- Palace Merano celebrated the first anniversary of its 410 sqm Sport Recovery Lab alongside ambassadors Zinédine Zidane, Deborah Compagnoni, and Alex Schwazer.
- The 6,000 sqm Revital® Centre features a 1,500 sqm medical floor and a 31-metre outdoor swimming pool within a historic Belle Époque building.
- The establishment, led by CEO Stefano Plotegher and Scientific Director Dr Massimiliano Mayrhofer, offers 99 rooms and specialized nutritional programmes.
- Palace Merano received the Best Luxury Hotel Awards 2025 in the Best Wellness Spa category, alongside various international accolades for its longevity practices.
Located in the heart of the city in a historic Belle Époque building, the establishment benefits from Merano’s temperate and sunny microclimate, at the crossroads of Alpine and Mediterranean influences. The **6,000 sqm Revital® Centre** houses a state-of-the-art 1,500 sqm medical floor, dedicated to advanced diagnostics and tailor-made treatments: an integrated medical analysis laboratory, DEXA scanner, bioenergetic and nutritional units, as well as specialised centres for acupuncture, osteopathy, oxygen-ozone therapy, colon hydrotherapy, and regenerative aesthetic medicine.
The culinary offering is an essential element of the experience: the **Palace Detox®, Palace Biolight®, and Palace Sport® nutritional programmes** have been designed to support physical and mental well-being, prioritising fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced ingredients.
The spa area features 18 hydro-fango therapy cabins, 6 hydro-jet cabins, 19 aesthetic treatment cabins, meditation and relaxation areas, 2 saunas, a mixed hammam and a women’s hammam, a Kneipp path, an indoor pool, and a large **31-metre outdoor swimming pool** lined with sun loungers and hydro-massage jet pools.
◆ Accolades
International Awards 2025
- **Best Luxury Hotel Awards 2025** · ‘Best Wellness & Spa’ category
- The Times & The Sunday Times, The World’s 50 best spas · ‘Best Spa for Sports and Fitness’
- Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards · 8th among the ‘Best Destination Spas in Europe’
- Condé Nast Traveller UK · ‘Master M.O.T.’ category
- Condé Nast Traveller Germany · ‘Longevity Practice’ category
- The Luxury Spa Edit · ‘Best Global Spa Hotel’
- Bilanz Magazine 2024 · 4th Best Alpine Health Hotel
◆ May 2026 · Merano · South Tyrol
A five-star hotel housed in a Belle Époque building in the heart of Merano, in Italian South Tyrol, Palace Merano is a global leader in medical wellness and longevity. One year after the opening of its Sport Recovery Lab, the establishment brought together three of its ambassadors: Zinédine Zidane, a global football legend, Deborah Compagnoni, triple Olympic Alpine skiing champion, and Alex Schwazer, Olympic 50km race walk champion.
Gathered on the lawns of Palace Merano, the three ambassadors discussed the results achieved during the Sport Recovery Lab‘s first year of operation, while reaffirming the relevance of an approach based on expertise, preventive medicine, recovery, and continuous improvement.
Considered one of the world’s leading authorities in medical wellness and longevity, Palace Merano has for over twenty years developed a personalised approach combining medical expertise, regenerative nutrition, prevention, and the sustainable optimisation of physical and cognitive capacities. Alongside the three ambassadors were also present **Dr Massimiliano Mayrhofer**, Scientific Director and orchestrator of the **Revital® Method**, as well as **Stefano Plotegher**, the establishment’s CEO.
◆ Sport Recovery Lab
410 sqm dedicated to performance and recovery
Designed as a space dedicated to both the recovery of high-performance athletes and the sustainable improvement of physical and mental condition for anyone wishing to optimise their health, the Sport Recovery Lab combines **advanced technologies, functional analyses, medical expertise, and personalised support**.
The laboratory relies on assisted **biomechanical, postural, metabolic, and cognitive assessments**, allowing for precise analysis of balance, mobility, endurance, muscular power, recovery capabilities, as well as cognitive functions related to coordination and performance.
The Sport Recovery Lab comprises a **160 sqm laboratory** dedicated to functional assessments, as well as a **250 sqm fitness area** equipped with the latest Technogym® technologies. Supervised by Alex Schwazer, it allows Palace Merano guests to benefit, upon request, from specific assessment and support focused on performance, endurance, movement, and recovery. This support is included in the Sport Performance programme.
The Sport Recovery Lab is a continuation of Palace Merano’s philosophy, founded on a preventive and personalised approach aimed at sustainably supporting vitality, resilience, and global well-being at every stage of life.
◆ Three Ambassadors
Zidane, Compagnoni, Schwazer: Three Disciplines, One Vision
- Zinédine Zidane · 1998 World Champion, 2003 Ballon d’Or winner, global football legend. An official ambassador for Palace Merano, he embodies the **longevity of high-level performance and the values of the Revital® Method**.
- Deborah Compagnoni · Triple Olympic Alpine skiing champion across three different Olympiads (Albertville 1992, Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998), an emblematic figure of Italian women’s sport.
- Alex Schwazer · Olympic 50km race walk champion at Beijing 2008, and recent holder of a new Italian record in race walking. He now supervises the Sport Recovery Lab.
◆ Revital® Method
Twenty Years Ahead in Medical Wellness
The first Medical Spa in Italy to have developed the Revital® Method, Palace Merano has established itself for over twenty years as an international benchmark in preventive well-being and longevity. Its unique approach combines **functional, allopathic, and energetic medicine** with principles derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Located in the heart of the city in a historic Belle Époque building, the establishment benefits from Merano’s temperate and sunny microclimate, at the crossroads of Alpine and Mediterranean influences. The **6,000 sqm Revital® Centre** houses a state-of-the-art 1,500 sqm medical floor, dedicated to advanced diagnostics and tailor-made treatments: an integrated medical analysis laboratory, DEXA scanner, bioenergetic and nutritional units, as well as specialised centres for acupuncture, osteopathy, oxygen-ozone therapy, colon hydrotherapy, and regenerative aesthetic medicine.
The culinary offering is an essential element of the experience: the **Palace Detox®, Palace Biolight®, and Palace Sport® nutritional programmes** have been designed to support physical and mental well-being, prioritising fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced ingredients.
The spa area features 18 hydro-fango therapy cabins, 6 hydro-jet cabins, 19 aesthetic treatment cabins, meditation and relaxation areas, 2 saunas, a mixed hammam and a women’s hammam, a Kneipp path, an indoor pool, and a large **31-metre outdoor swimming pool** lined with sun loungers and hydro-massage jet pools.
◆ Accolades
International Awards 2025
- **Best Luxury Hotel Awards 2025** · ‘Best Wellness & Spa’ category
- The Times & The Sunday Times, The World’s 50 best spas · ‘Best Spa for Sports and Fitness’
- Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards · 8th among the ‘Best Destination Spas in Europe’
- Condé Nast Traveller UK · ‘Master M.O.T.’ category
- Condé Nast Traveller Germany · ‘Longevity Practice’ category
- The Luxury Spa Edit · ‘Best Global Spa Hotel’
- Bilanz Magazine 2024 · 4th Best Alpine Health Hotel
