Room with a new you

Need to kick-start your post-festive fitness drive? Then book into a hotel and make a weekend of it.

Out of the cold

The Russian way to health is a strange ritual involving plenty of vodka, steam, silly hats and birch twigs.

In the big country

Brazil is best known for its hedonistic cities and beaches but in the north-eastern state of Bahia is some of the best hiking terrain in South America. Joanne O'Connor reports.

Best healthy breaks

Yoga retreat in rural Sri Lanka | Learn to ski in a weekend | Gormet cycling tour in Australia | Adrenaline Cocktail weekend