From €360
Description
A holiday full of outdoor activities in nature: light hiking in the mountains and yoga in Abruzzo National Park!
Choose an enchanting mini break in the heart of our peninsula: the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park! From the Abruzzo villages you can admire one of the largest parks in Italy with a great biodiversity: one of the most prosperous in Europe.
In these quiet villages, find new energy and dialogue with your body! Relax yourself doing yoga and Zazen meditation in prestigious historical places and appreciate the evocative natural landscapes. Take part in this holiday full of outdoor activities for adults and kids, organized to allow you to recover precious energy!
Visit the highest castle in Italy: Castel del Monte! From its altitude you can admire extraordinary views and feel incredible sensations. Travel back in time with this guided hiking, the ideal outdoor exploring activity for those who love nature!
Next stop: Santo Stefano di Sessanio, one of the "most beautiful villages in Italy".
Set off on an adventure for your weekend getaway in Gran Sasso National Park, between wellness and adventures surrounded by Abruzzo mountains!
Come home full of energy!
Where it will take place
Take part in this guided trekking tour in Abruzzo mountains. Visiting the historical villages located in Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park is a journey into biodiversity, culture and mother earth history.
Special features
This proposal invites you to leave the city's frantic rhythm to enjoy a weekend or a holiday in the mountains! You will be accompanied on a path of reflection and meditation about the wild nature of these mountains and the nature of the human being. Do yoga in company and participate in many outdoor activities in nature, guided hikings visiting some of the most beautiful villages in Italy!
When and how to participate
- Useful to: Everyone, yoga practitioners, families, couples, individuals, small groups.
- When: Please send a request for booking
- Meeting point: 12 noon at Castel Del Monte at the Del Pastore Refuge.
- Duration: 3 days and 2 nights
- Difficulty: Easy
- Languages: Italian | English
- Minimum participants: 4
- Equipment required: Comfortable shoes, Yoga mat, Meditation cushion
- Data sheet: Program
Day 1
- 12.00 pm meeting point at the Shepherd's Refuge in Castel Del Monte, in the province of L'Aquila. Check in to the accommodation,
- 4.00 pm Yoga lesson and short walk on the hill to admire the village in its landscape.You will see the Gran Sasso, the Campo Imperatore plateau and the Sirente and Majella mountains.You will do a short yoga activity with the group this splendid vantage point.
- 7.30 pm Dinner at Rita's
- 9.30 pm Reading some pages of the book: "Alce Nero Parla" to get in deep harmony with the natural world, as the American Indians did.
Day 2
- 7.30 am Breakfast.
- 9.00 am Appointment at the Rocca Refuge in Rocca Calascio. Located at 1,460 meters above sea level, Rocca Calascio is the highest village in Central Italy.
- 9.15 am Yoga class.
- 10.15 am Visit to the fortress, followed by meditation on the grassy lawn in front of Santa Maria della Pietà. Packed lunch offered by the Rocca Refuge.
- Early afternoon: Easy trekking (unguided) from Rocca Calascio to the magnificent Borgo di Santo Stefano di Sessanio.
- Visit of Santo Stefano di Sessanio. Return to Rocca Calascio and relax.
- 7.30 pm Dinner in Santo Stefano di Sessanio, in the elegant Cantinone accommodation facility
- 9.30 pm reading of some pages of the ancient Tibetan sacred book: "The precious Garland of the teaching of birds".
Day 3
- 5.30 am wake up to admire the sunrise in Campo Imperatore
- A short walk to admire the landscape of the southern chain of the Gran Sasso and meditation.
- 8.00 am Breakfast.
- 9.15 am Outdoor Yoga lesson lasting about an hour.
- Space for reflection for questions, clarifications, interventions. In case of bad weather the meeting will be held in the Municipal Gym.
- 12.30 pm Lunch with Rita's specialties.
- Homecoming.
- Price: €360 per person
What it includes
- Double room hotel
- Meals as per program
- Yoga course
- Zazen meditation
- Guide
What’s not included
- Transports and Transfers
- Drinks
- Personal expenses and extra activities
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