Pilates Retreat

The reformer is a signature piece of Pilates equipment, offering a unique combination of spring resistance and guided movement.

Working one-on-one with an experienced instructor allows for a more personalised experience, with guidance tailored to your movement patterns, strength, posture, and individual goals. Whether you are building core stability, refining technique, or supporting recovery from injury, this 1:1 session offers focused attention that simply isn’t possible in a group class.

Yoga and Pilates are both mindful movement practices that support overall wellbeing, but they differ in focus and approach. Yoga combines movement, breathwork, and meditation to improve flexibility, balance, relaxation, and mental clarity, often with a more holistic and restorative feel. Pilates, on the other hand, focuses on controlled, low-impact exercises designed to strengthen the core, improve posture, enhance stability, and support injury prevention or rehabilitation. Together, they complement each other beautifully, creating balance between strength, mobility, and mindfulness.

Pranayama, or breath control, is a powerful tool for calming the nervous system and enhancing your yoga practice. Our breathwork sessions introduce you to techniques that you can continue to use long after your retreat.

Techniques include Ujjayi (victorious breath), Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing), Kapalabhati (skull-shining breath), and Box Breathing. Each technique serves a different purpose — from energising and cleansing to calming and balancing.

Our instructors explain the science behind each technique, ensuring you understand not just how to practice, but why these ancient methods are so effective.

Sound healing is a deeply restorative experience designed to quieten the mind and release tension from the body. Let soothing vibrations and resonant tones wash over you as you settle into stillness, creating space to slow down, switch off and simply be.

Our spa therapists are in-house, not visiting contractors, so treatments can be scheduled around your practice rather than the reverse. Massage, body treatments and facials are all available.

Food is an important part of your retreat experience. We take the planning and preparation out of your day while introducing you to simple, nourishing ways to eat well beyond your stay.

Three balanced meals are included each day, thoughtfully prepared by our Chef and Wellness Team using fresh, local and organic ingredients wherever possible. Menus focus on gut health, quality proteins, complex carbohydrates, healthy fats and seasonal vegetables, with plenty of flavour.

Designed to support your Pilates practice, meals are nourishing and satisfying, helping to fuel movement and support recovery without feeling restrictive.

We cater to all dietary requirements, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free. Please let us know your requirements in advance so we can prepare accordingly.

At check-in, you’ll receive two things: the weekly group timetable and your personalised schedule, with every treatment and class booked for you. From there, the days are yours. Add extra activities from the weekly program, keep things slow with time to relax at the hotel, or head out and explore the Algarve.

The whole point of your stay is to feel truly looked after, so we take care of the details. Where possible, we’re happy to accommodate requests and make adjustments to your schedule, subject to availability.