Dharana at Shillim - A Luxury Wellness Retreat

A Brooklyn architecture firm designed the low-slung stone villas here to disappear into a forested Western Ghats mountainside, and they very nearly do. This all-villa wellness resort outside Pune runs a genuinely deep Ayurvedic spa program alongside cooking classes, pottery, and language lessons, so there's plenty to fill the days between soaks. The villas start large and get larger, each with indoor and outdoor showers.