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Have Style Will Travel: Eco, Eco, I Go to Mexico’s Amansala Resort

By Kimberlie Birks

If shedding your winter layers has you also wanting to shed a few pounds, why not treat your body and the Earth and do it in style?

Casa Magna in Tulum, Mexico knows a thing or two about wiping away past ills.  The alleged former home of the infamous drug lord, Pablo Escobar, Casa Magna now houses Amansala, an ‘eco-chic resort’ that will leave you cleansed in both body and spirit. Located on the beautiful white sand beaches of Tulum, a 2-hour cab ride south of Cancun, Amansala (which means ‘state of tranquility’) seems perfectly named. With a turquoise sea at your feet, greenery all around and Mayan ruins nearby, how could you not delight in the beauty of the Earth?

Sign up for the ultimate Spring tune-up, Amansala’s Bikini Boot Camp, and clean living will both be and feel like vacation.  Yoga, swimming, and hikes follow morning walks on the beach and bike rides to the ruins and massages. Food is fresh and abundant, with fruit, seafood, salsa, guacamole and some of the best margaritas Mexico has to offer. At the end of the day, retire to Frette sheets and L’Occitane candles in your thatched roof beachfront cabana.  You won’t even notice the absence of televisions and air conditioning.

And when you come back feeling and looking DEREK FABULOUS, all your friends will be green with envy.

Amansala Six-Day Bikini Boot Camp-Prices based on double occupancy: $1825 plus tax (not including airfare) for a total of $2135 including tax and service.