Pritikin Longevity Center + Spa

Pritikin – Always A Magnificent New Life. Now At a Magnificent New Location.

Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa Debuts In Fully Renovated Private Facility at
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort In Miami

Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa, the world’s most highly respected health and wellness destination, has recently re-located to a luxurious new state-of-the art facility at the famed Doral Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort in Miami.

By combining Pritikin’s extensive menu of medical, health, wellness and spa services with the finest resort amenities, the new complex enhances Pritikin’s position as the nation’s premier spa/health destination.

The move has been driven by Pritikin’s 250 percent growth over the last nine years. The new facility more than doubles the program space available at its former location.

Italianate Gem

In seeking a new location for its expanded wellness facility and spa, Pritikin’s goal was to find a site of architectural distinction set among spectacular grounds. It found that site in the Doral, where an architectural, Italianate gem is surrounded by 650 acres of lush tropical gardens, fountains, water features, and other amenities.

Pritikin’s main structure features a four-story, glass-roofed atrium entrance, Carrera marble, Keystone Coral walls, and other stunning touches. The complex also features private indoor and outdoor salt-water pools, a huge and magnificently equipped fitness center, indoor and outdoor yoga and meditation centers, and indoor and outdoor running tracks.

Other amenities include a new state-of-the-art spa with experiential showers, aqua-thermal bathing experiences, Finnish saunas, outdoor solariums, thermal-heated loungers, deluxe spa suites, and two world-class Pritikin restaurants.

650 Acres Of Beautiful Grounds

Surrounding the site, amidst the sprawling gardens and open space, are tennis courts, swimming pools, and five championship golf courses -- including the famous Blue Monster, home of the PGA Tour for over 45 years.

"We’re thrilled about our spectacular new private enclave within the glorious Doral Golf Resort," Paul Lehr, Pritikin’s president, commented. "It gives us a home whose outside beauty is the perfect match for the extraordinary benefits that our guests achieve within."

At its new Doral home, Lehr noted, Pritikin continues to provide its faculty of physicians, scientists and educators in the fields of nutrition, psychology, and exercise, as well as a staff of wellness and spa professionals.

In more than 110 studies over the past three decades, scientists have documented remarkable health benefits – reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels, weight loss, diabetes control, and others – among thousands of Pritikin guests.

Perfect Partnership

"This is a perfect partnership for us," said Mark Jeffrey, general manager of Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort. "By joining forces with Pritikin, our guests are now receiving access to industry experts to help them achieve long-term health and wellness goals. Coupled with award-winning services at our spa, visitors are now getting the best of both worlds."

Pritikin Longevity Center Amenities at Doral:

Pritikin health renewal center – a gracious work of Italianate architecture featuring a four-story, glass-roofed atrium entrance, Carrera marble, Keystone Coral walls, and other stunning touches. On the promenade leading up to the bougainvillaea-draped entrance is a grand meditative labyrinth designed by Architectonica, the esteemed architecture and design firm. Offerings within the four levels of the new Pritikin enclave include:
- State-of-the-Art Fitness Facilities --
- Huge, fully equipped fitness center for Pritikin’s signature cardio, strength, and core-and-stretch workouts – and elective exercise classes like Pilates, salsa dancing, cardio-boxing, and spinning
- Indoor and outdoor yoga and meditation centers, nestled throughout an oasis of gardens, statues, and fountains
- Indoor and outdoor walking/running tracks
- Salt-water indoor pool
- Outdoor lap pool flanked by tropical foliage
- Gourmet Dining --
- Two world-class restaurants led by Pritikin’s award-winning chefs and featuring gourmet heart-healthy cuisine
- Premier Education/Physician Care --
- Spacious cooking school where Pritikin chefs share step-by-step guidelines for re-creating the healthy recipes served in their Pritikin restaurants
- Beautiful, sun-filled lecture rotunda for Pritikin education, and four additional lecture/seminar halls
- Medical center/conference rooms for one-on-one consultations with Pritikin’s board-certified physicians, nutritionists, exercise physiologists, psychologists, and chefs
- Luxury Spa --
  - 32 world-class treatment rooms, including deluxe spa suites
  - A lavish array of aquatherapy amenities, such as aromatherapy-infused steam rooms, experiential showers, hot and cold massaging hydrofalls, jacuzzis, Finnish saunas infused with the relaxing scents of fragrant wood, and rejuvenating cold-water plunges
  - Hamans – heated niches for slow, gentle warming to renew muscles
  - Outdoor solariums
  - More than 100 of the newest, most exquisite body and spa treatments, including unsurpassed Thai and healing whole-body Reiki massage, and Ayurvedic body treatments; soothing sleep therapies; a full-service salon; and stunning new developments, such as LED and Ultrasonic Microdermabrasion, in facial and skin rejuvenation

Hotel Accommodations For Different Budgets --
As for hotel accommodations, there are choices for different budgets. Pritikin guests can take a standard Marriott room in one of Pritikin’s two lodges or the more expensive and luxurious spa suites (they sell out quickly so please try to book in advance!). When planning your next family vacation, book several rooms. There’s fun for everyone at Doral.
Doral’s premier category of hotel accommodations – 48 luxurious spa suites, all 1,000+ square feet. Features include balconies with views of the golf courses and gardens, large leather sitting chairs, marble countertops, flat-screened TVs, French doors, full-sized dining room tables, high-speed Internet access, his-and-her bathrooms, and Jacuzzi baths.
Surrounding Our New Pritikin Longevity Center --
650 acres of immaculate grounds, including dazzling pools, lush green fairways, cascading waterfalls, meditative labyrinths, and flowering gardens
Private, four-mile, landscaped walking/running trail along the golf courses, all within the confines of the gated resort
Tennis courts
Five championship golf courses, including the infamous Blue Monster, host of the PGA Tour for over 45 years, and winner of Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine’s "Best Golf Resort" and Golf Digest’s "Best Places To Play, 2008 – 2009, " and recognised as one of the "World’s 10 Best Golf Spas" by Forbes.com
The Jim McLean Golf School, led by Jim McLean, rated among the top three golf instructors in the world. The academy has 21 teachers and conducts golf clinics and private lessons year-round.
Full program of children’s athletic and leisure activities, and year-round Kid’s Club, including the Blue Lagoon pool area, which features a 125-foot waterslide, waterfalls, cabanas, and camps. New for kids will be the Pritikin Family Program.
Business conference facilities (40 rooms in total), plus a modern kitchen where Pritikin chefs showcase their culinary masterpieces as they prepare menu selections for business events
Located minutes from many South Florida attractions, such as Miami’s beaches, South Beach, the Everglades, the Florida Keys, and Bal Harbor and Merrick Park shopping, as well as Miami International Airport.