Minos Palace Resort is a luxurious adults-only hotel located on a private peninsula in Crete, overlooking the Aegean Sea. The SPA, designed by Stones & Walls with guidance from Moss Wellness, hosts the Nao Wellness Center, offering personalized programs focused on nutrition, sleep, movement, and self-regulation.
Stones & Walls: sensory architecture
As with the rest of the resort, the SPA was designed by the Athens-based studio Stones & Walls, creating spaces conceived as a fully immersive sensory journey.
Warm, earthy colors, curved walls, and natural textures guide guests from the outside inwards, symbolizing reflection and personal transformation.
The architecture thus becomes a language that translates the philosophy of wellness into tangible, nature-immersed experiences.
The Nao SPA: a scientific and personalized approach
At the heart of the resort lies the Nao SPA, designed as a sanctuary of longevity.
Based on a comprehensive method, Nao integrates four fundamental pillars: nutrition, sleep, movement, and self-regulation.
Each guest begins their stay with advanced assessments, 3D body composition, biological age, and DNA analysis, to create personalized programs that enhance vitality and deep wellness, proactively addressing the biological mechanisms of aging.
Moss Wellness Consultancy: global vision and emotional design
The SPA benefited from the international consultancy of Moss Wellness Consultancy, led by trasformative wellness expert Nigel Franklyn.
Franklyn integrated design, science, and sensory immersion, creating transformative spaces that elevate the wellness experience, combining technological innovation, refined aesthetics, and immersive rituals.
Aquaform Islands Experience Walk: the new frontier of the experience shower
One of the most innovative features of the Minos Palace Resort is Islands Experience Walk by Aquaform, a system that redefines the concept of the experience shower, combining advanced technology, refined design, and sensory well-being in a single solution. Designed to integrate elegantly even in compact spaces, Islands Experience Walk incorporates Aquaform’s cutting-edge jets directly into walls and ceilings, adapting perfectly even to curved surfaces.
It offers four sensory experiences within a single path of relaxation:
Muscle relaxation: Spray jets with green lighting and water at 40°C, to relieve tension and promote deep relaxation.
Energizing effect: Rain jets with red lighting and water at 38°C, ideal for stimulating circulation and restoring vitality after a warm treatment.
Regenerating treatment: Cool mist jets with blue lighting and water at 26°C, to tone the body and restore energy.
Aerated tropical jet: A mixed flow of air and water that recreates the sensation of an enveloping tropical rain. With ambient white light and water at 36°C, it offers a gentle yet invigorating effect, completing the journey with a note of pure harmony.
Thanks to the possibility of combining different water jets and their lighting atmospheres, Islands Experience Walk transforms the shower into a multisensory and regenerating experience, perfectly aligned with the philosophy of the Minos Palace Resort, where every detail is designed to promote relaxation, energy, and natural well-being.
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