The WELL at Auberge Hacienda AltaGracia
Contiguo a la Escuela de Santa Teresa de Cajón, San José Province, Pérez Zeledón, Santa María
Costa Rica’s Talamanca Mountains are home to two-toed sloths, vibrant pink hummingbirds, and hill after hill of coffee farms—and Auberge resort Hacienda AltaGracia. You could, if you wanted to, come here just to hang in the spacious casitas and enjoy the resort’s leafy, vivid-green surroundings. But we’d argue the real magic happens at the destination-worthy spa, The Well.
Your wellness journey starts in Casa de Agua, the glassed-in bathhouse with a sumptuous thermal circuit, the centerpiece of which is a gigantic heated marble slab where a spa attendant slathers you in hand-harvested clay. From there, guests might find peace in Ashtanga yoga postures, release blocked emotions in a craniosacral therapy session with a master practitioner, or cleanse their aura in a river-fed pool. We love the skin ritual facial in particular: It starts with an extensive skin consultation and follows with a guided meditation, exfoliation, hand-blended masks, and lymphatic drainage massage. The coffee scrubs, herbal baths, energy clearings—it’s all to the end of finding a sense of peace, and it’s hard to imagine spending a day here without achieving exactly that.
