I’ve done something rather strange: traveled to Switzerland and paid thousands of francs to eat almost nothing for a week.
At Chenot Palace Weggis, breakfast could be a single peach. The days were filled with massages, treatments, freezing cold chambers and conversations about autophagy. We certainly lost weight. We were also hungry, sometimes irritated, and didn’t always sleep particularly well.
Clinique La Prairie in Montreux was a rather different experience. More doctors, more tests, much more comfortable surroundings and, of course, a substantially higher price.
I can see why people enjoy these places. It’s nice to have someone organize your meals, monitor your health and tell you what to do for a week. But I keep coming back to the same question: did any of this actually make us healthier in the long run?
The science is what interests me. Autophagy is real. So are metabolic changes from fasting. But what about the detox treatments, the rejuvenating formulas and all those biological-age measurements? And how much of the benefit could we get without spending €10,000 or more?
That’s what I wanted to understand when comparing some of Europe’s most established longevity clinics and newer medical wellness resorts. Swiss clinics, Alpine Mayr houses, Italian palazzos and Spanish hillside resorts now all use the same word, longevity, for very different things: an 850-calorie diet, a brain MRI, a hyperbaric chamber or a very good massage.
The short answer: The European longevity retreats with the most credible medical value are the ones that give you proper, clinically meaningful tests (blood pressure, lipids, glucose, fitness, cardiovascular imaging where indicated), time with a doctor who explains them, and a structured week of food and exercise. On that basis Palazzo Fiuggi, Lanserhof Tegernsee and Clinique La Prairie offer the most medical content, and Chenot the most rigorous diet. What you are mostly paying for beyond that is hotel comfort, supervision and treatments, from mud wraps to rejuvenating formulas, that have not been shown to make anyone live longer. A realistic week costs from about CHF 8,400 at Chenot Weggis to well over CHF 20,000 at Clinique La Prairie, once the room is counted.
Medical Clinic, Lifestyle Retreat or Wellness Hotel?
A longevity retreat is a residential stay, usually five to fourteen nights, that combines health assessment with a structured routine of diet, exercise, rest and treatments, sold on the promise of staying healthier for longer. In Europe they come in three broad types, and it pays to know which one you are booking.
Medical longevity clinics put doctors and diagnostics at the center. Clinique La Prairie and Lanserhof are the classic examples: blood panels, imaging, cardiology checks and consultations, with hotel comfort wrapped around them.
Structured lifestyle retreats are built around a method, typically a restrictive diet plus a fixed daily schedule of treatments. Chenot’s 850-calorie program and the Mayr cure at MAYRLIFE belong here. There are doctors on site, but the diet does most of the work.
Luxury hotels with wellness technology add a clinic, a biohacking lounge or a longevity menu to an otherwise normal hotel. Six Senses Ibiza’s RoseBar and HUM2N at Six Senses London are the obvious cases. You can eat what you like and book treatments à la carte. We cover these in more depth in our guide to luxury hotels with longevity clinics.
None of these types has shown, in a controlled trial of the complete program, that guests live longer. That is not a scandal; it is simply very hard to prove. It does mean the useful question is narrower: which parts of the week do something measurable, and which parts are mainly pleasant?
Two traps are worth naming early. More machines do not mean more medicine: a clinic can be medically sophisticated without its treatments being medically effective. And a medical license tells you the clinic is run by qualified people under a regulator, not that every treatment on its menu has been validated.
European Longevity Retreats at a Glance
Prices are published starting rates for one person, checked in October 2026. “Room” tells you whether accommodation is in the headline price.
| Property | Country | Program compared | Minimum stay | Published price | Room | Medical consultations | Key diagnostics | Main treatments | Main evidence limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenot Palace Weggis | Switzerland | Advanced Detox | 7 nights | CHF 5,500 | Extra, from CHF 410/night | 2 medical, 2 nutrition | Chenot Lifestyle Biomarkers, body composition | 850 kcal diet, hydrotherapy, mud, energetic massage | One 7-day diet trial; no trials of the spa treatments |
| Clinique La Prairie | Switzerland | Master Detox | 7 days | CHF 20,950 | Included | 4 medical | Advanced blood tests, DNA nutrition test, microbiome test | Antioxidant injections, “reboot cleanse”, cryotherapy | Consumer genetic and microbiome tests have limited clinical utility |
| Clinique La Prairie | Switzerland | Revitalisation | 7 days | CHF 31,800 | Included | Longevity consultations | Lab tests, gene aging test, ECG, imaging if indicated | Proprietary CLP Extract | No published trials of the current CLP Extract |
| Chenot Espace, One&Only Portonovi | Montenegro | Advanced Detox | 7 nights (6 days) | €4,250 + 10% service | Not in program price | 2 medical, 2 nutrition | 5 Chenot diagnostics | Chenot Diet, hydrotherapy, mud, massage | Shorter versions differ from the studied 7-day diet |
| Chenot Espace, L’Albereta | Italy | Advanced Detox | 7 nights | €4,990 | Not stated as included | 2 medical, 2 nutrition | Chenot Lifestyle Biomarkers | 850 kcal diet, hydrotherapy, mud, massage | As Weggis |
| SHA Wellness Clinic | Spain | Advanced Longevity | 4 nights | From £9,389 for 7 nights via UK agent | Included in agent package | Health check | Preventive diagnostic circuit, VO2 max | Cell regeneration therapy, hypoxia, HBOT or light, IV | Regenerative and IV treatments lack longevity trials |
| Lanserhof Tegernsee | Germany | Longevity package | 7 nights | From €8,053 | Not stated on package page | Initial, final and follow-up exams | Telomere test, lab panels, HRV, metabolic test | Infusion, cold chamber, altitude training | Telomere length is not a validated individual test |
| Palazzo Fiuggi | Italy | Longevity | 7 nights | €7,300 | Extra | Final medical exam, telemedicine follow-up | Longevity bloods, DEXA, echocardiogram, carotid ultrasound | IV infusions, movement lab, nutrition | Screening healthy people has trade-offs |
| La Réserve Genève, Nescens | Switzerland | Essential Reset | 5 nights | On request | Included | 2 medical, 1 nutrition | Blood tests, performance tests, EEG mapping | HBOT, photobiomodulation, IHHT, neurofeedback | Elective HBOT and neurofeedback are unproven for aging |
| MAYRLIFE Altaussee | Austria | Longevity/Healthy Aging | 7 nights | From €5,090 | Extra, from €305 per person/night | Medical exam and ongoing care | Blood analysis, intolerance tests | Mayr diet, liver wraps, abdominal treatment | Little modern trial evidence for Mayr therapy |
| Six Senses Ibiza, RoseBar | Spain | Longevity with RoseBar | Not stated | €2,500 to €5,500 | Extra | Functional medicine consultation | Biomarker assessments | NAD IV, HBOT, ozone, cryotherapy, red light | Product-specific evidence largely absent |
| Six Senses London, HUM2N | UK | À la carte clinic | None | Not published | Separate | HUM2N doctors | Custom biomarker testing | HBOT, cryotherapy, IV NAD+, ozone | Regulated clinic, but not every treatment is evidence-based |
The Best Longevity Retreats in Europe, Compared
1. Chenot Palace Weggis, Switzerland
What it is built around: the Chenot Diet, a plant-based “fast with food” of three meals a day at about 850 calories, combined with a daily circuit of hydrotherapy and massage on the shore of Lake Lucerne. All Weggis detox programs run for at least seven nights.
What the signature program includes: Advanced Detox (CHF 5,500) lists two medical and two nutritional consultations, the Chenot Lifestyle Biomarkers (vascular age, minerals and heavy metals, advanced glycation end products and skin collagen thickness), a body composition analysis, a bio-energetic check-up, six energetic massages, six hydro-aromatherapy baths and six phyto-mud treatments followed by a hydro-jet. Recover & Energise costs CHF 6,400, Prevention & Ageing Well CHF 7,100 and Sleep Cycles CHF 7,960. Rooms start at CHF 410 a night on top.
Who supervises: Chenot doctors and nutritionists run the consultations; the diet and treatments follow the company’s own protocol rather than an individual prescription.
What it was like: we did Recover & Energise, not Advanced Detox, in July 2025. It felt less like a holiday than a bootcamp with a lake view, and the side effects described above lasted a few nights after we got home. Our day-by-day account is in our Chenot Palace Weggis diary on LocalsInsider, and the full verdict, including why we lost weight so fast, is in our Chenot Palace Weggis review.
Claims that need stronger evidence: the diet has a recent randomized trial behind it, co-authored by Chenot’s chief scientific officer, showing short-term drops in weight, fasting glucose and IGF-1. The mud, hydro-jets, “bio-energetic” checks and the vitality score have no published trials we could find. We go through the studies line by line in The Chenot Method Explained.
Very low-calorie diet: yes, about 850 kcal a day.
2. Clinique La Prairie, Montreux, Switzerland
What it is built around: physicians and laboratory work. Clinique La Prairie has been selling rejuvenation on Lake Geneva since 1931, and today’s programs read like a premium health check with a spa attached.
What the signature programs include: Master Detox (from CHF 20,950 for seven days, standard room and full board included) lists advanced blood tests, a Gene Nutrition DNA test, glycan and ceramide screening, minerals and vitamins screening, four medical consultations, two antioxidant injections, a “reboot cleanse”, a DNA microbiota test with a probiotic plan, cryotherapy, a facial, aerial yoga and, in Montreux, a dental check with panoramic X-ray. Revitalisation (from CHF 31,800) adds the proprietary CLP Extract “given in conjunction with bio-stimulants”. Revitalisation Premium starts at CHF 50,250 and adds a cardiology assessment, an epigenetic test and, after referral, CT calcium scoring and a brain MRI.
What it was like: our visit was on the Master Detox program, not Revitalisation. Compared with Chenot it meant daily check-ups with doctors and dietitians, in-depth blood work, DNA and heavy-metal tests, doctor-guided rather than old-school cleansing, and more varied food. We still felt a bit hungry, but nourished. Our earlier Chenot versus Clinique La Prairie comparison on LocalsInsider sets the two side by side; our program analysis is in the Clinique La Prairie review.
Claims that need stronger evidence: the Revitalisation page says benefits last 12 to 24 months and that the formula helps “regenerate your cells”, but cites no studies. We asked what is publicly known about the extract in Clinique La Prairie Revitalisation: What Is CLP Extract?
Very low-calorie diet: no fixed calorie target is published; menus are “anti-inflammatory” and portions are modest.
3. Chenot Espace at One&Only Portonovi, Montenegro
What it is built around: a lighter, shorter Chenot inside a big Adriatic resort with five outdoor pools, where the person in the next sun lounger may be on cocktails rather than chicory coffee.
What the programs include: the 2026 brochure lists Advanced Detox (seven nights, six treatment days, €4,250), De-Stress & Re-Charge (five nights, €3,450), Cleanse & Rebalance (four nights, €2,220) and Fitness Boost (four nights, €2,250), all subject to a 10% service charge, with the room booked on top. Advanced Detox mirrors Weggis: two medical and two nutritional consultations, five diagnostics and daily massage, hydrotherapy and mud.
What makes it different: flexibility and setting. Whether four days of a low-calorie plan does what a seven-day diet did in a trial has never been tested. Our research-led Chenot Espace Portonovi review looks at it.
Very low-calorie diet: yes, a “low-calorie plant-based” plan; calorie targets for the shorter programs are not published.
4. Chenot Espace at L’Albereta, Franciacorta, Italy
What it is built around: the Chenot Method in a Relais & Châteaux country house among the vineyards of Lombardy, with the full Chenot Lifestyle Biomarkers and an 850-calorie diet.
What the program includes: Advanced Detox costs €4,990 for a minimum of seven nights and lists the same structure as Weggis: two medical and two nutritional consultations, a bio-energetic check-up, six energetic massages, six hydro-aromatherapy baths and six mud and hydro-jet sessions, plus access to the pool, sauna and steam bath. Chenot’s page does not say the room is included.
What makes it different: it is the most “hotel” of the strict Chenot options, with wine country outside the window you are not allowed to drink. Room rates are on request, so compare the full quote with Weggis. For the method itself, see our Chenot Method explainer.
Visit Chenot Espace L’Albereta
5. SHA Wellness Clinic, Alicante, Spain
What it is built around: a macrobiotic-rooted nutrition philosophy that has grown into a large integrative clinic, with programs from weight loss to Advanced Longevity.
What the signature program includes: UK specialist Healing Holidays lists Advanced Longevity for four, seven, ten or fourteen nights. The seven-night version includes a health check, an “advanced preventive diagnostic circuit”, a VO2 max test, one “advanced cellular regeneration therapy” session, hypoxia, photobiomodulation or hyperbaric oxygen, and an energizing IV; longer stays add PRP and ozone. The agent’s price is from £9,389 per person sharing for seven nights in November and December 2026, including room, full board and transfers.
Claims that need stronger evidence: “cellular regeneration”, ozone and elective IV drips are exactly the treatments where product-specific trials are thinnest. The FDA, for example, says the only stem cell products it has approved are cord-blood-derived blood-forming cells for blood disorders. Our research-led SHA Wellness Clinic review goes through each category.
Very low-calorie diet: not as standard; diets are personalized.
6. Lanserhof Tegernsee, Germany
What it is built around: the Lanserhof Cure, a modern version of Mayr medicine (careful eating, abdominal treatments, rest) delivered by a large medical team in a striking building on a Bavarian golf course.
What the program includes: the Longevity package, built on Lanserhof Therapy Classic, starts at €8,053 per person for seven nights on Lanserhof’s own page, which does not say whether the room is part of that figure. It includes lab panels, a telomere test, “longevity lab tests based on the Hallmarks of Aging”, stool analysis, HRV and metabolic measurement, one infusion “based on individual indication”, cold chamber and altitude training sessions, and a 20-minute telephone follow-up. Healing Holidays sells the same seven nights from £10,789 per person sharing with room, full board and transfers for October to December 2026.
Claims that need stronger evidence: telomere length varies by method and lab, and has not been shown to guide individual care. Our Lanserhof Tegernsee review asks whether any of these results would change what a doctor tells you, and Longevity Clinic Tests rates each test.
Very low-calorie diet: reduced, structured eating is part of the cure; no single calorie target is published for this package.
7. Palazzo Fiuggi, Lazio, Italy
What it is built around: proper food. The nutrition line was created with Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck and is supervised by the hotel’s health and scientific management, so a medical week does not have to taste like penance.
What the program includes: Longevity costs €7,300 for seven nights, €9,600 for ten and €11,900 for fourteen, and “the room is not included in the programme.” The list is long: longevity blood test, whole-body DEXA, ECG, echocardiography, carotid ultrasound, genetic and microbiota tests, immune, energy and beauty infusions, a biomechanical assessment, personal training, all meals on a personalized plan, a final medical exam and telemedicine follow-up.
What makes it different: it has the most cardiovascular imaging of the mid-priced options. That has real value for some people and little for others, which is why our Palazzo Fiuggi longevity review weighs each test against its clinical purpose.
Very low-calorie diet: no; the menus are calorie-controlled but generous by retreat standards.
8. La Réserve Genève with Nescens, Switzerland
What it is built around: performance testing and recovery technology rather than a diet. Nescens, a Swiss “better aging” medical brand, runs the program at La Réserve’s lakeside hotel near Geneva.
What the program includes: the five-night Essential Reset runs Sunday to Friday and includes blood tests on day one and day five, body composition and respiratory exchange testing, performance tests, Neuro-Mapping EEG, three hyperbaric oxygen sessions, daily photobiomodulation, intermittent hypoxic-hyperoxic training, neurofeedback, strength sessions, contrast therapy, massages, two medical consultations and “longevity full board”. Price is on request, and guests who fail the eligibility questionnaire are refunded.
Claims that need stronger evidence: hyperbaric oxygen is an established treatment for decompression sickness and some wound problems; elective use for “regeneration” is not. Our research-led La Réserve Genève Nescens review audits each intervention.
9. MAYRLIFE Altaussee, Austria
What it is built around: Modern Mayr Medicine, the gut-focused regime of slow chewing, simple “alkaline-rich” food, liver wraps and abdominal treatments, in a lakeside house in the Styrian Salzkammergut.
What the program includes: stays are a minimum of seven nights and can only be booked with a medical program. The 2026 price list starts the Classic program at €2,975 and Longevity/Healthy Aging at €5,090 for seven nights, with rooms extra from €305 per person a night sharing or €485 single, meals included in the room rate. Supplements, medication and special lab tests cost extra.
Claims that need stronger evidence: the medical rationale for many Mayr treatments rests on tradition and small studies, not modern trials. The diet, the rest and the doctor’s time are the parts most likely to matter.
Very low-calorie diet: often reduced, set individually; not a fixed fast.
10. ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea, Spain
What it is built around: a newer “Mediterranean longevity” clinic on the Costa Blanca, with 32 treatment rooms beside a 95-suite hotel and experts from 25 medical disciplines, according to its launch coverage.
What the program includes: six health programs, each with a minimum stay of seven nights. Health and Fitness Travel sells ZEM Prime Longevity from £8,195 per person sharing for seven nights with full board and transfers. The detailed medical inclusion list is less transparent than its rivals’.
11 and 12. Six Senses Ibiza (RoseBar) and Six Senses London (HUM2N)
These two are really luxury hotels with a longevity clinic attached, and they sit more naturally in our guide to longevity hotels. We include them because they compete for the same money.
RoseBar, Ibiza: Longevity with RoseBar comes in three tiers at €2,500, €3,900 and €5,500 per person, and “accommodation and meals are billed separately.” The top tier bundles cryotherapy, red light, hyperbaric oxygen, ozone and NAD IVs with consultations and “energy medicine”. Nearly every item sits in the insufficient-evidence column as a longevity treatment; our Six Senses Ibiza RoseBar review takes them one at a time. By late October 2026, though, the program no longer appeared on Six Senses Ibiza’s redesigned website, so confirm it still runs before you book.
HUM2N, London: a clinic opened in June 2026 inside Six Senses London in Bayswater, offering biomarker testing, hyperbaric oxygen, cryotherapy, IV NAD+ and ozone à la carte. HUM2N is registered with England’s Care Quality Commission as an independent doctor service at its Chelsea clinic. That registration covers how a clinic is run, not whether every treatment works. Our Six Senses London HUM2N review separates the two.
What Guests Actually Receive at a Longevity Clinic
Strip away the brochure language and most European programs are built from the same twelve components. The difference is which ones are included, and how much of the week each takes up.
| Component | Usually included | Usually extra | Where it is most developed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical consultations | Two to four in the package | Specialist consults | Clinique La Prairie, Lanserhof |
| Blood tests | Basic panel | Extended or “longevity” panels | Palazzo Fiuggi, Clinique La Prairie |
| Body composition | Bioimpedance scan | DEXA | Palazzo Fiuggi (DEXA included) |
| Cardiovascular testing | Arterial stiffness at Chenot | Echo, carotid scan, CT calcium score | Palazzo Fiuggi, CLP Revitalisation Premium |
| Genetic or microbiome tests | At CLP and Fiuggi | Elsewhere | Clinique La Prairie |
| Exercise | Group classes, a few PT sessions | Extra training | Nescens, Lanserhof |
| Food | Full board on most programs | Room-only at Fiuggi, RoseBar, MAYRLIFE | Palazzo Fiuggi |
| Cryotherapy | Short sessions at CLP, Lanserhof | Chenot, RoseBar extras | Six Senses, Chenot |
| Hydrotherapy and mud | Daily at Chenot | Spa menus elsewhere | Chenot |
| Light therapy | Nescens, CLP, some Chenot programs | À la carte | Nescens |
| Infusions | One to a few at Lanserhof, Fiuggi, SHA | NAD and vitamin drips | RoseBar, HUM2N |
| Follow-up | Phone or telemedicine call | Repeat testing | Palazzo Fiuggi, Lanserhof, CLP (remote nutritionist) |
The word to watch is “optional”. At Chenot our app showed running charges as we added a facial, a massage and cryotherapy; three cryotherapy sessions came to about $150. Optional mRNA panels for inflammation and neurological markers were offered on top of the medical consultation. None of this is hidden, but it means the program fee is a floor, not a total.
Longevity Science: What the Evidence Supports and What It Does Not
We use one six-point scale across this series, because “it works” and “it’s a scam” are both too blunt. It applies to individual treatments and claims, never to a whole hotel: the same clinic can offer an excellent cardiology work-up and a useless “energy” scan.
| Intervention or claim | Where you’ll find it | Evidence category | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure, lipid and glucose testing, cardiovascular assessment | Most medical programs | Established for a defined indication | Validated screening with clear treatment pathways |
| Supervised exercise and fitness testing (VO2 max) | Lanserhof, Nescens, SHA, Fiuggi | Established for a defined indication | Fitness strongly predicts mortality; exercise improves it |
| Hyperbaric oxygen for decompression sickness and some wounds | Nescens, SHA, RoseBar, HUM2N | Established for a defined indication | But see elective use below |
| Short fasting-mimicking diets | Chenot, partly Mayr cures | Promising but preliminary | Lower weight, glucose and IGF-1 in small trials of a week to a few months |
| “Activating autophagy” | Chenot and many others | Plausible mechanism, uncertain benefit | Markers move in blood; no outcome data |
| Elective hyperbaric oxygen for “regeneration” | Nescens, SHA, RoseBar | Plausible mechanism, uncertain benefit | Small, mostly uncontrolled studies |
| Massage, warm baths, sauna, mud, someone cooking for you | Everywhere | Subjective wellness benefit | Pleasant and relaxing; no longevity data |
| Whole-body cryotherapy for recovery | Chenot, CLP, Lanserhof, RoseBar | Insufficient evidence | A Cochrane review by Costello and colleagues in 2015 found the evidence insufficient |
| NAD+ and vitamin IV drips in people who are not deficient | RoseBar, HUM2N, SHA | Insufficient evidence | No outcome trials; any IV carries a small risk of infection and vein irritation |
| Telomere and epigenetic “age” scores for individual decisions | Lanserhof, CLP Revitalisation Premium | Insufficient evidence | Useful in population research, not for guiding one person’s care |
| Proprietary rejuvenation formulas (CLP Extract) | Clinique La Prairie | Insufficient evidence | No published trials of the current formulation |
| “Detox” as removal of unnamed toxins | Chenot, CLP, Mayr cures | Evidence of limited or no benefit | No compelling research, per the NIH’s NCCIH |
On detox, the US National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says there is no compelling research supporting detox diets, that there have been no studies of the long-term effects of detoxification programs, and that weight lost on them tends to return. It also warns that colon-cleansing procedures can cause dehydration and, in some regimes, dangerous electrolyte imbalances, which is worth remembering when a program includes a “cleanse” day.
A validated test is also not proof that the treatment sold alongside it works. A clinic can measure your inflammation markers properly and then offer an infusion with no evidence that it changes them, or you.
On biological age, a 2025 review in Epigenomics by Apsley, Etzel, Ye and Shalev (doi.org/10.1080/17501911.2025.2603880) concluded that epigenetic clocks are valuable in population research but “should not be used to make individual-level decisions.” A score that improves after five days at a lake is a number that changed, not a year of life gained.
The diet evidence deserves its own article, and has one: The Chenot Method Explained covers the 2025 Clinical Nutrition trial, the autophagy measurements and what happens after you start eating again. For proprietary formulas, see Clinique La Prairie Revitalisation. For the tests, see Longevity Clinic Tests: Which Biomarkers Are Actually Useful?, and for the money question, Are Luxury Longevity Retreats Worth It?
Longevity Retreat Prices: What a Full Week Really Costs
Headline prices are not comparable, because some include the room and food and some do not. This table builds a one-person, seven-night stay from official pages wherever possible (checked October 2026). Agent packages are labeled.
| Property and program | Program | Room (7 nights) | Food | Consultations | Optional treatments | Minimum total, one guest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenot Weggis, Advanced Detox | CHF 5,500 | From CHF 2,870 (CHF 410/night) | Chenot Diet in program | 4 included | Extra massages, cryo, lab panels | CHF 8,370 |
| Clinique La Prairie, Master Detox | CHF 20,950 all-in | Included (standard room) | Full board | 4 medical | Extra treatments | CHF 20,950 |
| Clinique La Prairie, Revitalisation | CHF 31,800 all-in | Included | Full board | Included | Extra treatments | CHF 31,800 |
| Chenot Portonovi, Advanced Detox | €4,250 + 10% service | Booked separately | Chenot Diet in program | 4 included | Spa extras | €4,675 plus room |
| Chenot L’Albereta, Advanced Detox | €4,990 | Not stated as included | Diet in program | 4 included | Spa extras | €4,990 plus room |
| Palazzo Fiuggi, Longevity | €7,300 | Extra | All meals in program | Final exam, telemedicine | Spa extras | €7,300 plus room |
| MAYRLIFE, Longevity/Healthy Aging | €5,090 | From €2,135 sharing, €3,395 single | In room rate | Included | Supplements, medication, special labs | €7,225 sharing |
| Lanserhof Tegernsee, Longevity | From €8,053 | Not stated on official page | Cure diet | Included | Extra therapies | €8,053; agent package £10,789 with room |
| SHA, Advanced Longevity (agent) | Package | Included | Full board | Health check | Extra treatments | £9,389 sharing |
| ZEM, Prime Longevity (agent) | Package | Included | Full board | Not itemized | €300 credit included | £8,195 sharing |
| Six Senses Ibiza, RoseBar | €2,500 to €5,500 | Extra | Extra | Included | Spa extras | €2,500 plus room and meals |
Three things stand out. Chenot is the cheapest strict program in Switzerland, but only until you add the room. Clinique La Prairie looks extreme at first glance, yet its price includes a room, meals and a lot of medical time, which narrows the gap with Lanserhof and SHA packages. And the Italian and Austrian options, Fiuggi and MAYRLIFE, give the most diagnostics or medical supervision per euro, as long as you remember the room is extra.
Which Longevity Retreat Suits Which Goal?
Not everybody needs a brain MRI or a week on 850 calories. Start with what you want to change.
Structured weight management: Chenot (Weggis, L’Albereta, Portonovi) or a Mayr cure at MAYRLIFE or Lanserhof. Expect quick weight loss, a lot of it water and glycogen in the first days, and plan how you will eat afterward. Our smart scales guide covers tracking at home.
A comprehensive health assessment: Palazzo Fiuggi, Clinique La Prairie or Lanserhof. Ask in advance which tests are clinically indicated for you, who reviews unexpected findings, and whether your own doctor will receive the results.
Stress recovery and sleep: Chenot’s Recover & Energise or Sleep Cycles, Nescens, or a calmer hotel spa. Much of the benefit here is time off. Our guide to how accurate sleep trackers are helps if you plan to measure it.
Fitness and performance: Nescens and Lanserhof test VO2 max and strength properly; SHA includes VO2 max too. These are among the most useful numbers you can collect, and our guide to the health metrics worth tracking explains why.
A luxury holiday with wellness on the side: Six Senses Ibiza, Six Senses London or One&Only Portonovi, booking treatments à la carte. See our guide to