Luxury Resort Vila Vita Parc Launches Elite Fitness Retreats Hosted by Leading Wellness Gurus
The prestigious clifftop resort, VILA VITA Parc – located in the charming town of Porches in Portugal’s beautiful Algarve – have enhanced their credentials for being Portugal’s go-to destination for wellness-seekers, with the exciting launch of the Elite Fitness Retreat hosted by the world-renowned health and wellbeing guru Harry Jameson and Alice Liveing.
The Elite Fitness Retreat consists of a four-day fitness activity programme hosted by Harry Jameson and Alice Liveing as well as an aerial yoga lesson, a spa treatment, a nutrition and healthy cooking workshop, a paddleboard activity, a half-day hike or biking activity and a Q&A wellness dinner with Harry and Alice.
Guests will also have complimentary access to the VITAL wellness activity programme, such as: yoga, Pilates, jogging, aqua-gym, stretching, balance and core training and meditation. In addition, participants of the fitness retreat will have free and unlimited use of all VILA VITA Parc health club and sports facilities including: indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, steam, gym, tennis, volleyball and multisport courts, 9-hole pitch & putt course, 18-hole putting green and driving range.
Harry Jameson is an award-winning health and wellness expert with over 15 years’ industry experience of helping individuals, brands and companies to use wellness strategies to maximise performance and general health.
Harry’s meticulous approach to training clients is based on psychological scientific foundations, obtained through a degree in sports science, as well as seven years spent on Harley street, working closely with the medical community to develop the perfect lifestyle and performance models.
Alice Liveing is a 26-year-old personal trainer, blogger and best-selling author, who has a passion for educating the masses on all thing’s health and fitness. After graduating from Bird College of performing arts, she began her career as a professional dancer and performer touring the UK with a musical, before deciding to launch herself full time in to working as a personal trainer. She is also a monthly columnist for Women’s Health magazine, covering the latest trends within the fitness industry.
VILA VITA Parc have also launched their new concept ‘VITAL Wellness’, which was designed in partnership with wellness guru Harry Jameson, VITAL Wellness encapsulates VILA VITA Parc’s commitment to supporting and encouraging health, wellness and vitality throughout the hotel’s ten restaurants, spa, and sporting activities. Harry has been working closely with the hotels’ nutritionists, trainers and health and wellness specialists to create a seamless experience for guests looking to stay fit and healthy whilst on holiday – through nutritious Vital menus, holistic and rejuvenating spa treatments, sporting activities, and mindfulness/yoga classes.
VILA VITA Parc has launched three new Vital Wellness programmes offering guests a chance to engage in the carefully curated wellness-enhancing activities including fitness, movement quality, mindfulness and spa treatments, all supported with a complimentary nutritional offering. Guests can choose from the Vital Signature Wellness programme, the Vital Destress programme or the Vital Purify programme.
VITAL plans can be fully tailored, with options for the whole family – including Teen Wellness programmes promoting physical and mental wellbeing for the hotel’s younger guests – and work in tandem with the VITAL menus and food plans available throughout the resort’s 10 restaurants.
When it comes to sports and fitness, the flexibility and personalisation of the VITAL concept means that guests can choose how to make the most of their holiday – based around their needs, goals and mood. For instance, guests can challenge themselves with a wide range of sports (such as cycling, tennis, basketball and kayaking), or unwind mentally with some mindfulness and yoga classes – all complemented by the beautiful backdrop of the hotel’s tropical gardens and ocean views.
Considered the birthplace of the VITAL concept, VILA VITA Parc’s new Sisley Spa (opened Jan 2019) offers guests a serene sanctuary for the body and mind, and a stunning location to unwind in – soft golden sands, ancient rock faces and the cleansing blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Ancient beliefs and practices involving the revitalising and beautifying powers of sand and seawater to the relieve stress and energise the mind and body inspired the spa’s design.
Spa-seekers can enjoy a wide range of holistic treatments in private rooms, one-to-one or group classes in the spa’s studio (floor to ceiling views of the Atlantic Ocean in the distance) such as aerial yoga and TRX, or they can stay in one of the hotel’s three new Spa Suites (where they can glide effortlessly from their suite to the spa).
Vital menus have been carefully crafted by the hotel’s talented chefs and in-house nutritionists to ensure they provide maximum nutritional value, without substituting on flavour. In keeping with the hotel’s farm-to-fork philosophy, ingredients are locally sourced, seasonal and of the highest quality.
Guests who have particular needs and goals in terms of their diet, can have a consultation with one of the hotel’s in-house nutritionists who will then carefully devise a tailored meal plan.
