2024

Best of Spa: The Seezeitlodge wins the LEADING SPA AWARD again For the third time in a row, the Seezeitlodge wins the highest wellness award, the LEADING SPA AWARD. The wellness oasis has thus beaten off stiff competition to become the guest favourite in Saarland.

LEADING SPA AWARD RHEINLAND PFALZ 2023: Pfalzblick - Rheinland Pfalz

23. Jan. 2024

Top address for wellness holidays: Pfalzblick Wald Spa Resort Once a year, the LEADING SPA AWARD honours outstanding 4- and 5-star superior wellness hotels and the award winners for 2023 have finally been announced. For the second time in a row, this includes the Pfalzblick Wald Spa Resort with its fabulous water, vitality and sauna worlds.

LEADING SPA AWARD 2023: The winners have been chosen

16. Jan. 2024

It is one of the most important events in the wellness industry when the exclusive Leading Spa Award is presented. Once a year, the partner companies of the Leading Spa Resorts have the chance to win the highest honor for their services and a harmonious overall concept. The guests themselves decide who makes it onto the wellness favorites list.

The anniversary week at the Alpbacherhof

10. Oct. 2023

15 years ago, Lois and Maria Margreiter decided to take over the Alpbacherhof in Tyrol and devote themselves entirely to being hosts. That's: 15 years of passion. 15 years of guest experiences and friendships. 15 years of further development, expansion, progress. Three generations of the family work at the Alpbacherhof on the front line. Together with the team, they have one goal in mind every day: that every guest has the best time of their life at the Alpbacherhof.

5 stars for the Ortner's Resort!

10. Oct. 2023

Now it's official, the BTG (the official awarding body for hotel stars in Bavaria) has made its decision. The Ortner’s Resort is now classified with 5 stars and is therefore the first five-star hotel in Bad Füssing and also the only 5-star resort with its own thermal spring and SPA in the whole of Bavaria.

LEADING SPA AWARD TYROL 2022: Bio wellness hotel Holzleiten

03. Feb. 2023

The Holzleiten convinced the visitors of the portal Leading Spa Resorts with a wellness world that you can simply let yourself go. A special experience that was awarded the coveted wellness prize for the first time in 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 South Tyrol: Feuerstein Nature Family Resort

03. Feb. 2023

Family wellness creams off the renowned LEADING SPA AWARD. The LEADING SPA AWARD has been recognizing the best wellness concepts for 12 years. In 2022, the Feuerstein Nature Family Resort brought the coveted award to South Tyrol.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Salzburg: Hotel Gassner

03. Feb. 2023

The renowned LEADING SPA AWARD was presented for the 12th time. The visitors of the portal Leading Spa Resorts chose the Hotel Gassner as one of the winners. This officially makes the house one of the most popular Leading Spa Resorts in Salzburg.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Veneto: Quellenhof Luxury Resort Lazise

03. Feb. 2023

Bravissimo: Quellenhof Lazise wins international wellness award. The 5-star resort on Lake Garda turns out to be a wellness pearl. With its exclusive concept, it brings the coveted LEADING SPA AWARD to Veneto.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Vorarlberg: Sonne Lifestyle Resort

03. Feb. 2023

Reason to shine: Wellness Award for the sun. Nature, luxury, Bregenzerwald. Three good reasons to visit the Sonne Lifestyle Resort in Vorarlberg. But the main reason: The LEADING SPA AWARD VORARLBERG 2022 officially chooses the sun as one of the most popular wellness hotels in the country!

Leading Spa Award 2022 Carinthia: Thermenwelt Hotel Pulverer

03. Feb. 2023

Enjoying time in Carinthia: Wellness tip from LEADING SPA. The whole world in harmony. This is what wellness feels like at Hotel Pulverer. Where healing water flows through the thermal world, tranquility flows through the rooms and the LEADING SPA AWARD CARINTHIA 2022 is finally at home.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Styria: Spa Hotel Erzherzog Johann

03. Feb. 2023

Over 38,000 votes voted the Hotel Erzherzog Johann the most popular wellness hotel in Styria and awarded its coherent concept the LEADING SPA AWARD STYRIA 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Lower Austria: Schlosspark Mauerbach - Adults Only

03. Feb. 2023

Schlosspark Mauerbach named LEADING SPA AWARD winner. Top-class wellness has a new name in the Vienna Woods: Schlosspark Mauerbach. With its unique concept "Between business and relaxation", the wellness hotel wins the coveted LEADING SPA AWARD LOWER AUSTRIA 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Upper Austria - Hotel Gut Eichingerbauer

03. Feb. 2023

Famous wellness award goes to the Salzkammergut. The LEADING SPA AWARD has a clear message: top-class relaxation! And they are officially available at the Hotel Gut Eichingerbauer. The LEADING SPA AWARD OBERÖSTERREICH 2022 goes to the enchanting St. Lorenz am Mondsee.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Bavaria: Wellness Hotel Hüttenhof

03. Feb. 2023

Hüttenhof: A wellness heaven in the Bavarian Forest. This is how it feels when the moment becomes an unforgettable moment. The adult hotel in the Bavarian Forest will enchant you with award-winning pampering moments.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Burgenland: Reduce Hotel Vital

03. Feb. 2023

The REDUCE Hotel Vital has created a feel-good place for all the senses. Between nature and culture, guests can experience top-class spa and wellness. An outstanding concept that has now been honored with the LEADING SPA AWARD BURGENLAND 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Lower Saxony: Romantic angle - RoLigio® & Wellness Resort

03. Feb. 2023

Et voilà, the winners of the LEADING SPA AWARDS 2022 have been announced and a very special jewel in the wellness heaven of Lower Saxony can look forward to it: The Romantic Angle is bringing the award to Bad Sachsa.

Leading Spa Award 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia: Romantic & Wellness Hotel Deimann

03. Feb. 2023

Wellness in a class of its own: Romantik- & Wellnesshotel Deimann wins award. The LEADING SPA AWARD is one of the most coveted wellness awards in Germany. There can only be one winner per federal state and in 2022 the Deimann will win the coveted award.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Rhineland-Palatinate: Pfalzblick Wald Spa Resort

03. Feb. 2023

Top address for wellness holidays: Pfalzblick Wald Spa Resort Water, vitality and sauna worlds: all good things come in threes. Or at least three. Because the Pfalzblick combines everything that makes a 4-star superior wellness holiday. It is not for nothing that the coveted LEADING SPA AWARD RHEINLAND PFALZ 2022 goes to Dahn.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Baden-Württemberg: Treschers - The hotel on the lake

03. Feb. 2023

Award-winning: wellness at Treschers am Tiiisee. The LEADING SPA AWARD is well known to wellness connoisseurs. For 12 years it has been awarding spa hotels in the premium class. This year the Treschers am Titisee is happy about its second award in a row.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Saarland: Seezeitlodge Hotel & Spa

03. Feb. 2023

Best of Spa: The Seezeitlodge wins the LEADING SPA AWARD. LEADING SPA has awarded 16 top-class wellness hotels. From more than 38,300 holiday reviews, the Seezeitlodge once again emerged as the favorite in Saarland.

Astoria Resort Seefeld becomes Alpin Resort Sacher Seefeld-Tirol

05. Sep. 2022

From mid-September, the two hotels in Austria will become three: Astoria Resort Seefeld will operate as Alpin Resort Sacher Seefeld-Tirol from September 15th. With this step, the Sacher Group is entering the resort hotel industry and the family business is now also setting standards in this category.