Wellbeing

Gran Canaria: an island for care and relaxation

One to add to the wishlist; recover vital energy and leave your worries and stress behind on this sunny vacation

Gran Canaria is not just the sun-and-beach tourist destination it may appear; although these two features have allowed the island to become internationally known, there is more that Gran Canaria can offer.

Besides its dominant spring-like climate and its great contrasting landscapes, the island is a well-established health and wellness destination, giving visitors the possibility of choosing from a wide range of beauty and relaxation treatments.

Hotel Cordial Mogán Playa

Health and holiday combined

The relationship between Gran Canaria and health isn’t new. In fact, it can be traced back to the 19th century, when doctors from Northern and Central Europe recommended their wealthy patients travel to the island to treat common ailments by taking advantage of the therapeutic properties of the sea and sand. Nowadays, these experiences have been brought together and integrated into hotel and non-hotel establishments on the island. This has resulted in the development of excellent infrastructures designed to improve health and wellness, the use of new natural resources such as aloe vera, as well as the opening of top-level medical centres for those seeking more specialised cosmetic beauty treatments.

Gloria Palace Royal Hotel and Spa

Centres designed for rest and relaxation

The spa and thalassotherapy centres across the island offer the possibility to relax and recover their vital energy. Treatments including seaweed, marine mud, salt baths, hydrotherapy, paraffin and mud, aromatherapy, massage therapy, reflexology, aloe vera, heated seawater and flotation pools and saunas. Just a short distance to the coast, visitors can enjoy the beaches and the sunrises and sunsets if they choose.

Fotos La Paloma

Medical offer

Offering a unique addition to a traditional European holiday, as part of their stay in Gran Canaria, visitors can combine their holiday period with medical treatments set to the highest European quality standards. With a range of specialties on offer with professionals, Gran Canaria offers some of the best prices in Europe for specialised treatments and has flight connections with most European airports. As part of the Gran Canaria Spa, Wellness and Health Association, visitors can book treatments in the following medical centres, including San Roque Hospitals, La Paloma Hospital and San Jose Hospital. These top-level facilities offer experience and innovation to meet the needs of its visitors. At these locations, visitors can book expert surgery and appointments in specialised units for health concerns.

Quality service

In addition to the medical centres, the Gran Canaria Spa, Wellness and Health Association is also responsible for tourist accommodation establishments belonging to the Salobre Hotel Resort and Serenity, Gloria Thalasso Hotels, Be Cordial Hotels, Resorts and Seaside Collection. Guests can choose the medical treatments and book accommodation with health and wellness treatments. The perfect destination to rest, relax and replenish your energy; Sign InGran Canaria is ready to welcome its visitors. Visit and book at grancanariawellness.com