wellness
The ALGARVE EDIT
For women who travel on purpose to Slow down, Go deeper and Feel it. The Algarve for the intentional traveller
The Algarve's new wellness bible
Wellness - The Algarve Edit is a luxury A5 lifestyle guide, beautifully printed, editorially curated, and placed in the finest wellness and health spaces, yoga studios, retreat centres, hotels and beach clubs across the south of Portugal.
Designed to be kept and trusted.
Launching Summer 2026.
The people arriving for Algarve's booming wellness economy are exactly the audience your business needs to reach. Not scrollers, or the browsers, it's the people who are already here, already invested in how they feel, and actively looking for the right recommendation from a source they trust.
This isn't an ad book, it's the guide they reach for when they want to know where to go next.
$1T+
Global wellness tourism market value in 2026
78%
of wellness tourists are women, your exact reader
41%
more spent by wellness tourists vs standard travellers
3000
hours of sunshine annually. The most powerful wellness asset
Why The Wellness Edit and Why Now?
Wellness tourism is the fastest-growing segment in global travel.
The global wellness tourism market crossed $1 trillion in 2026, growing at nearly 10% every year. Wellness travellers spend 41% more than the average tourist. They stay longer, choose more carefully, and return more often. And the Algarve, with its 3,000 hours of sunshine annually, world-class spas, natural landscapes and increasingly sophisticated wellness infrastructure, is perfectly positioned to become Europe's leading wellness destination. Marriott, Hilton and IHG have all entered the luxury Algarve market in the last two years. The region's hotel RevPAR grew 16% in real terms since 2019. The audience is here.
The spending is here. The question is whether your brand is in the guide they're reading when they decide where to go. It should be.
BE PART OF THE FIRST EDITION
Your business, in the right hands
She booked this trip because she needed it. Not just a holiday, but a reset.
A reason to breathe differently.
She researched the spas before she booked the hotel. She has a morning practice and she intends to keep it here. She'll try the cold plunge, book the sound bath, find the best açaí bowl on the coast, she'll show up on stories and tell ten friends about every one of them when she gets home.
She's not a niche, she's the Algarve's fastest-growing visitor demographic and she is exactly who your wellness business needs to reach.
She earns well, spends intentionally and travels with purpose. She's not here for the all-inclusive, she's here because the Algarve called to something in her and she answered.
Wellness - The Algarve Edit is where she finds you.
Your ideal client isn't scrolling right now, she's living.
She's unwinding, she's lying on a treatment bed waiting for her massage to begin
She's sitting in a robe in the spa lounge with a herbal tea and nowhere to be for an hour.
She's in her hotel room the evening she arrived, pulling out the guide from the bedside drawer to plan tomorrow.
These are the moments that advertising is supposed to reach. And almost none of it does, except this. A curated print guide in the right space carries a kind of authority that a sponsored post will never have.
She picked it up and she chose to read it. She trusts what's in it because not everything is in it. That is the difference.
And that is why your offerings belong here.
Wellness - The Algarve Edit covers everything she came for:
· Spas & luxury treatments
· Yoga studios & retreat spaces
· Pilates & functional fitness
· Sound healing & breathwork
· Nutritional therapy & health cafés
· Mindfulness & meditation
· Cold water therapy & ice baths
· Holistic health clinics
· Aesthetic wellness & skin
· Sleep & longevity medicine
· Retreats & wellness programmes
· Outdoor & nature wellness
Each category opens with editorial context, not just listings. Because a guide that tells her why something is worth her time is a guide she actually uses. Your brand sits within that editorial trust. Not beside it, but within it.
Designed to be kept
Designed to be kept and trusted. Built for the Algarve's wellness era.
Every page is considered. At least 30% of every edition is pure editorial, because trust drives action, and a guide that only sells is a guide nobody finishes.
SEASONAL EDITORIAL
Each edition opens with a curated wellness feature — what's arriving in the Algarve this season, which retreat is worth the journey, what locals are actually doing for their morning practice. Written by people who live this, not AI and not agency copywriters. This is what earns reader trust before they reach a single advertiser page.
WELLNESS CATEGORY FEATURES
Spas, yoga, fitness, nutrition, retreats, holistic health, each section opens with editorial context before the business listings. Readers move through it the way they move through a magazine they love, not a directory they tolerate.
DIGITAL PRESENCE
Every feature includes a digital counterpart on algarveedit.com, web listings, QR codes, email and social reach. Your business is found in print and online, year-round.
SECURE YOUR SLOT IN the EDIT
Choose Your Package
From a full page feature to a clean directory presence, each tier is designed to perform at its level.
Full pricing and deliverables are in the advertiser pack.
ESSENTIAL
Your first step into the Edit
A clean, credible presence in the guide and online. Your business in the hands of the right reader, listed within a curated wellness environment. Ideal for studios, independent therapists and boutique wellness spaces ready to be discovered.
1/5 page print listing
Website directory entry with clickable booking link
Tagged in launch social content
30 spots available per edition
PREMIER
Be the one she remembers
A half-page feature with social and email reach included. More space, more story, more impact. For wellness businesses who know their audience and want to reach her before she even unpacks her bag.
Half page print feature
QR code to your website
Premium web listing with photo
Monthly newsletter inclusion
Instagram story feature
Category front positioning
20 spots available per edition
SIGNATURE
Lead your category
A full editorial feature and the complete digital suite. The most prominent wellness position in the guide. A full A5 page, an editorial mention written by our team, a dedicated email to our subscriber list, a solo social post, hero web listing and inside cover credit. For the wellness brands that are ready to be the first name she thinks of in the Algarve.
Full page with editorial mention
QR code to your website
Inside cover credit and logo
Dedicated email to our list
Dedicated Instagram posts
Hero web listing
Category priority placement
12 spots available per edition
Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve kept the process simple and transparent, but if you’d like a little more detail before securing your place, you’ll find answers to the most common questions below.
If there’s anything else you’d like to discuss, we’re always happy to talk it through
How do I secure a space?
Email [email protected] with your business name, your category, and the tier you're interested in. We'll come back to you within 48 hours to confirm availability and next steps. No lengthy forms, just a conversation with a real person.
What do you require in terms of print?
Dependant on your package, we’ll need:
- Your logo
- A short piece of copy (or we can assist with this)
- Images that reflect your business
- A website or link for your QR code
On confirming your space, we'll send you a short form to fill in, If you’d prefer, we can guide you on what works best to ensure your feature looks strong and consistent.
Where will the guide be distributed?
Each edition is distributed across a carefully selected mix of locations, including:
Hotels and boutique accommodation
Estate agents and property showrooms
Cafés, beach clubs, and social spaces
Wellness and lifestyle venues
These are places where the guide is picked up, kept, and referred back to.
Is my business a good fit for this?
We work with the full spectrum of the wellness world - from five-star resort spas and medical clinics to independent yoga teachers, breathwork facilitators and retreat hosts. If your business genuinely serves someone on a wellness journey in the Algarve, it belongs here. We care about quality and fit, not size or budget.
I need support with design, can you help?
Absolutely, behind the Algarve Edit is a boutique, high-end creative agency.
Who's curating The Edit?
Victoria Knowles-Lacks, Founding Editor of the Algarve Edit, is a 10x award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and certified coach who has lived and worked in the wellness space for over a decade. She lives in the Algarve, she is the reader she's writing for, and every business featured has been personally reviewed for fit.
Talk to us
Ready to be part of Wellness?
The Algarve's wellness audience is growing. The guide that reaches them is launching July 2026. Spots are limited by category and the wellness section is already attracting serious interest.
If you'd like to know more, ask about availability, or just have a conversation about whether this is right for your business , we'd love to hear from you, no expectation, pressure and certainly no hard sell.
Just a conversation with someone who lives this life and believes in what you're building.
Book a call with Victoria
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