yoga in Marbella

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    Joanne O'Connor
  • The Observer, Sunday 22 January 2012
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Shanti-Som, Marbella's new health resort. Photograph: Huib Nederhof

Take me there: yoga in Marbella

Marbella may not seem an obvious destination to go in search of enlightenment and the ancient healing therapies of the Far East, but a new health resort is bringing a flavour of Bali to Spain – without the jetlag. Just a 40-minute drive from the Costa del Sol, Shanti-Som takes its inspiration from Asian destination spas with Buddha statues, tropical gardens, Asian-Med fusion cuisine, eastern therapies and a programme of detox, meditation and yoga. Destination Yoga (            0845 458 0723      ,destinationyoga.co.uk) will be running a retreat here in March. A seven-night yoga retreat from £945, excluding flights, departs 18 March.