The Guide to Wellness Destinations

A three-floor, 25,000 sq ft spa stacked above Fifth Avenue, with a 65-foot pool and dedicated private Spa Houses each fitting up to four guests, complete with their own fireplace, plunge pool and choice of a traditional Hammam steam bath (marble walls, heated marble treatment table, body scrub) or a Banya sauna with traditional Eastern European branch massage. A dedicated cryotherapy chamber and cold-plunge terraces round out the wellness offering.

A resident Ayurvedic physician personally designs multi-day Individual Wellness Immersions of at least four nights (up to 21), beginning with a dosha assessment before prescribing treatments such as Abhyanga, a warm herbal oil massage performed by two therapists in synchrony, alongside nutrition aligned to the healing protocol. The signature Maharani and Maharaja full-body massages blend Swedish and deep-tissue techniques, while private yoga and meditation sessions take place both in the resort's gardens and at the ruins of nearby forts and temples; a three-day detoxification programme was developed with tennis champion Novak Djokovic.

Built in 1962 by French architect Laurent Mondet as a royal guest villa, painstakingly restored by Aman in 2002 using historic photographs after decades of war and abandonment left little of the original structure; 24 suites surround a garden of white lotus blossoms in Siem Reap's retro-chic 1960s Khmer architectural style, minutes from Angkor Wat.