Michelin Wellness Award 2026 Nominees: Five Hotels Where Destination Is the Treatment

Key facts

• The 2026 Michelin Wellness Award nominees are five hotels selected by Michelin Inspectors from properties worldwide that integrate their locations most fully into their wellness approach
• Les Prés d'Eugénie in Eugénie-les-Bains, France, draws on thermal springs visited in the mid-19th century by Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, after whom the town was eventually named
• The late chef Michel Guérard, credited with founding Cuisine minceur, left a dining legacy at Les Prés d'Eugénie spanning the One-Michelin-Star L'Orangerie and the Three-Michelin-Star Michel Guérard
• Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa Retreat and Cultural Hideaway in Elmau, Germany, operates six distinct spas across two separate hotel buildings, the Hideaway and the Retreat, with nine restaurants
• Lefay Resort and Spa Dolomiti in Pinzolo, Italy, spans 5,000 square meters across four floors organized around the Centre, a magnesium-enriched pool, following the Lefay SPA Method
• Chablé Yucatán in Chocholá, Mexico, is built around a natural freshwater cenote sacred to the ancient Maya, with treatments including traditional Maya massages and the temazcal ritual
• Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, pipes thermal water directly into certain suites' bathroom taps, shower, and bathtub
• Bad Ragaz holds three Michelin-recognized restaurants: Sven Wassmer Memories with three stars, IGNIV by Andreas Caminada with two, and verve by sven with one