6 días de retiro de yoga para parejas Off-Grid Return to Each Other en Coimbra, Portugal
Couples Yoga Retreat in Portugal
Set in the wild beauty of the Serra da Estrela, central Portugal. This retreat is for couples who want to step away from the noise of everyday life and spend meaningful time together — just the two of you. Not just passing each other in the kitchen. Not just coordinating diaries, responsibilities, or the next thing on the list. But real time. Intentional time. The kind that lets you exhale, look at each other properly again, and remember who you are underneath the busyness of life.
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Destacados
- Gentle yoga and fun partner movement practices
- Sound baths and clay soaks
- Half-day excursion
- Pottery session and release rituals
- Fire pit gatherings
- Daily nourishing meals
- 5 nights accommodation
Nivel de experiencia
- Principiante
Estilos de Yoga
6 días con instrucción en Inglés
Alojamiento
Instalaciones
- Amigable con el medio ambiente
Cara Creek is an off-grid eco retreat venue built with care, creativity, and deep respect for the land. The venue runs on solar power and water from the land, and Cara Creek says it has been built using natural and local materials to complement the beauty of the surroundings. Their story speaks about creating a space that supports depth without overwhelming the nature that makes it powerful.
The off-grid setting is part of the magic. There is no excess here. No rush. No unnecessary distraction. Just a softer rhythm of living that invites you back into presence.
Your stay is part of the experience
Cara Creek’s eco pods are every nature lover’s dream — designed to help you sleep close to nature from the comfort of a cozy bed. The pods were designed and built by drawing inspiration from sacred geometry. For this retreat, you’ll be focusing on the pod options with double beds, ideal for couples wanting their own cozy nest in nature with quality Portuguese-made mattresses with memory-foam toppers, good pillows, duvets, and cotton sheets.
- Tetra-Pods - 4 pods, each with a double bed. Cara Creek describes these as inspired by the tetrahedron, with high walls and a large window with amazing views.
- Tri-Pods - 3 pods with double beds. These triangular pods each have a small deck out front, with views across the pool and treetops.
- Cabanas - 4 pods, each with a double bed, with stunning views over the valley.
These are not generic hotel rooms. They are beautiful, simple, thoughtfully crafted spaces that let you feel part of the land. You’ll sleep tucked into nature, under dark skies, in a bed that invites deep rest after full, heart-opening days.
Programa
Busy schedules. Work. Family. Responsibilities. The endless to-do list. Sometimes it’s not that the love has gone — it’s that the space around it has. This retreat is an invitation to pause. To soften. To play. To explore. To remember what it feels like to really be together. Whether you feel like you’ve started drifting and want to light the fire again, or whether the spark is already there and you simply love the idea of doing something new together, this space is for you. Shared experiences matter.
Quality time is one of the five love languages, popularised by Gary Chapman, and for many couples, it is the very thing that helps love feel alive, felt, and nourished. This retreat is built around exactly that: intentional time together, away from distraction, in a beautiful setting that invites presence.
Retreat highlights
This retreat is a blend of connection, rest, adventure, nourishment, and space for whatever wants to unfold naturally during our time together.
Expect a beautiful mix of:
- Gentle yoga for beginners and beyond
- Fun partner movement practices
- Sound baths and deep relaxation snuggled up beside each other
- Divine massages
- Clay soaks in the local creek
- Passadiços do Mondego half-day excursion, a 12-kilometer, scenic hiking trail featuring wooden pathways and suspension bridges along the Mondego River
- Hikes to the local waterfall and ancient dolmen monument
- Pottery session
- Optional plant medicine journeys with master plant ayahuasca
- Sauna, hot tub, and swimming in the natural pool
- Release rituals
- Fire pit gatherings
- Spacious downtime to simply enjoy each other and the land
- Optional Lisbon Extension at the end of the retreat.
This is not about forcing a connection. It’s about creating the conditions for it.
Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is for couples who:
- Want to prioritise quality time
- Crave more presence and closeness
- Would love a mix of adventure and rest
- Want to create beautiful shared memories
- Feel they’ve drifted a little and want to reconnect
- Are already in a good place and want to deepen what’s there
- Feel nourished by nature, meaningful experiences, and heartfelt connection
You do not need to be in crisis to come. You do not need to be experienced in retreats, yoga, or any of the practices offered. You simply need a willingness to show up for yourself, your partner, and the experience.
The journey (Sample Itinerary)
Friday, September 18
- Check in
- Opening circle
- Gentle movement to ease out travel tension
- Dinner
- Evening around the fire pit
Saturday, September 19
- Guided activities
- Dips in the natural pool
- Sauna
- Massages
- Local walks
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Optional activities
Sunday, September 20
- Guided activities
- Dips in the natural pool
- Sauna
- Massages
- Local walks
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Monday, September 21
- Half-day excursion to Passadiços do Mondego
- Dips in the natural pool
- Sauna
- Massages
- Afternoon workshop
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Optional activities
Tuesday, September 22
- Guided activities
- Dips in the natural pool
- Sauna
- Massages
- Local walks
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Wednesday, September 23
- Closing circle
- Breakfast
- Departure
Excursiones incluidas
A half-day excursion to Passadiços do Mondego is included in the price.
Instructores
Clare Rodea Ryan
Clare is an experienced yoga teacher with a wealth of knowledge, a fun dynamic energy and a warm open heart. Clare has been a full time yoga teacher since 2009, hosting yoga classes, retreats, women's circles and empowering talks. Her expertise is in women's wellness. Her sessions are all-inclusive, non-judgmental and welcoming to people of all levels and any stages of life. Clare is qualified in Hatha yoga, Kundalini yoga, Women's Wellness yoga Therapy, yoga Nidra, sound healing and Ayurvedic massage. Clare's mission is helping women to reclaim their inner peace, joy and self-confidence.
Łukasz
Łukasz comes from a background in hospitality, having formally cheffed in some of the top restaurants and hotels in Edinburgh. He is now the founder of Whispers of the Jungle, a retreat centre in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, where he leads groups on transformational experiences and plant medicine diets. He believes that playfulness and creativity are essential to healing, helping foster a deeper connection with oneself and others.
Destino del retiro
Cara Creek Eco Lodge is tucked into a majestic valley in Central Portugal, where life slows down, and nature sets the pace. The land sits among trees, a river, and open skies, offering a deeply peaceful setting to unplug from the noise of everyday life and reconnect with what matters most. Cara Creek describes the place as a few hours from Lisbon and Porto, yet feeling like a different world entirely, where guests wake to birdsong, sleep beneath starry skies, and are cared for from the moment they arrive.
This fits so naturally with Wild With Clare — retreats rooted in nature, authenticity, meaningful connection, and coming back to yourself through experience rather than performance. This is not polished, performative wellness. It’s something deeper. Simpler. More real. A chance to be immersed in nature and in each other.
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Alimentos
Food is a cherished part of the Cara Creek experience. Cara Creek says meals are prepared by retreat chef Hannah using seasonal and organic ingredients, with much of the produce connected to their seasonal garden and local growers. Meals are vegetarian, and tea, coffee, fruit, nuts, and toast are available throughout the stay. Dietary requirements can be catered to when communicated in advance.
Expect nourishing, vibrant food that supports rest, vitality, and feeling well in your body — all part of being deeply cared for during your stay.
Los siguientes alimentos están incluidos:
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
Las siguientes bebidas están incluidas:
- Café
- Té
Tipos de alimentación disponibles:
- Vegetariana
- Orgánicos
Actividades opcionales
Optional Lisbon add-on
If you’re not quite ready to go home after the retreat, there will be an optional chance to extend the magic with Clare and Łukasz in Lisbon. Think delicious food, dancing, wandering the city, and soaking up a few more pleasures of Portugal together. This is not a formally hosted part of the retreat, but an informal add-on for those who’d enjoy continuing the adventure a little longer.
Clare will share where she and Łukasz are staying, and you’re welcome to join the wider plans in whatever way feels right for you. All Lisbon costs are separate and self-funded, and a WhatsApp group will be created to help everyone coordinate accommodation, meet-ups, and ideas.
Tratamientos de spa
Massages are available at 80 GBP per hour.
El paquete incluye
- Guided experiences and facilitation with Clare and Łukasz throughout the 6 days
- Opening and closing circles
- Neolithic dolmen site excursion and hike to the local waterfall
- Pottery workshop, including hand-sculpting and wheel
- Fire pit gatherings
- Cacao ceremony and sound bath
- 5 nights accommodation
- All meals included, from arrival snack and dinner to departure brunch. Tea, coffee, fruit, nuts, and toast are always available
- Use of the natural swimming pool and sauna
- Movement mats, bolsters, and straps provided
- Down-time and quality-time with your beloved and other like-minded couples — whether that’s reading on the private river beach, exploring the Mondego River by stand-up paddle board, or trying the locally sourced clay before a leisurely swim in the creek
No incluye
- Flights
- Airport transfers (Clare will coordinate to keep costs down)
- Transfers to and from Passadiços do Mondego for the half-day excursion - you will share taxis, the journey each way is approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- Optional extras: massages and a plant medicine ceremony
- Optional Lisbon add-on
- Alcohol
- Travel insurance (required)
¿Cómo llegar?
Aeropuertos recomendados
No se ofrece traslado
Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport
A 110 km de tu destino
No se ofrece traslado
Lisbon Portela Airport
A 210 km de tu destino
Please aim to be in Portugal by the morning of arrival day at the latest, and depart Portugal on the afternoon of departure day at the earliest, to allow enough time for travel to and from Cara Creek.
Arrival by airplane
Once everyone has booked flights, Cara Creek can begin organising shared shuttles for the most affordable options. Final transfer organising usually happens the week of arrival.
- Lisbon Airport — around 3 hours by car
- Porto Airport — around 2 hours by car
- Coimbra B Station — around 1 hour by car, with bus and train connections from Lisbon and Porto
Transfer pricing to and from Cara Creek Eco Lodge
- Coimbra to Cara Creek: 120 EUR for an 8-passenger van
- Coimbra to Cara Creek: 100 EUR for a 4-passenger car
- Porto to Cara Creek: 220 EUR for an 8-passenger van
- Porto to Cara Creek: 200 EUR for a 4-passenger car
- Lisbon to Cara Creek: 320 EUR for an 8-passenger van
- Lisbon to Cara Creek: 300 EUR for a 4-passenger van
The team will link passengers up so you can share transfers and costs. Alternatively, buses and trains arrive at Carregal do Sal, and complimentary pick up by Cara Creek can be arranged from there.
Política de cancelación
- Una reserva requiere de un depósito del 14% del precio total.
- El depósito no será reembolsado si la reserva es cancelada.
- El resto del pago deberá ser completado 30 días antes de tu llegada.
Comentarios
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