Permission To Pause through Wellness Travel

By Angela Sabatasso, Realtor | Strand Hill Forbes Global Properties

Lake Como

As a Recreation, Parks, and Tourism graduate, I learned early that how we spend our free time is as important as how we work. Recreation, travel, and play aren’t luxuries — they’re essential elements of a balanced, beautiful life.

Across the Mediterranean, this philosophy is known as La Dolce Vita — the sweet life. It’s a way of living that prioritizes presence, pleasure, and wellbeing. Whether in the olive groves of Italy, the coastal villages of Spain, or here along the shores of Palos Verdes, the message is the same: slow down and savor.

The Healing Power of Recreation

Recreation — from a hike through open spaces to a morning ride along the bluffs — reconnects us with our bodies and surroundings. It improves physical strength, reduces stress, and releases endorphins that remind us how good it feels to simply move.

In Palos Verdes, outdoor living is part of daily life. The trails, beaches, and gardens are natural extensions of our homes — spaces to restore, recharge, and feel alive.

Wellness Through Travel and Exploration

Travel is one of the most profound ways to nourish the mind and soul.

Exploring new landscapes, cultures, and cuisines awakens curiosity and creativity. Each journey becomes an opportunity to reset perspective and rediscover joy.

Slow travel — the Mediterranean way — is not about checking off destinations, but about immersing yourself in them. Long lunches, seaside walks, and genuine connection turn travel into a form of therapy.

Play, Leisure, and Everyday Joy

Play is a forgotten art of adulthood — yet it’s essential to emotional balance. Whether tending a garden, cooking a beautiful meal, or spending time with horses, play restores the sense of lightness that modern life often erodes.

Leisure is not laziness; it’s living deliberately. It’s time spent outdoors, in movement, in laughter, and in stillness — all the simple luxuries that make life feel expansive and whole.

Designing a Life That Feels Good

To embrace La Dolce Vita is to design a lifestyle — and a home — that supports your wellbeing. It’s creating environments that breathe, gardens that invite you outside, and spaces that remind you to slow down.

Here in Palos Verdes, we are surrounded by everything this philosophy stands for: nature, community, connection, and light.

Wellness travel might begin abroad, but its true reward is how it transforms the way you live at home.

Live Beautifully. Live Well. Live Your La Dolce Vita.

Because the greatest luxury is a life that feels as good as it looks.

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