In the country that does not believe in armies, that loves and respects nature and is internationally recognized for protecting its flora, fauna and clean air, hotel's team has created a Wellness Center in harmony with the laws of life.
Located in El Cacao de Alajuela, skirting the Poás Volcano, Asclepios Wellness & Healing Retreat, (honoring the Greek God of Health) offers its guests 12 rooms which evoke the most important medical traditions of the world, together with a regulated ionized swimming pool, amphitheatre, fitness center, yoga and meditation pavilion, floatation camera, sauna, hammam, Vichy and Scottish showers, 4 treatment lodges, a relaxation room and an organic restaurant.
Hotel works with a team of highly skilled spa therapists and another team of selected holistic practitioners from all over the world. Hotel's team have put together a great understanding and passion for physical, emotional and spiritual health resulting in great wellbeing.
Hotel's team care not only about ourselves, but also about community and the environment. Asclepios Wellness & Healing Retreat seeks to educate in environmental appreciation and conservation.
Hotel's center will not compromise the natural habitat it only occupies 20000 square feet in an area comprising 12,500 acres. It is built in siding and brick, two sustainable materials. Hotel use thermal solar collectors and take advantage of natural ventilation and natural lighting. Wild life has been preserved and primary and secondary forests will be untouched.
Hotel's team is cultivating a wonderful organic farm and works together with experts to reintroduce native plants and animals that have been driven out by alien species.
For the ancient Greeks, Apollo, a privileged intermediary between Zeus and men, represents the artistic genius of his country, the ideal of youth, beauty and progress.
Two large twin beds (160 x 200cm). Stunning views of Costa Rican sugar and coffee plantation and ecological reserve.
Aphrodite, goddess of love, is at the same time, the nourishing earth and the universal mother. According to the tradition, Aphrodite, is born from the foam of a sea wave, fertilized by Urano’s blood.
One Queen size bed, stunning views of Costa Rican sugar and coffee plantation and ecological reserve.
Eros was the son of Aphrodite (Venus), the goddess of love, and Ares (Mars). Eros represents passionate love and fertility.
One Queen size bed and stunning views of Costa Rican sugar and coffee plantation and ecological reserve.
Hippocrates was a Greek physician born in 460 BC on the island of Kos, Greece. He became known as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of his time.
In Vedic times, Indra was the supreme ruler of the Gods. He was the leader of the Devas, the God of war, the god of thunder and storms, the greatest of all warriors, the strongest of all beings.
Kaviraj is another name for an Ayurvedic doctor or Vaid. To practice this traditional medicine, technical knowledge is insufficient. It is not enough either to know how to read human destiny in the stars, to recognize the nature of the illness of a patient or even knowing how to prepare the remedies.
To be a consummate Kaviraj it must be proven to have moral value after a long spiritual training. Two large twin beds (160 x 200cm). Stunning views of Costa Rican sugar and coffee plantation and ecological reserve.
Paracelsus saw the individual as a part of the universe in which all its operating forces are present, and as such, conceived four principles, which he considered basic to the practice of medicine: philosophy, astronomy, virtue, and alchemy.
Psyche was the youngest of the three daughters of some king, and excited by her beauty the jealousy of Aphrodite. In order to avenge herself, the goddess ordered Amor (Eros) to inspire Psyche with a love for the most contemptible of all men: but Amor was so stricken with her beauty that he himself fell in love with her.
One king size bed. Stunning views of Costa Rican sugar and coffee plantation and ecological reserve.
Shamanism is a disciplined way of obtaining help and knowledge, based on the premise that people do not need to limit ourselves to operating in one reality or one dimension when you are in need of help.
Egyptian lunar God, supreme deity who had the body of a man and the head of an ibis, sometimes a monkey, and wearing on his head the crescent moon.
Deluxe Queen bedded room. This room has been inspired in the Chinese culture evocating the great healers of this ancient medicine.
Zeus is the Universal God, Father of the Gods and Father of men. Zeus is the image of peace, order, wisdom and justice. One king size bed.
Stunning views of Costa Rican sugar and coffee plantation and ecological reserve.
Hotel's team chosed this name not only because Higia, in ancient Greek Υγιεία or Hygieia, is a daughter of Asclepius, but also because according to Greek mythology means "health". Hygeia was the goddess of healing and cleansing and later also of the moon. From his name comes the word "hygiene". His equivalent in Roman mythology was Salus.
At hotel's restaurant Hygeia, you can enjoy a variety of dishes, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian with delicious organic vegetables and fruit grown on the premises.
This massage contains different passive movements that help to relax the muscles and uses the most exquisite details that make Asclepios massage a unique and different experience.
Qigong or Chi kung is the Chinese philosophy and practice of aligning breath, physical activity and awareness for mental, spiritual and corporeal health, as well as the development of human potential.
Floating is another form of hydrotherapy and is the only one in Costa Rica, it takes place in an enclosed pool, without light, in body temperature water made buoyant by the addition of sea and Epsom salts.
This is the classic steam bath in a real Arabic Hammam. This treatment cleans the respiratory ways and is used to heal the classic affections of the respiratory system; releases the epidermis from impurities and dead cells and also improves blood and lymphatic circulation.
The Chinese dynasty “Shang”, Romans and Native American used to utilize different types of stones at different temperatures with therapeutic purposes.
Dry heat room where temperature is maintained at 80º F degrees. The dry bath improves arterial pressure, reduces rheumatism and joint pains as well as muscular contractions.
Allow hotel's exquisite spa treatments to whisk you away to a world relaxation. In a world where tension and stress occupy an ever growing place in existence, hotel's team mission is to awaken you to the peace and joy of living.
Swedish massage is recommended for those persons that like soft to moderate pressure. An overall relaxation is the main objective in this massage, not only at body level but also at a mental level.
Yoga is much more than postural alignment (asanas) and breathing. Yoga is an ancient indian spiritual practice that helps the individual unify his body, mind, and spirit.
This protected wildlife area is located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, in the canton of Aguirre in the province of Puntarenas.
Tortuguero is an area of great importance for its remaining tropical wet forest, which covered just 50 years ago almost all of northeastern Costa Rica.
The Poas Volcano is an active stratovolcano subconical form with several depressions on top. In the bottom of the crater forms a lagoon rich in sulfur and acid, which dries sulfur emission intensifies and produces acid rain.
ASCLEPIOS WELLNESS & HEALING RETREAT
El Cacao Alajuela Costa Rica