Luxury line Crystal has announced two special voyages dedicated to wellness. Set to sail aboard Crystal Symphony from December 1-14, 2024 and December 14-23, 2024, these new retreats will bring together a group of industry experts who have curated specialized programming in the categories of healthy aging, functional nutrition, fitness, mental wellbeing, and body and mind detox.
Crystal Wellness Itineraries
Barcelona to Tema
Departing from Barcelona on December 1st, guests will embark on a 14-night voyage featuring an itinerary designed with nutritionists, yoga and meditation specialists, sports experts, and famed authors and scientists.
The voyage will include calls to Gibraltar, Morocco, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde. A variety of plant-based dishes curated by Crystal’s culinary team will be available, as well as the option to follow a daily meal plan for fat mass reduction. Personal training, fitness classes, yoga and meditation workshops, pickleball, dance classes, and lectures from keynote speakers will also be available during the sailing. Immersive, health-driven excursions such as pickleball, padel, or golf matches in scenic environments and renowned clubs, hikes, nature walks, kayaking, cooking classes, and aloe vera workshops will also be offered to guests.
Tema to Cape Town
On December 14th, another wellness journey begins as guests embark on an eight-night voyage from Tema, Ghana to Cape Town, South Africa. The voyage will stop in Namibia and feature the same expert programming as the previous sailing.
Wellness Retreat Highlights
Highlights of these sailings include:
- Whole, plant-based culinary menus developed by well-known Crystal’s culinary team in collaboration with Dalila Roglieri, Crystal’s culinary nutritionist
- In-suite herbal tea and fresh vegetable smoothies for intermittent fasting detox days
- Fitness programming spanning from strength and mobility training to spinning, posture workouts, aerobics, walking sessions, golf instruction, pickleball clinics and dance classes such as Rumba, Salsa, Merengue and Tango
- Daily yoga routines designed specifically for Crystal’s guests
- Brain exercise programs, such as bridge classes and painting lessons
- Digital detox program aimed to purify the mind and linked to the days of body detox
- Lectures from renowned keynote speakers
- Wellness excursions focused on hikes, nature walks, Hammam packages, wellness-cuisine cooking classes and farm-to-table experiences
- Tailored beauty and health services at Aurōra Spa, including acupuncture, aromatherapy, aqua meditation and cryo facials
Special Guests
Special guests and wellness experts include:
- Personal trainer, yoga teacher, and movement and mobility instructor Minna McHale
- Yoga and mental health specialist Jenni Demus
- Registered nutritionist specializing in dietetics, clinical, and sport nutrition Dalila Roglieri
- Keynote registered nutritionist with a PhD in nutrigenomics and a BCs in Biochemistry Dr. Christine Houghton
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