So, 140 years on, much remains the same. The air is as pure as ever and, some say, it’s the healthiest on the planet. Certainly, the island’s health benefits endure. At the Hotel Bellevue, a coolly contemporary five-star Italianate space, you can even take the Seatox cure. A combination of oily relaxing massages and hi-tech treatments with marine-based therapies to complete the detox, they still count on the air for maximum results. My first session, in fact, was sitting in the early morning sunshine on a jetty while personal trainer Marin ran me through a series of breath exercises, and I obediently inhaled all those therapeutic aerosols.
Who wouldn’t feel well on this lovely island? All you have to do is breathe.
Essentials
A seven-night stay at the Hotel Bellevue (in a Superior Double Room on a B&B basis) starts from £1,434 per person, based on two sharing, including transfers (car and ferry from Pula Airport) and return flights from the UK.
Wellbeing Travel offers the Seatox Programme at the Bellevue from £4,030 (or £4,685 with a private flight transfer from Pula to Losinj). The Bellevue’s villas cost from €14,000 (£12,130) per night, including personal butler, daily breakfast, housekeeping and private transfers to Losinj Airport.
For further information on Croatia and its islands, see croatia.hr
