Ethos
In developing AlmaVerde in this area of outstanding natural beauty, our underlying motivation is to:
- Encourage the lifelong pursuit of well-being and happiness by offering ongoing opportunities for exercise, relaxation, therapeutic treatment, education and personal development
- Foster an active sense of community among residents and guests
- Promote the sustainable and energy-efficient use of resources and consideration for the natural environment
- This ethos can be viewed as a virtuous life-giving cycle of positive energy emanating from individual into community into environment and back to individual.
The lifelong pursuit of individual well-being
- Modern Spa offering a comprehensive range of wet and dry treatments, incorporating both beauty and luxurious body treatments and therapies
- Pools area with indoor, outdoor pools and whirlpools for both exercise and leisure
- Fully-equipped fitness suite and exercise studio
- Racquets club with synthetic grass tennis courts, practice court and pavilion
- Wellness centre, offering both complementary and conventional therapies, with library, rooms for workshops and seminars and dojo for yoga, tai chi and other practices
- Ongoing programs, workshops, classes and seminars
- International standard restaurant favouring fresh, natural and organic ingredients
Fostering an active sense of community
- By acknowledging its importance
- By providing a rich set of amenities for both residents and guests to enjoy
- By encouraging residents to participate in ongoing programs, workshops, classes and seminars
- By providing a community Intranet with activity schedules, appointments register, bulletin board, chat areas, and areas to supplement education programs
- By being responsive to children’s needs with supervised crèche, children’s pool and well-equipped play areas
Promoting consideration for the natural environment
- By emphasising the use of natural, renewable materials and energy-efficient construction
- By participating in the Coolhouse Project with the aim of reducing CO² emissions by passive cooling
- By preserving existing trees and planting new trees and shrubs
- By investing in high-quality landscape design using a combination of local drought-tolerant species and other specimens
- By creating “green finger” paths as an alternative to roads for getting around the site