About The Retreat
Are you looking for relaxation, new energy and some time for reflection? These yoga and wellness retreats in Gozo offer a wonderful way to recharge, explore and practice yoga by the sea!
Gozo, also known as “The Island of Joy”, offers peace, tranquility, 300 days of sun every year and breathtaking nature. The ideal place for outdoor yoga at sunrise while looking at the waves of Qbajjar Bay, hiking over cliffs and through beautiful valleys, meditation by the sea and other recharging activities that make you feel your best.
You can choose to stay in your own private apartment or in a beautiful hotel by the seaside, enjoying healthy food, daily yoga classes, meditation sessions, hiking or other activities in a tailor-made program designed to your needs.
For those who like to do their yoga, meditation and hiking early in the morning and at sunset, book a four night retreat during the summer months.
We offer our yoga holidays and retreats any week you like, all year round. You can start your retreat or yoga holiday on any day! Please note that in July and August our yoga sessions are around sunrise and sunset, which means early in the morning!
Our retreats have a maximum of 4 participants. Part of your retreat will be group classes where you will meet a maximum of 9 participants.
Accommodation
You can choose to stay with one of our hotel or apartment partners.
Quaint Boutique Hotels
Quaint Boutique Hotels are a group of hip design hotels with a touch of local character, offering a unique experience to travellers who wish to live and enjoy the real Gozitan way of life.
If you stay at Quaint Boutique hotels you are right in the middle of the ancient and authentic villages of Xewkija and Sannat. This is the ideal location if you come for a meditation, hiking or yoga retreat. You will feel the quietness of village life, inviting you to slow down and adjust to the relaxed rhythm of Gozo daily life.
The rooms at Quaint hotels are spacious and luxurious, with a unique design for every room. You will have a beautiful bathroom, coffee and tea making facilities and a mini fridge. Other amenities are a hairdryer, individually controlled A/C, ironing facility, free wifi, digital safe and LCD TV. The ideal place to relax after a day of yoga, hiking and meditation.
The hotels are located in the village square where you also find restaurants and a supermarket.
4-star Hotel Calypso in Masalforn
In the beautiful bay of Marsalforn you’ll find the popular 4-star Calypso Hotel. It has an amazing views of Marsalforn Bay, spacious rooms, a beautiful Rooftop Terrace with swimming pool and a great restaurant. If you choose to stay at Calypso Hotel, full breakfast is included and you will have a room with sea view. We will pick you up for all yoga, hiking and meditation activities.
Teachers
Monique – Yoga
Monique, originally from the Netherlands is a Yoga Alliance registered teacher, as an E-RYT 200, RYT 500 and YACEP. This means that I continuously educate myself further and I comply with the highest quality standards in yoga education.
Her aim is to make her students feel their best, through yoga and meditation and to share what she has learnt. She has studied Chakra Yoga, Yin Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Meditation and loves to mix elements of all styles together.
Nop – Yoga teacher, retreat manager and hiking guide
Nop is a yoga teacher with a background in physical education. He studied Hatha Yoga and Yin Yoga at Arhanta Yoga Ashram in the Netherlands and is registered with Yoga Alliance International.
He combines cardio, strength and flexibility in his work-outs and yoga sessions. He loves to teach outdoors, because being in contact with the elements adds a lot of extra energy to every work-out.
He provides guided tours in which combine hiking around the most beautiful places on the island.
Retreat Program
We offer 4, 6 or 7-day retreats year round, a shorter summer yoga holiday and custom retreats. Our sample program for a 7-day retreat looks like this, but you can add other elements into your schedule or skip certain activities.
Saturday: arrival and introduction
Sunday: Yoga class, breakfast, free time, outdoor yoga & meditation session
Monday: Yoga class, breakfast, free time, outdoor yoga & meditation session or sunset hiking
Tuesday: Yoga class, breakfast, free time, outdoor yoga and meditation session
Wednesday: breakfast, day off. Optional yoga sessions in the morning and evening.
Thursday: Yoga class, breakfast, free time, outdoor yoga & meditation session
Friday: Yoga class, breakfast, free time, outdoor yoga & meditation session or sunset hiking or fire ceremony
Saturday: optional morning yoga and check-out
You will stay at the 4-star Calypso Hotel in a Sea View Room. The hotel has a heated pool.
The Yoga Holiday package is available for 4 nights/5 days or 7 nights/8 days.
Location
Our retreats are located in Qbajjar Bay, Masalforn, a beautiful place by the sea in Gozo.
Retreat Price
7 night package: Including Breakfast and Lunch
Choice of accommodation: Horizon Complex Qbajjar, Quaint Boutique Hotels or Calypso Hotel Marsalforn.
Period: 1/6 to 30/9 and 22/12 – 2/1
One person €1495
Period: 3/1 – 31/5
One person €1395
6 night package: Including Breakfast and Lunch
Choice of accommodation: Horizon Complex Qbajjar, Quaint Boutique Hotels or Calypso Hotel Marsalforn
Period: 1/6 to 30/9 and 22/12 – 2/1
One person €1395
Period: 3/1 – 31/5
One person €1295
7 night package: Including Breakfast only
Choice of accommodation: Quaint Boutique Hotels or Calypso Hotel Marsalforn.
Period: 1/6 to 30/9 and 22/12 – 2/1
One person €1395
Period: 3/1 – 31/5
One person €1295
4 night package: Including Breakfast only
Choice of accommodation: Quaint Boutique Hotels or Calypso Hotel Marsalforn.
Period: 1/6 to 30/9 and 22/12 – 2/1
One person €950
Period: 3/1 – 31/5
One person €895
Included
- Accommodation
- Transfer from Luqa airport to the apartment or to your hotel
- Daily yoga classes, hiking sessions, meditation sessions
- Full (vegetarian) breakfast
- Six simple vegetarian lunches on location (for 7-day retreats)
- One sunset BBQ in our 7-day retreat(vegetarian)
- Water
Not included
- Dinner
- Flights
- Other activities than yoga, meditation and hiking
- Drinks or other costs
Optional
- Detox diner package. You will get a light vegetable based soup, juice or salad in the evening at €95 for the week.
- Vegan or vegetarian dinner prepared by our veggie chef at extra costs (depending on your choice of meals)
- Massage treatment: €45 per hour.
- Reiki treatment: €45 per session.
- Freediving: €65 per session.
- Personal nutrition lifestyle advice: €45
- Life coaching: €45 per session.
- Beauty treatment and hair dresser: depending on package of treatment.
Booking
September special offer: Get £25 off your first booking plus receive a free yoga mat and a free paddle board session when you book with Trips With A Soul.
To book your place on a Yoga and Wellness Retreats in Gozo, fill in the form below.
