Optional Retreat Activities

Italian Cooking Class
Learn how to prepare delicious Italian vegetarian recipes.

• Minimum 4 people, maximum 10
• Cost: 60 Euros per person
• Duration: 3 and a half hours

Wine Tasting
A professional enologist will explain the history of the production of 3 world-renowned local wines. 

• Min. 6 people, max. 15
• Cost: 15 Euros per person
• Duration: 1.5 hours

Trip to Pisa
A driver will drop you in Pisa where you can stroll along the picturesque streets of Pisa with its lovely palazzos, churches and markets. You will also be able to see the Pisa tower, the Cathedral (Duomo) and Baptistry, and Camposanto.

• Minimum 6 people.
• Cost: between 37 and 50 Euros 
• Duration: 4 hours; 30 minutes drive to Pisa, 3 hours in Pisa, 30 minute ride back.

Tour of Local Villages
Visit the picturesque Tuscan villages of Montescudaio, Casale Maritimo, and Bolgheri. 

• Minimum: 6 people.
• Cost: between 37 and 50 Euros 
• Duration: 3.5 hours

Trip to Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa
Lama Tzong Khapa Institute is a Tibetan Buddhist center located in Pomaia, offering regular courses on Buddhism, meditation, and many other topics, aimed at the development of the human qualities of kindness, compassion, and wisdom. Since its founding in 1977, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute has grown into one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist centers in Europe. 

• Minimum: 6 people
• Cost: Between 35 Euros and 60 Euros
• Duration: 2hours 30 minutes

Massage
Receive a massage in your room by Chiara, a local masseuse.

• Chiara’s massage. 45 minutes. Cost: 35 Euros
• Ayurvedic massage. 90 minutes. Cost: 75 Euros
• Mediterranean massage. 60 minutes. Cost: 60 Euros