Longevity Wellness Resort, Algarve

Longevity Wellness Resort is an inspired fusion of luxurious holiday resort and an award-winning medical spa. A health-focused hotel offering every upscale amenity and facility is integrated with the most advanced wellness programmes and services. The visionary approach was heralded at the prestigious world travel Awards with a nomination for world’s leading medical/wellness spa.

Indulge only in the pleasures of the resort or take advantage of one of the many specialised individual programmes, group fitness and slimming bootcamps. Or, create with us your own wellness programme for a group of like-minded friends or for a group of business executives. Immerse yourself in the full scope of rejuvenating and transformative possibilities at Longevity Wellness Resort.

The region offers a moderate climate all year round. The Algarve has an average of 300 days of sunshine per year.

The closest airport is Faro International Airport, it is approximately a 45-minute, easy drive on the national A-22 highway from the airport to the resort. Transfer services are available upon request, if not already included with your package or wellness program.

Please click HERE to see full directions on how to get to the resort.

The resort offers a tranquil and calm environment aimed to inspire deep relaxation and rejuvenation. You can enjoy the company of others, or take advantage of several spaces where you can be on your own.

Please see our Photo Gallery HERE to get a better feel of our space.

No, this is not a children-friendly resort. Most facilities and services are only available to guests over 16 years old. During school holidays, however, we know that many couples wish to combine their wellness holiday with time with the family. During these holiday periods, we offer a Kids Club in a location away from the resort’s main areas in order to maintain the tranquil and relaxing atmosphere our wellness guests expect. The Kids Club is rich in activities and offers extended hours so parents can take full advantage of all the programmes and activities at Longevity.

Longevity receives many guests who come on their own to detoxify, relax and pamper, as well as for structured wellness programs – including weight management, stress reduction, executive wellness, group wellness coaching retreats and group fitness bootcamps.

Depending on the guest’s preferences one can enjoy much needed solitude, or given Longevity’s relaxing ambiance, develop friendships naturally and spontaneously with other guests.

Longevity boasts a creative selection of low-calorie, alcohol-free cocktails and shakes mixed with fresh and antioxidant fruit juices to promote the adoption of healthy drinking as a lifestyle habit.

Our approach to wellness relies on a well-balanced lifestyle where wine can have its place if consumed in moderation. This balance is fostered at the resort and guests in general are allowed a moderate consumption of wine. Guests who are on a wellness program, however, are not allowed to drink alcohol as part of their personalized meal plan which is usually aimed at detoxifying and/or weight loss.

Smoking is not permitted inside the building of the resort. Per Portuguese law, smoking cannot be forbidden outside the building.

These are daily group fitness activities and wellness coaching workshops offered to all guests free of charge. Choose from pilates, nature hiking, yoga, relaxation techniques, stretching, powerplate, aquafit, dance and more.

Pre-registration is required, early registration is recommended.

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To optimize your wellness and relaxation experience we recommend guests bring:

• running shoes
• hiking boots
• sports socks
• exercise clothing
• sun hat
• sunglasses
• reading glasses
• swimming goggles
• swimming cap
• binoculars
• bathing suit
• protective sun lotion
• refillable water bottle
• reading material
• your regular medications and food supplements
• light rain jacket/windbreaker (winter months only)

Operated under an exclusive partnership with long-standing La Clinique de Paris by Dr. Claude Chauchard, Longevity Medical Spa offers world-class integrated wellness and anti-ageing services, the first of its kind in Portugal, and it is located within the Longevity Wellness Resort Monchique.

An unprecedented range of preventive, healing and revitalising therapy programmes helps you look and feel your best and guides you to a longer, healthier and happier life. Among the options provided by a multidisciplinary team of wellness experts are in-depth medical consultations and evaluations with accomplished specialists, state-of-the-art anti-ageing solutions, aesthetic medicine eliminating everything from blemishes to stretch marks, detox and weight management programmes, executive wellness programmes, stress management programmes, nutritional guidance, and much more all blended with pampering spa treatments.

Guests can design their own experience from the spa menus or opt for a spa relaxation package, wellness program, or group wellness retreat.

The Spa Relaxation & Fitness areas (massages, facials, body wraps, baths, Vichy, gym, sauna, sensation showers, heated indoor swimming pool, WC, changing rooms and gymnasium) are located on Level 6.

Spa treatments can be scheduled between 10:00 to 20:00.

The Spa reception on Level 6 and gym open from 8:30 to 20:00. The Aesthetical Medicine area is located on Level 7.

The Preventive Medicine clinic is located on Level 9. For aesthetical and preventive medicine treatments, a medical consultation is required. We recommend that you book in advance prior to your arrival.

Enjoying physical, emotional and psychological balance requires us to take responsibility for maintaining good health, to proactively support the body’s systems for optimal functioning, and not waiting passively for our health to deteriorate and only then seek medical solutions. Given the current trend of our increasingly stressful lifestyles, anti-ageing experts advise women and men to start monitoring and proactively investing in their health as early as the age of 30. The earlier one starts the better. Prevention is key to maintaining a good quality of life.

Guest from all over the world, as well as day visitors over the age of sixteen, seek Longevity Wellness Resort and Longevity Medical Spa services to relax, rebalance, revitalize and rejuvenate in a tranquil nature environment.

The spa’s comprehensive services allow each guest the flexibility to choose from the following core areas:

• Face & Body Spa Relaxation Rituals
• Face & Body Aesthetical Medicine
• Preventive Medicine
• Anti-Ageing Medicine
• Gym & Fitness services
• Spa Wet Areas (heated swimming pool, sauna, Turkish bath, sensation showers)

Yes. Each core area of the Spa has its own distinct menu and is located on a different floor of the resort to optimize guest privacy and comfort.

We offer a wide selection of massage and facial rituals that can be booked at the time of reservation or directly at the spa reception on Level 6 during your stay.

Our Spa is a place of wellness and serenity. Please be aware of other guests and maintain silence.

Spa and Relaxation – Main Reception (Level 6)
Gym and Wet Areas: daily from 8:30 to 20:00
Spa Relaxation Treatments: daily from 10:00 to 20:00

Aesthetical Medical Spa (Level 7): by appointment, book at spa main reception

Preventive Medicine Clinic (Level 9): by appointment, book at spa main reception

Guests on Spa Programs enjoy unlimited access to the Gym, Sauna, Turkish Bath, Sensory Showers, Indoor Heated Pool (Level 6). Bathing suits are required in the sauna and Turkish bath, and sensory showers. Sports shoes required inside the gym.

Please wear comfortable clothing. When you book a treatment/package, the Spa will provide lockers, robes, towels, disposable slippers and disposable undergarments. A swimming cap is mandatory inside the Swimming Pool. You will find swimming caps for sale at the Spa reception.

We invite you to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your Spa Relaxation treatments (Level 6), to allow your body to detox and relax in the wet areas. We remind you that late arrivals will not receive an extension of treatment time.

For rescheduling of Spa treatments, to register for Vitality Activities, or Group/Private Yoga classes, please contact the Spa Main Reception or call from your suite (Ext. 4155).

Spa relaxation, aesthetical, fitness and preventive medical services cancellations require a minimum of 4 hours advance notice. If cancellation is received in less than 4 hours notice, a 50% charge will be applied and billed to your suite. Thank you for your understanding.

Kindly leave your valuables, jewelry, watches and mobile phone in your suite.
Guests must be at least 16 years old to use the Longevity Medical Spa facilities and services.
Our Spa is a non-smoking, alcohol-free facility.

Yes, all services listed in the spa and cuisine menus are available for both resort guests and visiting day guests. We recommend pre-booking your spa treatments, consultations and restaurant reservations prior to arrival to guarantee availability.

All of the treatments, therapies and consultations included in the structured wellness programmes are also available on an “a la carte” basis.

Please contact Longevity’s main reception for more information: +351 282 240 100.

Yes. The resort offers a range of all-inclusive structured health programmes. Longevity Medical Spa programmes are designed to meet specific health needs and include the right combination of our consultations and therapies, which produce the desired impact during the guest stay and provide the wellness tips for post-stay lifestyle improvement.

The structured programmes are the essence of Longevity’s Wellness Concept as they allow guests to experience significant improvements in the quality of their health based on the principles of Preventive Medicine & Anti-Ageing Medicine.

Poor lifestyle habits that are under our control – such as stress, poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, pollution, psycho-emotional imbalances, dehydration, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and poor quality of sleep – can lead to serious risk factors associated with age-related and chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, hormonal imbalances, osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis.

As we age and these lifestyle imbalances increase, we become more susceptible to the long-term effects of oxidative stress (a condition where the body basically has too many free radicals) and inflammation. Antioxidants and other age-defying compounds help cells ward off damage from free radicals and reduce the natural ageing process.

Longevity follows an evidence-based scientific diagnostic approach to identify health imbalances and then design a client-centered wellness plan combining detoxifying and rebalancing strategies. These include nutrition, fitness, osteopathy, neutraceuticals, ozonotherapy, and mineral and vitamin intravenous drips in combination with relaxation spa rituals designed to detoxify, improve circulation, improve muscle tone, break down fatty deposits, improve oxygen circulation and provide a deep relaxation experience.

Longevity’s nutritional approach is a pillar of our overall anti-ageing model and is based on cellular rejuvenation medicine, originally conceptualized by double-Nobel laureate Linus Pauling. Cellular molecular nutrition is a scientifically based approach that seeks to optimize cellular functioning – the manner in which cells absorb nutrients required for cellular regeneration – a process whereby cells have the natural capacity to regenerate.

Longevity’s nutritional model follows a preventive approach that seeks to identify and correct deficiencies in essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals. With today’s high-stress lifestyle, a large majority of the population suffers from immunity, hormonal, cardiovascular, circulatory and inflammation-related imbalances. The Longevity Medical Spa team uses biophysical, medical and nutritional evaluation tools to assess imbalances – and then addresses the problems with a personalized meal plan (anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, low-glycemic and low-sodium foods) and neutraceutical supplementation. In a matter of just days, guests begin to feel the revitalizing effects in their skin, digestive system, energy levels and overall state.

Guests on structured wellness programs enjoy 5 meals per day (3 main meals + morning and afternoon snacks), and are surprised to learn that they can lose weight and waist volume without starving, improve muscle mass, reduce water retention, improve metabolic rate, and enhance overall self-esteem. This is the key to Longevity’s sustainable weight management and overall well-being and vitality.

Our guests usually choose from the following “best-seller” programmes:

SPA | DETOX | WEIGHT LOSS | ANTI-STRESS | ANTI-AGEING

Our structured programmes vary in duration from 2 nights to 30 nights. The longer the duration the deeper the anti-ageing diagnostics and therefore the degree of personalization and impact on one’s health.

Guests may also book our standard accommodation offer, Discover Longevity, and upon arrival select from our wide range of a la carte menus.

The body’s primary elimination organs are the liver, kidneys, skin, bowels, lungs and lymphatic system. Poor lifestyle, pollution, exposure to chemicals and genetic predisposition to certain diseases all contribute to cellular dysfunction due to toxin accumulation, low oxygen levels from reaching core organs, metabolic dysfunctions – all pre-requisites to degenerative illnesses. It is essential to combat free radical cellular attacks and re-boot our bodies with a deep detox along with a surplus of premium water, antioxidants, nutrients and oxygen. Seasonal detoxifying twice per year is recommended to cleanse the organs and return balance and harmony to the entire system.

Please read a schedule sample of our Longevity Essential Detox 7 night programme.

Please read a descriptive narrative of a full week of experiences during a Longevity Essential Detox 7 night programme.

Yes, and given that no two people are the same, these treatments require a preventive medicine consultation with one of Longevity’s doctors for a comprehensive medical assessment to allow for the personalization of an anti-ageing prescription plan.

Longevity believes in the power of foods to heal, prevent diseases and promote health and vitality, therefore much attention and specification has been placed in the Medical Spa program nutritional menus. All three menus are based on Longevity’s nutritional approach to disease prevention:

• All contain the correct ratio of nutrient rich foods in the right quantities
• Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, Mediterranean-based diet
• Low-glycemic, low-sodium, rich in Omega 3-6-9, rich in natural fiber, high water content, rich in vital minerals, vitamins and trace elements, alkaline foods, anti-cancer foods, fresh, with the optimized portion of organic, biological locally sourced ingredients
• All three menus benefit detoxification, weight control, immune system and free-radical management, boost cellular rejuvenation and reduce inflammation

To offer the highest possible levels of personalization for our guests, each menu has the following distinct characteristics:

• 1) Detox Menu
  a. Menu with the highest concentration of foods that support the elimination of toxins from the body
  b. Liquid Diet Option (soup every 2 hours) Day 2 and Day 3
  c. The only menu that does not include animal protein or dairy products on Day 1 and Day 2 of the program
  d. Menu with the highest levels of vegetable protein
  e. Menu with the highest amount of fiber
  f. Liquid Diet Option (soup every 2 hours) Day 2 and Day 3
• 2) Slimming Menu
  a. Stricter portion control
  b. Liquid Diet Option (soup every 2 hours) Day 2 and Day 3
  c. Menu with the 2nd highest amount of fiber
  d. Menu with the 2nd highest amount of vegetable protein
  e. Highest levels of fructose balance/control
  f. Menu with the 2nd highest concentration of foods that support the elimination of toxins from the body.

Chronic stress if not managed can trigger health problems from mood swings, depression, headaches and hormonal imbalances to a weak immune system, digestive imbalances and infections.

The Longevity Stress Reduction Program allows one to renew and recharge, restore the body, rest the mind, and learn simple and practical stress management tools to support long-term balance.

Our psychologists specialize in the connection between stress and health imbalances, and have a track record of helping individuals with effective, short- term, natural therapies focused on reducing stress, anxiety, phobias, depression, low self-image, traumas, sleep imbalances, emotional eating, negative thinking, and psychosomatic issues. Clients learn easy and simple tools and techniques that if used on a regular basis increase one’s resiliency to stress and emotional balance.

Recommended a la carte services include: stress and lifestyle assessment, cranio sacral therapy, yoga classes, nature walks, vitamin and mineral intravenous therapies, oxygen therapies, wellness meal plan, and relaxation spa rituals.

Most wellness programmes at Longevity include medical acts which have an underlying VAT of 0%. all these treatments are considered medical expenses and may be deducted from taxable income and/or claimed under health insurance policies, subject to the elegibility conditions of specific country tax policies and specific health insurance policies.