Acquaviva Method awarded at the European Health & Spa Awards 2025 – Best Spa Innovation with 3 Brilliants

At the end of September, I had asked you to vote for the European Health & Spa Awards.

Despite some technical difficulties that made the voting process less straightforward, I am delighted to share an important result:

The Acquaviva Method achieved 2nd place in the Best Spa Innovation category at the European Health & Spa Awards 2025, with 3 Brilliants, among the highest levels of European excellence.

An international recognition that validates a precise vision: bringing science into real life, making it accessible and transformative.

An international recognition for scientific longevity

The European Health & Spa Awards, regarded as the “Oscars of European wellness”, recognise each year the most innovative projects in the health and spa sector.

Submissions are evaluated by a jury of experts and mystery testers against rigorous criteria:

• Health benefits
• Sustainability
• Service quality
• Innovation
• Economic and social impact

Achieving 3 Brilliants (37–39 points) means entering a tier of absolute excellence.

The Acquaviva Method: science, experience and transformation

The Acquaviva Method is a structured longevity programme that integrates nutrition, coaching and lifestyle.

A central element is personalised coaching, through which I guide guests in a concrete and everyday experience of wellbeing.

Science thus becomes accessible through real experiences:

• Mindful eating – food awareness integrated into the programme
• Mindfulness practices in nature – sensory immersion within the grounds of Palazzo di Varignana
• Personalised consultations – tailored programmes for each guest
• Hypno-inductive training – advanced techniques to promote sleep

At the core, an approach based on the five pillars of health:

• Nutrition
• Inner harmony
• Physical activity
• Sleep
• Supplementation

A vision that is holistic, scientific and deeply integrated, capable of embracing all aspects of personal wellbeing.

Because we are an interconnected ecosystem. And, as Plato reminded us, one cannot heal a part without considering the whole, nor the body apart from the soul.

The value of this result

This was not a given.

We were competing against much larger and more established organisations. And we are a startup.

This recognition proves that a model built on scientific rigour, human connection and tangible results can succeed at an international level.

To everyone who believed in this journey, who lived it, supported it and shared it: thank you, truly. Your support, in every form, has been and remains part of this result.

A starting point

This award is not a finishing line. It is a springboard.

It reminds us of where we are today, but above all of where we can reach.

And it drives us to keep striving, with even greater vision and determination.