Nothing better than starting the year with an extra energy supply that only a wellness stay can give. With the help of experts we have prepared for you an overview of the most indicated treatments for each zodiac sign, complete with the addresses of the best wellness centers in which they are practiced.
Aries. Ready, start and... very little is missing at your way! It seems that everything enters the right round to finally get what you have so much struggled for.
You are a sign of fire, impatient and even a little selfish, but you managed to dominate the contrasts and overcome obstacles. Don't put yourself at the moment to start discussions and quarrels, since the cathartic period is over.
To start the year with the right foot is therefore time to indulge in a highly relaxing treatment that can coat your indols at times aggressive, in the largest Hamam in South Tyrol at the Garberhof in Malles (BZ) (tel. 0473.831399, www.garberhof.com). Discover the eastern wellness in the heart of the Alps with two days Hamam! Comprehensive of two overnight stays in suites with half board treatment, 1 aperitif in the room between tasty appetizers and a bottle of wine, free entry to the Hamam and a Sultan massage. Price from 245 euro per person.
Stop! It’s time to stop for a moment, clear the bad thoughts that will roll you up and try to draw a list of priorities. Imperfections exist, but one can also avoid bypassing difficulties, the important thing is to be trained and ready to deal with things. Only advice is not to make tragedies when they do not exist, but to be objectives by giving them tasks.
To do all this you need to take some time for yourself to dedicate to your own beauty. The sensitivity of your skin and the desire for refinement will lead you to try the Cavallino Care cosmetic line composed exclusively of products based on Cavalry milk of the breeding of the Romantik Hotel Post of Nova Levante (BZ) (tel. 0471.613113; www.romantikhotels.com/Welschnofen).
It is a beauty elixir with antioxidant properties that offer a cutting-edge solution to wear processes. The fats and proteins of cavalry milk return to the face and body the original vital force and a shining appearance. The Cavallino Care package includes a solarium, a Olilatte bath, also a massage, a hand wrap, a facial treatment, a peeling and a scalp massage "Cavallino care". The price is 240 euro.
Twins. The enthusiasm you don’t miss, you have a vital energy that even six consecutive hours of gym could turn off, the problem is that you are in the middle of a cyclone of events and emotions. If in your mind all this stimulates you, in reality it is time for a "resetting". Time of decisions, determination, will and patience to put order to your life.
The ideal solution? You can find it according to yourself, listening to music or writing the thoughts that pass through your head. Take a break away from everything, but near the sea. In the stretch between the Gulf of Poets and the Gulf of Tigullio, in one of the rare beaches of the Riviera of Levante there is Deiva Marina (SP), a land border between Portofino, the Cinque Terre, Portovenere and Lerici where to live the most authentic Liguria as being at home, Liguria Apartments (tel. 0187.815934; www.liguriapartments.it). From 8 to 31 January 2011 weekly prices from 380 euro per apartment from 2 to 4 people.
Cancer. You're like children on Christmas morning, when they pack the gifts they have long awaited. You want a warm and familiar hearth and create an atmosphere from Tchaikovsky Nutcrackers, between dreams, imagination, snow magic and the people you love most at your side. The Val di Fiemme is the one that suits you, in a unique place between an enchanted palace and a mountain chalet: it is Castelir Suite Hotel in Panchià (TN) (tel. 0462.810001; www.trentinocharme.it), one of the twelve jewels of the Trentino Charme Product Club.
An intimate living room where to stay enchanted by the flakes that descend, the fireplace and a heated pool – to swim in the snow and under the stars – are just a few anticipations of what awaits you. The price for the stay is from 70 euro per person per night with breakfast. Lion. Do you know the graphics of an electrocardiogram? More or less is your trend, but you do not have to worry because it is a symptom of great vitality. Maybe you wanted to live more confidently, maybe you were looking for certainties, but don't worry: overcoming this electrifying moment, it will solve everything positively and with more linearity.
Slowing your heartbeat in a completely ecological way? You can, at the theiner’s garten BIO Vitalhotel****s (tel. 0473.490880; www.theinersgarten.it), the first European hotel to have obtained the certification of Clima Hotel, the rooms are entirely built with local wood of fallen trees during the lunar phase propitia, clay walls, beds without metal parts, natural mattresses and linens in organic cotton.
In particular, cembro pine wood reduces the heartbeat rate thus allowing a regenerating sleep. For stay from 2 January to 9 January 2011 from 129 euro per person with 3⁄4 Vital pension. For stays of 7 nights, one night is free and for the long weekend from 2 to 7 January 2011 the offer is 5 nights at the price of 4.
Virgin. You’ve been busy, you’ve put everything you can and imagined, you had to pull out the most detailed programming to do everything and perfectly as you like. I would say that a healthy and well-deserved rest to detach the mind from any stress and devote yourself to your partner is the right way to really go on holiday, leaving behind stress and starting the new year with the optimal energy requirements!
An original point? The enchanted proposal of Borgo Casale in Albareto (PR) (tel. 0525.929033, www.borgocasale.com). "Faith ritual" includes three nights with half board treatment, New Year's Eve dinner and an unusual wellness path. An imperial reoxidant bath, heat up with the ancient ritual of the Calidarium, the oriental wisdom combined with the properties of the flowers to take care of hands and feet, feel the scent of the arx wood amplifying its senses in the Aromarium, pink petals for the beauty of the lips, mother-of-pearl light to illuminate the eyes and a massage to do as a couple. The cost of the whole package is 750 euro per person.
Balance. You're doing great, I don't think you have any kind of regrets both at work and in the loving field. Maybe you won't be immediately returned, but you really couldn't do better and you know it very well.
Lovers of beauty and luxury is now to give you an extravagant gift: at "New Exclusive Sicilian Hospitality". In the heart of the Mediterranean, in a place declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site, a 18th century baroque palace with great charm. It is called Palazzo Hedone (tel. 0932 841187; www.palazzohedone.it), in the ancient town of Scicli (RG), where it is possible to satisfy every sense: from the visual one of authentic beauty to the auditory one and tactile of a rough nature, certain of not being less are the taste and smell that here find an innate amplification between the restaurant at km zero and the best wines of Val di Noto.
Palazzo Hedone offers up to 30 March 2011 a Romantic package including one night in the Superior Relax Room with Turkish bath and hot tub, a romantic dinner for two, use of the pool and sumptuous Sicilian breakfast buffet 210 euros for the couple.
Scorpio. Mars and Venus in one sign, what to ask more? Audacity, beauty, elegance and success alternate to give you what you have long been waiting for. Also endowed with natural resourcefulness awaits you a start year really with the "fiocchi". The ideal place to spend a magical weekend? In the heart of Val Gardena, among beautiful mountains, in a weight that looks like a jewel: Ortisei (BZ) at the Alpin Garden Wellness Resort (tel. 0471.796021, www.alpingarden.com).
Candles and flowers, the luxury of a butler available for those who choose the suite, besides rum, whiskey and vintage champagne, glam details and a beautiful Spa where they combine oriental knowledge to the well-being of "precious" treatments, such as milk baths and golden powder. And for the most sportsmen the fun of winter activities in the beautiful Dolomites. Prices from 168 euro per person per day with half board with snack, free access to the fitness area and the spa.
Sagittarius. You’re ready to make fireworks in the midst of a starry sky. You are brilliant, comrades, satisfied in love and ready for a long party like all 2011. At the Romantik Hotel Jolanda Sport (tel. 0125.366140; www.romantikhotels.com/Gressoney) in the Gressoney Valley (AO) winter becomes the realm of snow fun and in the hotel you arrive directly with skis.
View of Monte Rosa, access to 180 kilometers of slopes served by technologically cutting-edge plants, also Eliski, climbing on ice waterfalls, Freeride, Alpine skiing and Telemark. From 10 to 24 January 2011 prices for the white week starting from 580 euros per person in double room with half board treatment.
Capricorn. The transition from 2010 to 2011 will certainly not go unnoticed, as you arrive with a very heavy burden of which you can’t wait to get rid of. You have tired shoulders and very need to relax, relax your muscles, devote yourself to your well-being. But don't worry because 2011 will be the time of your turn, you will see that bulky sack you will bring it directly to the attic and start the life you have always dreamed of when playing dolls with your best friend.
But now is the time to fight Burn Out syndrome or "I can't anymore", at the Hotel Mirabell in Valdaora (BZ) (tel. 0474.496191; www.mirabell.it), which has developed a special program based on Ayurvedic science. Seven days with 15 personalised treatments are offered from 850 euros per person, with 3⁄4 spa, access to the wellness centre and the gym, fitness program and excursions.
Aquarium. Kiss the sun, even if it's winter! You are entertaining, unconformists, original and full of initiatives. You want to see, discover new horizons and give vent to fantasy. You are not able to stand still even on holiday, because the holiday for you does not exist, love and you are satisfied by your work that is also a hobby and the main goal. What he does for you is Bush Adventures (tel. +254 724 301095; www.bush-adventures.com) to live among sacred mountains and wildlife, in the Maasai reserves, learn the rituals of this tribe known worldwide, know animals and experience the emotion of sleeping under the starry sky of authentic Kenya.
You will spend the days in close contact with the Maasai to refine your senses, recognize the predators, dexter yourself with bows and arrows, take care of with the bark of the plants and spend magical evenings in safari tents with large and comfortable canopy beds. Training from 4 to 12 days from 1300 euros per person.
Fish. Creative and dreamers but brought to use too much rationality for fear that someone can take advantage of you. Lately you have been a little too strategical, weighting every single action, passing to x-rays who is near you and braking every instinct in the name of what is right and you have to do. But what you need most is a great dream... in German a "Traum".
If you have not forgotten the fairy tales yet, there is now a way to live them. The Traumhotel ...liebes Rot-Flüh of Haldensee (Austrian Tyre) (tel: +43 567564310; www.rotflueh.com) is a real fairy-tale manor, with a wellness center called "Cinderella Castle" (Castello di Cenerentola): just close your eyes and start traveling with imagination.
Three nights stay from 399 euro per person in a comfortable room with a rich gourmet pension Lukullus with breakfast, wellness brunch, dinner and also buffet of afternoon snacks, free access to all pools, saunas, sports facilities and activities of the resort.
