The religious tourism group ‘Kahana Group’ has opened a Wellness complex in Cyprus that is also suitable for the religious public. Until now, religious people who wanted a vacation of spas and mineral pools had to fly to destinations where they lived among non-Jewish guests, without segregation in the pools between men and women, and without kosher food. Now Yoni Kahana has rented the ‘Secret Forest’ hotel in the mountains above Paphos in Cyprus, which specializes in health treatments of all kinds.
The Secret Forest Hotel is located in the heart of a forest away from the busy crowd in an area where springs of mineral water at different temperatures. The hotel offers us a daily wellness program, natural nutrition according to Maimonides, guided walks in the forest, in-depth workshops with leading instructors, discussion and sharing circles, and a large selection of pampering healing baths.
The living area and dining room includes 56 double rooms and pampering suites, which surround the large central pool on all sides. Each room has large windows that overlook a fresh green landscape, and allow an unmediated fusion with nature. In the taps, mineral water flows from a constant source. In addition, the space also includes 6 country villas, built of wood and stone with jacuzzis and private pools.
Behind them is a 3,000-square-meter wellness complex. It has a spa, a jacuzzi, and three large hot current pools, with curative sulfur water that flows from thermal mineral springs that spring from deep in the earth. They are known to have healing properties for the skin, body, and digestive system. The complex is equipped With innovative and advanced equipment and offers a rich variety of pampering massages and body treatments.
At Secret Forest, we believe that the direct connection to nature in our space, combined with a daily program of a holistic experience for body and soul, the deepening workshops, the meetings and the discourse circles, the healthy food, the professional accompaniment and the change of the routine and the lifestyle, stimulate a real inner renewal, renew and strengthen the love of life .
The hotel’s kitchen has been trained, and it serves guests a healthy, colorful menu, rich in fresh local ingredients using the “farm to table” method. In the hotel complex, fruit trees were also planted that create a beautiful orchard, some of the cooking and treatment ingredients are picked from the orchard and the spice gardens straight to the plate or the cooking pot. Even the olive oil served to the guests is made from olives harvested in the hotel area. The cuisine is kosher “pascintri” dairy with a rich “Levantine” style Mediterranean menu that includes fresh fish, country goat cheeses, organic vegetables. The combination of Greek-Cypriot and Israeli cuisine, the fresh ingredients from nature and the sea and the cooking methods that preserve the high nutritional value, create a different, delicious and healthy culinary experience. We will no longer have to bring a suitcase full of canned goods and tuna from Israel.
Yoni Kahana reports that soon guests will also be able to enjoy a horse farm, with guided nature walks, an art gallery and a creative and painting space surrounded by a breathtaking landscape, a kosher Greek tavern, an organic vineyard and more.
Yoni adds: “After years in the world of tourism and hotels, my dream today is to help even those who do not believe in their power to get well and regenerate, to cultivate health awareness, to give birth to renewal and to fall in love with life. Several years ago I was exposed to this unique place. The different frequency I felt, along with the history of healing tourism that is taking place Here in the past hundreds of years, I have taken my heart. I realized that I have a mission in life to create a space here that is a ‘home in nature’, which allows everyone, from all types of people, to take a break, to feel the magic of nature in all seasons, to go through a kind of restart In life, to connect within and experience a true rejuvenation of the body and soul. Immediately upon entering the Secret Forest, you can feel the unique energy of the place. As much as we talk, it will not be enough. You have to come, feel and understand. We are waiting for you with lots of love in the forest.”
