Grand Hyatt The Red Sea is part of phase one of the mega-tourism project in Saudi Arabia. All photos: The Red Sea Development Company
Grand Hyatt The Red Sea is part of phase one of the mega-tourism project in Saudi Arabia. All photos: The Red Sea Development Company
SLS Red Sea will welcome guests to Shaura Island in early 2023.
SLS Red Sea will welcome guests to Shaura Island in early 2023.
Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, is scheduled to open in 2023. Photo: Marriott International
Nujuma, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, is scheduled to open in 2023. Photo: Marriott International
The St Regis Red Sea Resort will be located on a private island and offer travellers a Maldivian-style experience.
The St Regis Red Sea Resort will be located on a private island and offer travellers a Maldivian-style experience.
Eco-friendly mountain resort Desert Rock was the first hotel to be announced for Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project.
Eco-friendly mountain resort Desert Rock was the first hotel to be announced for Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project.
The Red Sea Edition on the island of Shaura will be designed to reflect the best of the location's cultural and social environment.
The Red Sea Edition on the island of Shaura will be designed to reflect the best of the location's cultural and social environment.
Six Senses Southern Dunes will be one of the first hotels to open at the destination.
Six Senses Southern Dunes will be one of the first hotels to open at the destination.
The first Raffles resort in the kingdom, Raffles Red Sea, promises a nature-focused stay.
The first Raffles resort in the kingdom, Raffles Red Sea, promises a nature-focused stay.
The InterContinental Resort Red Sea will have sea-facing rooms and direct beach access.
The InterContinental Resort Red Sea will have sea-facing rooms and direct beach access.
Jumeirah's hotel at the Red Sea will have open-plan suites with views of the pristine shorelines.
Jumeirah's hotel at the Red Sea will have open-plan suites with views of the pristine shorelines.
Fairmont Red Sea is a luxury family-friendly hotel with a focus on wellness and nature.
Fairmont Red Sea is a luxury family-friendly hotel with a focus on wellness and nature.
Hyatt-owned Miraval The Red Sea will be home to the region's largest spa. Photo: Hyatt
Hyatt-owned Miraval The Red Sea will be home to the region's largest spa. Photo: Hyatt
Playa Hotels & Resorts has also announced it will open a luxury all-inclusive property on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea. Photo: Playa Hotels & Resorts / Facebook
Playa Hotels & Resorts has also announced it will open a luxury all-inclusive property on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea. Photo: Playa Hotels & Resorts / Facebook

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Luxury US wellness hotel Miraval to open on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast

The boutique Hyatt property on Shaura Island will have the Red Sea's largest spa, a mangrove boardwalk and creative expression rooms

Hayley Skirka
Hayley Skirka

May 20, 2022

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Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea will welcome another new addition to its luxury travel destinations next year with the launch of the first Miraval resort outside the United States.

Miraval The Red Sea will open on Shaura Island, the central feature of the Red Sea Development Project.

The Hyatt-owned brand is bringing its mindful wellness concept to the kingdom with a 4,000-square-metre spa with 39 treatment rooms, a network of walking trails, mangrove boardwalk and temperature-controlled swimming pools with views over the Red Sea.

The Hyatt-owned brand is bringing its mindful wellness concept to Saudi Arabia with a 4,000-square-metre spa. Photo: Hyatt
The Hyatt-owned brand is bringing its mindful wellness concept to Saudi Arabia with a 4,000-square-metre spa. Photo: Hyatt

The 180-room resort includes 20 private villas and is spread over 310,000-square-metres. It is being designed by British architects Foster+Partners, the same company behind some of the world's most forward-thinking destinations, such as Shanghai's The Bund Finance Centre, the Index Tower in Dubai's DIFC and Sharjah's House of Wisdom.

Guests can expect to check in to a relaxing haven inspired by the untouched nature surrounding the resort. It is being designed to cocoon guests in a space that encourages creativity, relaxation and mindfulness.

The high-end luxury wellness resort will open as part of phase one of the Red Sea project in the kingdom, which is expected to be up and running by the end of 2023.

Home to the largest spa on the Red Sea

Miraval The Red Sea will have the largest spa in the region, with 39 treatment rooms and nearly 4,000 square metres of space. Photo: Hyatt
Miraval The Red Sea will have the largest spa in the region, with 39 treatment rooms and nearly 4,000 square metres of space. Photo: Hyatt

The Life in Balance Spa will be the largest spa in the Red Sea region and offer Miraval’s most popular signature spa experiences. It will also introduce new treatments inspired by the destination and its local heritage and culture.

Travellers will also be able to join activities in purposed-designed rooms that will be set up for art, creative expression, music, wellness lectures, and hands-on workshops, each led by Miraval specialists.

A central dining room will be home to the resort’s culinary kitchen and a marketplace offering healthy cuisine. Guests can take part in cooking classes, nutritional sessions and mindful eating workshops, designed to help promote a balanced lifestyle.

The boutique wellness resort joins Hyatt's three existing Miraval properties in Austin, Arizona and Massachusetts.

The Red Sea is one of the world’s most ambitious coastal tourism projects, spread across 200 kilometres of untouched shoreline and an archipelago of more than 90 islands. Miraval The Red Sea will join The Grand Hyatt Red Sea, which is also under development to open at the site.

See stunning pictures of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast

The Red Sea Project will span mountains, islands, wadis and desert.
The Red Sea Project will span mountains, islands, wadis and desert.
The first hotel to be announced for the Red Sea Project in western Saudi Arabia is an eco-friendly mountain retreat. Guests can choose a room at the bottom of the mountain, mid-way up or carved into the massif. All photos: RSDC
The first hotel to be announced for the Red Sea Project in western Saudi Arabia is an eco-friendly mountain retreat. Guests can choose a room at the bottom of the mountain, mid-way up or carved into the massif. All photos: RSDC
Guests at Desert Rock will look out over an uninterrupted wadi-strewn landscape.
Guests at Desert Rock will look out over an uninterrupted wadi-strewn landscape.
The resort has sustainability as its ethos, with stone from the mountain being used to construct interior and exterior walls.
The resort has sustainability as its ethos, with stone from the mountain being used to construct interior and exterior walls.
Access roads are carefully planned to ensure they do not disrupt the landscape. Light pollution will be minimised.
Access roads are carefully planned to ensure they do not disrupt the landscape. Light pollution will be minimised.
All rooms at Desert Rock offers endless wadi views of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project landscape.
All rooms at Desert Rock offers endless wadi views of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project landscape.
Desert Rock will be home to 48 villas and 12 hotel rooms in western Saudi Arabia.
Desert Rock will be home to 48 villas and 12 hotel rooms in western Saudi Arabia.
Desert Rock is being designed by Oppenheim Architecture. It will reuse excavated stone to create the resort.
Desert Rock is being designed by Oppenheim Architecture. It will reuse excavated stone to create the resort.
Desert Rock is a unique inland experience set to open at the Red Sea Project.
Desert Rock is a unique inland experience set to open at the Red Sea Project.
The first hotel to be announced at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project is an eco-friendly mountain resort built into the mountains.
The first hotel to be announced at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Project is an eco-friendly mountain resort built into the mountains.
The Red Sea Development Project will have its own international airport.
The Red Sea Development Project will have its own international airport.
Overwater villas will be another accommodation option at the project on the west coast of Saudi Arabia.
Overwater villas will be another accommodation option at the project on the west coast of Saudi Arabia.
Mountain canyons at the Red Sea Project.
Mountain canyons at the Red Sea Project.
The Red Sea Project will turn untouched coastlines, mountains and deserts into one of Saudi Arabia's biggest tourism projects.
The Red Sea Project will turn untouched coastlines, mountains and deserts into one of Saudi Arabia's biggest tourism projects.
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