Who We Are and What We Do

Our mission is to provide specially designed retreats. Because of this, our retreats soothe the soul with optional yoga and meditation. They also awaken the taste buds with glorious regional food and wine. We include travel to historical sights during all of our retreats.

We offer unique Vacation Retreats in Europe and elsewhere! You can check out our current offerings here https://charetreats.com/our-trips-at-a-glance/.

Our specially designed retreats are escapes from your ordinary days. They blend good living with good health. Our choice of each venue will enable you to unwind. You will appreciate the silence of the natural surroundings from the comfort of luxurious accommodations.  

Relax in the villa, enjoy the outdoor space, or chat with others while enjoying a glass of wine. Whatever you choose, you will have no shortage of things to do. There are places to visit. Or simply to relax while being wrapped in classic luxury!

Each specially designed retreat is chock full of wonderful events. In addition to the daily optional Meditation and Yoga classes, there will be an opportunity for you to sample each country’s fine cuisine and table wines.  

As a result of our locations being specially chosen, there will be an opportunity to explore the region on your own. We include visits to nearby sites with the group. We always schedule several fun adventures during our retreats.

How we build our specially designed retreats

Our First step

We begin by choosing the country and then the location. During this search, we seek out the perfect venue. When we find it, we make our reservation.

Our choice for each venue must enable our guests to unwind. It is also important for us to consider the villa’s surroundings and comfort.

Our Second step

Once we choose our venue, we then search the area to decide which historic sights we will visit during the week. The location we choose for each of our trips must offer interesting and historic sights.

For instance, our Sicily retreat includes a trip to the summit of Mt. Etna. On our way to the summit, we will stop at the Silvestri Crater for a short meditation.

Another instance is in the Portugal retreat. For this vacation retreat, we have included a trip to the pilgrimage site of Bom Jesus do Monte. This is a pilgrimage site for many Portuguese.

While there, our guests will be offered the option of either walking up the stairs or riding the funicular to the top of the mountain. At the top is the cathedral and a beautiful garden.

We then will all ride the funicular back down the mountain to our awaiting transport. The transport will take us to the ancient city of Braga for a visit.

Our Third step

We specifically design these retreats to include a personal chef. This chef will prepare our dinners each evening.

Considering each meal he prepares, he includes the perfect wine to pair with the meal. In order to find the proper chef for our purposes, we rely heavily on our liaisons who are located in the country.

We also search for a professional photographer in each country. Again we rely on our liaisons to choose the perfect photographer.

This photographer will be with us for one entire day taking photos of our activities. He will also take a group shot.

The photographer provides the photos and videos we use on our website. We use these photos in the advertisements for our curated retreats as well.

We arrange for the services of a local massage therapist. The masseuse will be available to offer a personal massage to our guests. We provide one free massage for each guest.

However, the masseuse will be available for additional massages should any client desire.

What else do we include in our retreats?

Each morning we feature a meditation class and an asana class. Private instruction is also available for anybody who wants.

Each specially curated retreat includes Reiki healing sessions for those interested. Reiki is a practice of energy healing performed by Diana.

During the late afternoon, there will be Kirtan. Kirtan is a call-and-response chanting or musical conversation.

Our Fourth Step

As a result of all the previous steps, we update our website to reflect the new upcoming retreat.

We begin by featuring our retreat on Facebook. Then we post photos on Instagram. And finally, we send an email to our followers letting them know our new retreat offerings.

Every vacation/retreat we offer will be a week that will remain in your memory forever!

You will meet new friends. Sampling new food and wine will delight your senses. You will return home relaxed.

Since our very first retreat, we have enjoyed the return of several of our guests. This in itself is a testament to the special attention we give to each and every offer.

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