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yoga wellness retreat with sue elkind

Montecatini, Italy

Join Sue for this spectacular retreat to Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, also known in ancient times as the “City of Waters” for it’s beneficial thermal healing waters.

We will stay at Palazzo BelVedere, a beautiful hotel & wellness spa situated near the city center with its immense thermal parks. The resort grounds are surrounded by their own botanical and floral gardens, and we have arranged a guided hike to enjoy the land as much as possible.

The delicious cuisine served at Palazzo respects the rhythms of nature and tells of the land of Tuscany in all its forms. Each meal becomes a memorable taste experience, down the the natural wines included, that are ‘alive’ and unaltered from the garden cellars at BelVedere.

September is the most exquisite time to be in Tuscany, and we have included the most delicious excursions into this retreat package to fully enjoy our time there!

This retreat will include:

Daily Yoga & Meditation classes in a beautiful light-filled studio overlooking the circular garden

3 full meals per day- coffee, tea and juice with breakfast and lunch and 2 alcoholic drinks with dinner

Accommodations for 6 nights- single or double occupancy available

Full transport paid (besides airfare) - including airport tranfers and all excursions with english-speaking tour guide

Excursion- Cooking class & Vineyard tour experience at a stunning Villa & winery built in the seventeenth century situated in the heart of the Chianti

Excursion- Hot Springs- enjoy a half day at one of the most beautiful thermal pools in Tuscany

Excursion- Guided Wellness Hike off the property grounds

Free time to explore the city Montecatini Terme

Free time to enjoy the property / spa treatments

About the teacher:

Sue Elkind

Sue leads from her heart and her immense experience teaching yoga and training yoga teachers for over 25 years. Passionately dedicated to living radical wellness through yogic movement, meditation, plant medicine and her love of the Earth, Sue elevates individuals and connects communities, advocating regenerative living through digging deeper into one self to make one’s life a greater offering to the Whole.

Sample daily schedule:

8am Yoga + Meditation

10am Breakfast

11am Walk / explore Montecatini Terme

1:00 Lunch

3pm Excursion / leisure time

5:30pm Yoga + Restore

7pm Dinner

Accommodations & pricing:

Comfort Double occupancy - $3500

Comfort Single occupancy - $4450

Junior Suite Double - $3750

Junior Suite Single - $4650

Space is limited, register soon. $1000 deposit to reserve your room. 2nd payment of $1000 due by May 15, final balance due by July 15th, 2024.

Refund Policy: The $1000 deposit to is non-refundable, other payments refunded two months prior to retreat. After that, non-refundable.

TRAVEL:

We recommend the following flights from Newark (new Jersey) to FLR (Florence) and back for the group, it would be ideal if everyone arrived in Florence around the same time.

Departing flight: Friday, September 20, 2024:

depart at 5:40 PM
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
Travel time: 6 hr 50 min (Overnight)
arrive at 5:30 AM+1
Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)
Tap Air Portugal TP 202

1 hr 40 min layover in Lisbon (LIS)

depart at 7:10 AM+1
Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)
Travel time: 2 hr 50 min
arrive at 11:00 AM+1
Amerigo Vespucci Airport (FLR)
Tap Air Portugal TP 874

Returning flight: Friday, Sep 27, 2024 :

depart at 11:50 AM
Amerigo Vespucci Airport (FLR)
Travel time: 3 hr
arrive at 1:50 PM
Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)
Tap Air Portugal TP 875

4 hr 40 min layover in Lisbon (LIS)

depart at 6:30 PM
Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)
Travel time: 8 hr
arrive at 9:30 PM
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
Tap Air Portugal TP 203

Two Night Add-on: Explore Florence after the retreat!

If you’re looking to stay on and explore Florence, Sue will be staying two nights after the retreat at Gallery Hotel Art. Double Occupancy: €210.00 per night, transfers €100 euros shared by 6 people to hotel from retreat center.

Important information if you want to purchase Travel Insurance:
You can use this link to see four different choices for insurance:
https://www.wellxplored.com/travel-tips/why-purchase-travel-insurance

PLEASE NOTE: You must purchase your travel insurance within 14 days of first deposit to insure pre-existing conditions and additional coverage

There are 2 main options to consider:

Option one- cancel for any reason or cancel anytime. This expands the reasons for cancelation and if it’s not a covered reason it will be paid approximately 80% of the total insured.
Option two- classic plan which most importantly will cover cancelation for sickness, death or injury.

There is also coverage while traveling too if you choose to add this to your plan.