Golden Door Health Resort

Accorded the high but fully deserved TripAdvisor rating of 4.5, the Golden Door Health Resort is about an hour and fifteen minutes’ flight from Brisbane,followed by a drive from the airport at Newcastle. It is located in the foothills of the Gold Coast hinterland, a scenic location which is the reason for its full five rating in terms of location.

The Golden Door Health Resort, established in 1993, has a fitness centre, a very highly recommended spa and a great restaurant which churns out delicious fare, having reasonably diverse variety in spite of being largely vegetarian, albeit its menu is interspersed with fish. The unique proposition served by this place is the tailor made experiences it gives its guests, in the general realm of health and wellness, irrespective of their purpose of visit. For example, group training is conducted according to the best of one’s ability and pace and though there is an incentive to push the bar, there is no absolutecompulsion to do so.

Guests have visited, experienced and as a result, believe the experience is what the Golden Door Health Resort is all about. The focus during the stay in on analysing one’s current lifestyle habits and adopting more positive ones. The resort helps its guests mitigate their accumulated stress levels. Rather than just a detox programme, the idea prevalent here is to have a sustained effect on the guest’s life long after he/she has departed.

Some of the activities at this resort include deep water running (at the pool), yoga, bush walks as well as spinning, chiBall and fitBall. Should the guest be upto expanding the list of activities partaken in, Feldenkrais, meditation and Kung Fu would also find their way on to the list. Interestingly,

 completing every activity offered would consume three to four weeks and apart from the fact that they cherished their stay, guests return on multiple occasions to try out as many activities as they can. In addition to the smorgasbord of activities, seminars are held to increase the knowledge base of the attendees with respect to health and therapeutic methods.

Visiting the Golden Door Health Resort assists one in reflection and may even provoke the emergence of a creative or philosophical side! The chalets are in the neighbourhood of dense tree cover. While the scope of the resort may be health and wellness, it does not detract the Golden Door Health Resort Queensland from providing its guests with comfort and luxury. The rooms are comfortable and are well fitted. Visiting the Golden Door is a move in the direction of self-improvement, a move which puts additional benefits in the individual’s life.