Earth under your feet. Openness in your heart.
Quinta dos Elementos, Algarve · six nights · seven guests
A few days just for you.
Sometimes it does you good to leave the world outside for a moment.
The everyday, the functioning, the just-one-more-quick-thing. And to sink into nature, into the quiet, into a gentler rhythm.
In the house of the elements, surrounded by earth, water, fire and air, we give ourselves a few days in a small group of women. Days to arrive, to breathe out, to feel.
We wake with the light, move our bodies, breathe, go out into nature and let the day carry us. A good book, warm tea, a long walk, a familiar conversation, laughter together. Or simply sitting and watching the light fall through the leaves.
At some point, perhaps, time itself goes quiet.
Barbara and Simone hold these days with experience, attentiveness and a great deal of heart.
And perhaps what remains at the end is that quiet, lovely feeling: of being a little freer again.
The apartment holds one or two people, around 22 m², with air conditioning, its own bathroom and a kitchen counter of its own.
Which apartment suits you — alone, as a pair, or shared with another guest — is settled in the enquiry.
Simone spoils you with ayurvedic cooking: a generous brunch on the retreat days, and on three evenings a freshly cooked ayurvedic dinner with regional ingredients. Fruit, snacks and drinks are there as well.
On the other evenings there is time to discover Alte and Portuguese cooking, or simply to let the day end at the house.
SpecialA shared ayurvedic cooking evening — we cook together, and eat what we cooked.
If you like, you can treat yourself to an ayurvedic Padabhyanga or Mukabhyanga massage with Barbara. The massages are booked separately.
Nourishing, loving, and with a great deal of pleasure.
A waterfall with water deep enough to swim in.
The nearest beach on the Atlantic.
The buddhist stupa at Salir, Associação para a Paz no Mundo: stupapaznomundo.org
until 30 November 2026 · then 1,850 €
until 30 November 2026 · then 1,550 €
Travel to the Algarve, transfers and insurance are the guest's own. Everything on this page is included.
Seven places, one week. Write to Simone with how you would like to stay, and she answers herself.
