By Ann Abel

Wellness is a bit wily. We all want it—and plenty of products and services are promising to deliver it to us—but we don’t know exactly what it is. Is it green detox juice and a vegan bento box? Is it sound therapy and shamanistic healing? High-impact intervals and massages? A glass of fine mescal and that Cuban cigar you allow yourself every once in a great while, surrounded by friends old and new?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, Chablé was designed for you. While wellness is at the core of the founders’ vision for the resort, they take an expansive view toward it. Wellness is whatever makes you feel good … more >

Ann Abel has been a travel writer and editor for 14 years, including several as a senior editor at ForbesLife. She writes for Forbes, Departures, Conde Nast Traveller, Robb Report, Afar, National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Hemispheres, Brides, Modern Bride, , Well + Good NYC, and other print and online publications.”In the name of lifestyle journalism, I’ve gotten a tattoo in Bora Bora, been bitten by a massage therapist, and flown small aircraft above three continents.” She lives in Lisbon.