63 Hours on the ALO Yacht in Saint-Tropez
Including private Pilates by the sea, 24/7 matcha soft serve, and daily cold plunges.
A little over a week ago, I got a phone call from ALO. This was on Thursday, and the team was asking if I was interested in flying to Saint-Tropez on Monday afternoon to join them on a 240-foot yacht sailing around the South of France to celebrate the fitness brand's summer Atelier collection. Naturally, I said yes. Four days later, I was checked in at LAX. By Tuesday morning Central European Time, I was boarding a tender at Capitainerie du Port de Saint-Tropez and then climbing aboard ALO Voyage, where private reformer classes, EMS training, a cold plunge, a sauna, and a treatment room for lymphatic drainage massages and advanced bodywork awaited.
For the next 63 hours, ALO took me on a wellness journey unlike anything I'd ever experienced before. As the daughter of a Pilates instructor who taught my friends and me how to make homemade almond milk with a nut milk bag in middle school, I'm hardly a novice. In between meals made of fresh, local ingredients—the chef's sourdough starter's name is Bradley Cooper—and morning dips in perfectly chilly and salty seawater, I had private Pilates sessions with ALO Wellness Club instructor Bianca Wise and a deep-tissue massage with a sound-bath soundtrack, and I still made time to do my best Beyoncé, jumping off the side of the yacht. There were private beach clubs and buzzy public ones, quiet mornings on the back deck to caffeinate and catch up on emails, and never-ending servings of matcha soft serve gelato, which was on tap at all times of the day and night.
Ahead, read through every moment.
63 Hours on the ALO Yacht
June 9, 2026 3:56 P.M.
After one long flight, an almost-missed connection, and a two-hour drive from Nice to Saint-Tropez, I finally arrived at Capitainerie du Port de Saint-Tropez, where an ALO-branded tender was scheduled to pick me up and take me to the boat about 15 minutes offshore. Two men in ALO trousers and matching sneakers grabbed my luggage and helped me on board (both work on the Silver Fox, the name of the yacht when it's not chartered by ALO), and soon enough, they were pointing out my home for the next 63 hours—not that it required an introduction. The three letters on its side more than gave its location away. To be honest, I didn't know what to expect when I said yes to a few nights on a yacht in the South of France. Let's just say that this boat was far, far larger and more grand than anything I could have imagined.
June 9, 2026 4:11 P.M.
After being greeted by the team, who were lounging on the back deck taking advantage of the perfect weather, I was given a tour of the place. Apparently, a lot can fit on a 240-foot yacht, including a spa fit with a cold plunge, steam room, and sauna as well as a treatment room for massages and facials. Next door was the fitness room, which opens up to a deck designed for a Pilates reformer so you can stretch and tone literal steps from the Mediterranean. Obviously, I planned to put them all to use.
June 9, 2026 4:23 P.M.
I quickly popped into my room to drop off my luggage and change into my swimsuit, and I was met with essentially an ALO store. The closet was full of ALO Atelier pieces and workout essentials, like leggings sets, running shoes, and sweatsuits. There were also two handbags, more beauty products than I could ever need—from ALO's famous Head-to-Toe Glow Oil to Digest & Debloat supplements—and a slew of miscellaneous goodies, like Therabody's TheraFace Depuffing Wand, which I used every morning to help with my jet lag–induced puffiness.
June 9, 2026 5:30 P.M.
Before I could do any wellnessing, I had a bit of work to finish that I had expected to complete on the flight, but in-and-out WiFi stood in the way. Let me tell you—working on a yacht is far more enjoyable than working in a dark airplane cabin. I'll take that trade any day.
June 9, 2026 6:07 P.M.
Once I'd scheduled my story and answered some emails, another guest and I jumped at the chance to do a private ab session with Wise, who whipped us into shape immediately. My abs were burning within the first minute and kept burning for the entirety of the 30-minute workout. She has video classes on the ALO Wellness Club app, so now, I need to download those and get to work.
I always try to move a bit after a really long flight just to keep my muscles from stiffening and stave off jet lag. This did just the trick, allowing me to run on basically zero sleep all the way through dinner.
June 9, 2026 8:40 P.M.
Post-workout, I decided it was time to settle into my room for the next few days and freshen up before dinner on the bow of the boat right at sunset, which served as a perfect backdrop for the summer Atelier collection, which is full of soft pink and champagne mixed in with classic white and black pieces. We all had Atelier pieces already stocked in our closets, but it wasn't until dinner that I saw the collection in full. I particularly loved all the lightweight cashmere pieces, but there was also a healthy mix of silk and linen options to balance them out.
First, we sipped champagne while previewing the collection before sitting down for a multicourse meal served by the Silver Fox's incredible staff. The star of the show really was the sourdough and locally sourced olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Over the course of the week, I probably ate an entire loaf.
June 9, 2026 11:07 P.M.
It wouldn't be a wellness trip if I didn't close out night one in front of a red-light panel with a cup of chamomile tea.
June 10, 2026 7:05 A.M.
I always wake up early, but the jet lag had me up even earlier than normal, so after showering and picking out an outfit for my morning reformer appointment with Wise, I headed to the back deck to watch the sun come up with a coffee and my Kindle. Though my body could have probably used more sleep, quiet mornings like this make getting up early so worth it.
June 10, 2026 8:20 A.M.
After my relaxing morning, I met up with Wise for a private reformer session in the Wellness Club. Stabilizing on a moving boat took some getting used to, but it was a great test of core strength. By the end of the class, I knew I'd feel it the next day.
June 10, 2026 10:28 A.M.
A quick breakfast followed class. Everything, even the pastries, is made on board, and the fruit is all sourced locally in France, where, apparently, the best berries on the planet are grown. I also had about three more coffees to keep awake.
June 10, 2026 11:09 A.M.
When the weather is as good as it was in Saint-Tropez during this trip, I cannot spend too much time inside. I have to be in the sun, so after breakfast, I ran to my room to change into a swimsuit and head to the top deck to sunbathe. Even with a good number of people on board, there was somehow always at least one spot that no one was occupying, and at this time, that was the top deck. I got some more work done, did a little reading, and just relaxed.
June 10, 2026 1:41 P.M.
I traded lying out on the boat for lying out at a private ALO beach club, something I was more than happy to do. The tender dropped us off on a small dock, where we were greeted with a choice of champagne or a wellness shot and then escorted to a long pink table full of incredible food. (I was very well fed on this trip, as you've probably already noticed.) This lobster pasta was especially delicious.
June 10, 2026 3:03 P.M.
The rest of the afternoon was spent swimming and tanning on beach beds and inflatables, a perfect combination when one is near the Mediterranean.
June 10, 2026 3:48 P.M.
Just before heading back to the boat, servers came around with some of the freshest fruit I'd ever tasted and giant tarte tropézienne, a famous cake that originated in Saint-Tropez and consists of a fluffy brioche base filled with pastry cream and whipped cream. It's finished off with pearl sugar.
June 10, 2026 8:43 P.M.
I swear we did more than just eat on this trip, but I forgot to capture anything after we got back from the beach club. The gap mostly consisted of me showering and getting ready for dinner, which was incredible. We ate at Kinugawa, a Japanese restaurant in Ramatuelle, where we ate everything from miso-marinated black cod to sea bass carpaccio.
June 11, 2026 12:02 A.M.
When we arrived back on the boat after dinner, the staff on the Silver Fox had chamomile tea waiting for us. It was the perfect finishing touch for the evening.
June 11, 2026 9:47 A.M.
Since we got home late the night before, I let myself sleep in a bit later than usual. Once I was properly awake and caffeinated, I went upstairs to the top deck for an EMS training session with Darci Bawdon Fistanic, one of the EMS trainers at the ALO Wellness Club in London. EMS, or electrical muscle stimulation, training is a fitness trend where you put on a suit equipped with electrodes that send electrical impulses directly to your muscles. We did 30 minutes of full-body moves, from squats and lunges to crunches and glute bridges. It'll make you sore for days, but in the best way.
June 11, 2026 12:29 P.M.
After our workout, we had breakfast and got ready for a day in town at one of the top beach clubs in the area, Loulou, followed by water sports back on the boat. As usual, I was early to meet everyone, so I set up a towel on the back deck and got some more sun.
June 11, 2026 12:47 P.M.
I got the boat shot, obviously.
June 11, 2026 2:30 P.M.
Lunch at Loulou was one of the best meals we ate during the trip, with artichoke salad, Neapolitan pizza, spicy vodka pasta, and more on the menu. The vibes were immaculate, too, in part due to the DJ, who played a mix of oldies and modern dance hits.
June 11, 2026 6:49 P.M.
After lunch, we ventured back to the boat to make the most of the rest of the daylight—jet-skiing, jumping off the side of the boat, and getting massages. Our goal was to re-create the famous Beyoncé jump, but I couldn't stomach jumping off the fourth-level deck, so we settled on doing so off the second floor. Nobody has to know.
June 11, 2026 8:34 P.M.
I really did sit outside for as long as I possibly could, and when the sun finally started to go down, I slipped inside to shower and clean up before our predinner sound bath with Wise. For the last night, dinner was on the boat and pretty casual, so I went with a super-cozy cashmere sweater and a pair of linen drawstring pants, both from the Atelier collection. There were no shoes allowed on the boat, so I just went barefoot.
June 11, 2026 9:14 P.M.
This sound bath was such a beautiful way to close out the trip. I was so relaxed I fell asleep for 10 minutes while lying on pillows set up on one of the decks. The sun's descent turned the sky a rich pink-and-yellow shade that served as a stunning backdrop.
June 11, 2026 9:17 P.M.
From there, we all took our blankets and settled in for a delicious outdoor dinner cooked by the Silver Fox's chef. We had more homemade sourdough bread with olive oil, pasta, and veggies, filling up with as much locally made cuisine as we could before deboarding tomorrow and returning home. All of our flights were pretty early the next day, so everyone headed right to bed after dinner—but not before enjoying more chamomile tea.
June 12, 2026 6:47 A.M.
I got up bright and early the next morning to enjoy one last cappuccino on the water before boarding the tender to head back to shore. It's a two-hour drive from Saint-Tropez to Nice and then a two-hour flight from Nice to Zürich, where I had my transfer. Even my flight back felt like a part of this wellness journey, especially since my business-class seat on Swiss Air from Zürich to Los Angeles doubled as a massage chair. I read my book for the majority of the flight, trying to get as much enrichment time as I could before returning to my regular life, and slept between chapters. Upon arriving home, I wasn't exhausted like I normally am after a trip, especially one as long as this one. I'd spent far too much time relaxing during my 63 hours with ALO for that to be the case.
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