Edition of October 13, 2026
Our newest guide leads this week: Royal Mansour Marrakech, the palace estate King Mohammed VI built as a private medina, fifty-three riads arranged around a 2,500-square-meter spa and one of the great hammams of Marrakech. Then the evidence: what human studies actually report on heat therapy, timed for the season when saunas get serious. One is a place, the other is the research. Both beat guessing.
WELLNESS ESCAPES
Royal Mansour Marrakech: A King's Riad Estate Turned Wellness Sanctuary
There are luxury hotels, and then there is the estate built as a medina within a medina: fifty-three three-storey riads, each a private house with its own courtyard and plunge pool, arranged around a spa of white latticework and a 22-meter indoor pool. Our newest guide walks the lanes, the hammam rituals, the destination-grade dining, and the real budget, with rates hedged the way they should be.
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RESEARCH
Heat Therapy Evidence Review: What Studies Report
Cold weather is arriving, and with it sauna season. Before you settle into a routine, here is what human studies actually report on heat exposure: the dose patterns researchers keep finding, where the evidence stays thin, and the safety lines worth knowing. No promises, just the research, hedged where it belongs.
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