AMERICAN BOOT CAMP–STYLE FITNESS LANDS IN THE ITALIAN ALPS.
When the Ranch at Live Oak Malibu opened in 2010, word of its six-almond per diem, five hour hikes—and promise of rapid weight loss—spread, attracting an exclusive set of health-minded vacationers to the luxury oasis. Everything seemed tailor-made for fitness-obsessed Americans, but the appeal turned out to be global. This summer the team behind the Ranch brings the program to Rosa Alpina, a charming chalet style hotel in Italy’s Dolomite Mountains.
It will be a departure for fans of such European health retreats as Austria’s Lanserhof Lans or Spain’s Shanti-Som, which tend to favor food deprivation and total body detox over vigorous physical activity à la the Ranch. “We have visitors from all around the world, and we felt it was time to take our philosophy abroad,” says Alex Glasscock, who co-owns the Ranch with his wife Sue. “Increasingly, European,
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