Wellness is a condition of good physical and mental health, wherein there is internal balance and peace. It can also be achieved through proper diet, exercise, and habits for the well being of the body, soul, and spirit. During the recent holidays, people have been doing a lot of parties. Basically, this resulted to the tightening of your waistband wherein in this case, dieting won’t fix the problem right away. So do you wonder where you can get professional help to detoxify your system and get rid of the weight gained? A spa which specializes in detox, weight loss treatments, with significant prices? Great news waits as you visit Slovenia’s Vitarium Spa and Clinique found at Hotel Vitarium, Terme Smarjeske, Slovenia.

Vitarium Spa and Clinique Center is among the recommended weight-loss spas which is clean, bland, functional, and with modern facilities like cardiac rehabilitation center. It also offers operations of the locomotor system, as well as rehabilitation from sport injuries. It is center which offers a wide range of program and state-of-the-art services which are primarily intended assist the individual in overcoming some difficulties primarily associated to the problems encountered by modern men, stress, overweight, early ageing, dissatisfaction with external appearance plus it tends to strengthen your psychophysical abilities and health. The spa also offers the usual massages, facials, and exercise, thermal water baths, saunas (Finnish, Turkish, Roman and herbal), exfoliation, packs, medical diagnostics.

The Vitarium Spa and Clinique programs provide a path to good health, healthy appearance and an excellent state of mind, body and spirit. The programs have been made based on the natural procedures with measurable results.

Slovenia, Republika Slovenija (Republic of Slovenia) as its official name has Ljubljana as its largest and capital city. The country’s official language is Slovenian with an estimated population of about 2 million. Other languages are Hungarian and Italian. Slovenia is a small, mountainous country which can be located at the center of Europe, near the Alps together with the Dinaric area, the Pannonian plain and the Mediterranean region. The countries surrounding Slovenia are Italy on the west, the Adriatic Sea on the southwest, Croatia on the south and east, Hungary on the northeast, the Julian Alps on the northwest, and lastly, Austria, on the north. It has a square area of about 20,296 km² with Mount Triglav as the highest point which rises about 2,863 meters above sea level while the lowest point is found at the Adriatic Sea at sea level. Mountains make up much of Slovenia, and thick forests cover about half of the land. Hilly plains spread across the central and eastern parts of the country. In Slovenia, the sun only shines at about 2,000 hours per year which gives a lengthier time for snow in winter. It has an average temperature of -2°C in January and 21°C in July.

To get to Slovenia you can go by air, by car, by rail travel, by maritime travel or by bus. If you prefer to reach Slovenia via air travel, you can take Adria Airways, Slovenia’s national carrier, which offers a usual schedule of flights to a majority of European cities. If you favor car or bus travel, you can cross on the boarders of Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. If you want a convenient and cheaper travel, rail travel can be your option and you can get a direct line from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and Serbia. If you desire maritime travel, the vessels can only dock at the international boarders in Koper, Piran and Izola.

Do you want to experience the thrill and the adrenaline rush? Are you a skier, a snowboarder, or even a tourist? Do you desire a new prospect for excitement, pleasure as well as adventure? Luckily, a number of Slovenia’s ski resort underwent development of their fresh amenities offering both athletes as well as tourists a better access to the country’s slopes. The latest ski resort, the first international ski center in the wider region as well as the first lift to cross the old iron curtain, links between Slovenia and Italy had its official opening on December 23, 2009 and had its official inauguration ceremony on January 5, 2010.

The Kanin-Sella Nevea ski center operates a single ski pass allowing access from the Slovenian Resort of Kanin in Bovec as well as the Italian resort of Sella Nevea. This ski center will allow skiing late in spring because of its high altitude of about 2300 meters. It also offers chairlift linking the Kanin Ski Center with the Bovec and Sella Nevea resorts, with 1600 person an hour capacity and costs at about €28 for adults (€18 for children) daily. Moreover, it gives access to pistes both on the borders of Slovenia and Italy along with a broader option of slopes for winter sports athletes and fanatics. Kanin’s 15 kilometer of slopes plus Sella Nevea’s 12 kilometer of slopes will produce a 27-kilometer of lift-linked pistes. The Doppelmayr Funifor 100P ropeway with two gondolas, appropriate for all levels from beginners to experts, carries the skiers from 1845 meters to 2133 meters in four minutes and 34 seconds.

Aside from this resort located in Slovenia, other resorts all over the country have made developments for this time of year. Kranjska Gora has just opened a free children’s outdoor play area with a new magic carpet lift, free of charge, plus it safely transports young skiers; Cerkno Snow Park suitable for acrobatic skiers, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing instructors willing to teach beginners; and lastly, Slovenia’s largest ski area, Mariborsko Pohorje, which developed a new gondola lift with a double capacity than the previous one.

The World Winter Masters Games 2010, managed by the International Masters Games Association, is an international multi-sport event done every four (4) years. The age of the athletes of the said event should be within 25 to 30 years old. The first World Winter Masters Games will be held between January 25 and January 31, 2010, and the chosen main venue is the splendid place of Bled, Slovenia. Other venues include: Kranjska Gora, a ski resort in the Julian Alps with a 20-minute ride from Bled with a varied terrain which is suitable for beginners as well as expert skiers; Pokljuka, a 20-minute ride from Bled, is a valley with superb mountains along with its unexplored nature; Kranj, a 18-minute ride from Bled, presents a wide variety of cultural events which also has the university town and sports center in Slovenia; and lastly, Jesenice, a 15-minute ride from Bled, is a place hidden in Karavanke Chain Mountains along with the forest of Mezakla plateau. It is said to be the home town of a lot of well known Slovenian hockey players.

The favorite six (6) winter sports included in the Masters Games with their corresponding venues are as follows: Ice hockey (Bled, Jesenice, Kranj), Alpine Skiing (Kranjska Gora), Biathlon, and Cross Country skiing (Pokljuka), Ski Jumping (Kranj, Tržič, Pokljuka), and Indoor Football/Futsal (Bled and surroundings).

This experience is an exceptional opportunity for those athletes who are interested to join. The requirements of this event are as follows: the age criteria according to the national federations, you can have your own team, national team will not be allowed, but only multinational teams. More than 2,000 sportsmen have already registered from 42 countries prepared to take part in the World Winter Masters Games. It will be the biggest winter multi-sport event in the world, with the support of the philosophy of “sport for all” by promoting, enhancing, as well as encouraging established athletes, women and men, giving a concrete good example to the young athletes from all parts of the globe to indulge in sports as well as to join the World Winter Masters Games 2010.