5 Day Sun and Beach Yoga Holiday in Alicante, Spain
Personalized Alicante Yoga Retreat in Spain
This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Spain.
This is the perfect way to fit a yoga retreat into your European travels. You can mix and match activities, create your own schedule, and join Sun Salute Retreats any time of the year, for as many days, weeks, and months as you desire, all for a great price. Get to experience real Spanish culture, taste local cuisine, relax on the beach, practice yoga, and more.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Daily meditation sessions
- Daily Vinyasa and Hatha yoga classes
- Facilities in the studio include mats, blocks, straps, weights, yoga wheels
- 4 nights beach town accommodation
- Daily self-catered breakfast (the ingredients will be supplied from the farmer's market)
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Spa
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga studio
- Bicycle rental
- Board rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
The beach houses are located within walking distance of beautiful white beaches. There is a terrace where you can sit and relax and enjoy the fine sunny weather The beach houses can hold one to eight people max depending on when you stay. You can attend the retreat as an individual.
Program
The yoga studio
The beautiful yoga studio is located close to the beach in Torre de La Horadada. The retreat will have classes seven days a week in the morning and late afternoons for beginners to advanced practitioners. The Vinyasa classes include Pilates, Barre, and calisthenics; they also have regular Hatha yoga and stretch classes available.
The studio is fully equipped with mats, blocks, straps, yoga wheels, weights, and bolsters and has a modern, spacious, airy feel. There are changing rooms, a chill-out area with complimentary spring water, and bathrooms on sight. The studio is within walking distance of the beach houses.
Example schedule
Please note this is only an example schedule, as it depends on when you arrive. if you would like, you can request this once you know your dates of arrival.
The hikes are not guided. Sun Salute Retreats will supply all that you need: maps and explanations; however, the routes are simple. All the activities are optional; you are welcome to rest as much as you like or be as active as you like. Because the retreat is open all year, there will be people coming and going on different days. You will not be with a set group. This way, you get to meet different people.
The yoga houses hold one to eight people max.
Day 1
- 12:30 Arrivals and check-in from 13.00 (Sun Salute Retreats has some flexibility for early arrivals)
- 13.00 Take a stroll along the promenade to the plaza and visit one of our many local restaurants for some yummy tapas, Mexican, Indian, healthy beach bar food, Cuban
- Free Afternoon: Spend the afternoon hanging out on one of our local beaches with a good book
- 19.30 Hatha yoga class
Day 2
- 07:00 Breakfast on the terrace (self-catered, with fresh local produce)
- 09:30 ReAlign Vinyasa Yoga (mixing Pilates, barre, yoga, and other movement modalities, focused on biomechanics), plan to sweat
- 12:00 Trip 1: Mud Baths: plus optionally walk between the Mar Menor (small sea) and Salinas to a natural beach. The walk takes about 1 hour 40 minutes to complete. In this area you will also find the natural outdoor mud baths. In the summer spring and summer month there are kayaks and SUP board rentals available. Bike rentals are available all year round. There are plenty of restaurants in this area to choose from plus some souvenir shops.
- 18:00 Easy Yoga
- 19.30 ReAlign Vinyasa Yoga (same as morning class but in Spanish)
Day 3
- 07:00 Breakfast on the terrace (self-catered, with fresh local produce)
- 09:30 ReAlign Hatha Basics Yoga (mixing Pilates, barre, yoga, and other movement modalities, focused on biomechanics), learn the fundamentals of the poses
- Free Afternoon: Optional activity idea: head to my favorite beach in Mil Palmeras. It is the next beach town in walking distance from the yoga house (about 20 minutes coastal walk) there are shops and restaurants in this area and a very large white sandy beach.
- 18:30 PilatesBarre Class
- 19.30 ReAlign Hatha Basics Yoga (same as morning class)
Day 4
- 07:00 Breakfast on the terrace (self-catered, with fresh local produce)
- 09:30 ReAlign Vinyasa Yoga
- 11:30 Trip 2 Visit the Hot Water Spa and have a lovely hot soak in then natural heated water baths and massage jets, (the water is with salt not chlorine, which we love for our healthy bodies). Please note: You will need a bathing suit; flip flops, a towel and we can lend you a fabric swim hat.
- 19:30 ReAlign Vinyasa Yoga
Day 5
- 08:00 Breakfast on the terrace (self-catered, with fresh local produce)
- 09:30 PilatesBarre class
- 10:30 Hatha Yoga
Please note that check-out time is at 11:00. Sun Salute Retreats sometimes can store your bags in the yoga studio or sometimes grant you a late check out if no one is checking into your room and they are around at the time of your departure, for no additional cost (ask if this is available during your stay, however they can only give you this information while you are here not beforehand, as people book in sometimes last minute).
You then can stay in the area for longer and enjoy the beaches. You are also welcome to take more classes that day. (showers and bathrooms in the yoga house are not available after 11:00. Please bare this in mind when planning your trip and booking your flights, it is not possible for you to take a shower after the check-out time.)
There are two or three classes a day from Monday to Friday, mornings and most afternoons. On the weekends, there will be one morning class at 10:00 Vinyasa Yoga.
Important information
Sun Salute Retreats does not give any money back for late flight arrivals. If you wish to make the morning yoga class on your first day, they recommend that you plan your trip accordingly or arrive a day earlier and stay one night in maybe Alicante or Murcia. They also can offer you an extra nights stay for an extra cost.
The yoga classes usually take place at 09:30 in the mornings and 19:30 in the evening; during the week days there are some extra, additional classes that you are welcome to also take. Saturdays and Sundays, there will be only one class at 10:00. It is possible to stay with Sun Salute Retreats for an extra cost, an extra night or two; please ask for details.
Included excursions
Transfers to the Natural Mud Baths (plus hike)
Along the Mar Menor Salt Lake, you will find Lo Pagan, it is a coastal town famous for the healing effects of its mud baths, perfect for skin and rheumatic diseases. The most popular area for these baths is Las Charcas de las Salinas. Another gem of Lo Pagan is Las Salinas de San Pedro, a wildlife reserve where one can see gorgeous salt flats and migratory birds, including flamingos.
Transfer and entrance fee to the indoor natural hot water Thalasia Spa. You will have access to marine pools with Jacuzzi, jets, waterfall, swan necks, and water beds. other treatments are available for an extra fee.
Instructors
Amanda Dee
Amanda Dee is an E-RYT® 500, YACEP® with YA. She has been teaching yoga since 2003 in some of the best studios in NYC, USA, studying with famous teachers such as Lesley Kaminoff and Schuyler Grant. She leads worldwide trainings, workshops, and yoga retreats. In 2006, she opened her own successful yoga studio in Manhattan until she moved to the coast of Spain, where she opened ReAlign Yoga Studio. Prior to Yoga, Amanda gained her 2 year BTEC Diploma in Dance, UK, 1999.
Iku Martinez
Japan is a very meditative environment to grow up in, so it made sense for Iku to be drawn to yoga from the beginning. She is a certified 200hr YTT with YA and a ReAlign Certified Teacher in biomechanics. After a great change in her life, she could not find her place, her mind was either in the past or future, but never in the present, on what was really important. Yoga created an essential change in her life, she keeps her daily practice helping her to feel balanced, filling her life with new beginnings and wonder, plus it keeps her young. She became a teacher to share this with others.
Athala Cochado
Athala who has always been an athlete, practicing many forms of sports and physical activities over her whole life. She discovered yoga over a decade ago. It captured her in a way no other sport had done before. This is a practice of not only the body but mind & spirit. It has helped her in the most difficult moments of her life. Practicing yoga is like having your own built-in psychologist & best friend, it involves continuous learning. The mat has become her home & her place of moving prayer & meditation. Athala is a registered 200hr YTT with YA & a certified ReAlign Teacher in biomechanics.
Emma Martin
Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Sports Science 2010, 200 hour YTT (YA) in Astanga Vinyasa Yoga in Sampoorna May 2015, India, 200 hour YTT (YA), Yin Yoga and integration Buddhism, Psychology with Sarah Powers April 2017 Traditional Hatha Yoga with Moon Sun Fire July 2019 Bali. Teaching since 2015 in London and now in Spain with ReAlign Yoga Studio
Retreat location
Torre De La Horadada is a small authentic Spanish village on the water front. There are many choices of lovely white sand beaches in the area and plenty of walking areas. Torre de la Horadada is easily recognizable by its watchtower, which was built as part of the coastal communication system to warn of impending attacks by pirates. It has a large village square, a church, a quaint marina, and a long promenade that joins the beaches of El Mojón to the south and Mil Palmeras to the north.
Food
Your daily breakfast is included in the price of your retreat. You can help yourself with eggs, toast, cereals, yogurt, fresh fruit, tea, and coffee.
Lunches and dinners (not included)
There is a communal fully functioning kitchen where holiday makers can prepare their own meals. The closest supermarkets are about 15 minutes’ walk away from the accommodation and studio.
There are many restaurants in the local area, 5 minutes walking distance from the studio and the accommodations, expect to pay about 15 EUR to 20 EUR for lunches or dinners per meal. Holiday makers usually like to try all the different cuisines in the area. They will recommend some great restaurants and they also know where all the restaurants are that serve a lunch special for only about 14 EUR for a 3 course meal.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Things to do (optional)
Sun Salute Retreats will help you to orientate yourself to the area, activities, and restaurants, such as boat trips, day trips to Murcia (1 hour and 20 minutes bus ride), and Cartagena (40 minutes by taxi), Granada, and the Alhambra (4 hours and 30minutes away by bus).
Activities you can do include hiking, diving, Calblanque Natural Park, Natural Reserve Cabo De Palos, Natural Hot Springs of Thalasia, watching flamingos and taking a natural mud bath at Parque Natural de Las Salinas de San Pedro, beaches are within walking distance, restaurants, coffee shops, local markets and tapas bars nearby.
San Pedro Market
One of the best ways of exploring and enjoying Alicante and the surrounding province is to visit the street markets. There you will find not only local products, such as the local pastries, fresh Mediterranean fruit and vegetables or something authentically Spanish like empanadillas.
These street markets and flea markets are also there for you to get lost in; to discover bargains in used or second-hand objects; to be enticed by a multitude of vintage items that are now difficult to find.
Immerse yourself in this welter of bargains and discoveries that these markets have to offer.
Transfers are about 15 EUR one way to be split between 1 -6 people.
Las Charcas in San Pedro del Pinatar (healing mud baths in nature)
The famous mud from the Mar Menor has made Murcia an important destination for health and beauty tourism. Nevertheless, this region in southeastern Spain also has a wealth of mineral-rich, medicinal waters in inland areas.
In the town of Archena, 25 kilometers from the city of Murcia, you will find a good example. Its spa resort boasts having been Spain's most popular thermal center at the end of the 19th-century; it continues to be a renowned complex to this day.
It is set in the fertile Ricote Valley, an area of countryside irrigated by the Segura River, with interesting contrasts of landscape: palm groves, orange, and a variety of fruit trees are flanked by arid-looking mountains. The result is a unique, peaceful setting that is ideal for rest and relaxation.
Transfers included in your package.
Rent a bike
Alicante possesses an extraordinary cultural, natural, and ethnographic richness. The best way to get to know the places and people which constitute these hidden and wonderful landscapes of the Iberian Southeast is by hiking or cycling.
Flamenco dinner and night out in Murcia
Murcia highly values the customs of traditional life including paseo, tapas, and plazas. With about half a million inhabitants, Murcia has an excellent nightlife, which is mostly around the university area and also has good shopping opportunities with plenty of fashion boutiques and interior stores.
You will have the opportunity to see a live performance in a flamenco bar while having dinner or just spending some time shopping or walking around. Transfers are about 60 EUR each way to split between your group 1 - 6 people, 40 minutes taxi ride one-way.
Cartagena
If you’re looking for reasons to visit Cartagena, Spain, then you really don’t have to look far. As the second-largest city in southeastern Spain’s underrated Murcia region, Cartagena doesn’t get nearly the amount of attention it deserves, and this is a real shame. Packing in everything from a classic Spanish charm, perennially beautiful weather, local gastronomic specialties, and incredible history, Cartagena has so much to offer and should definitely make it onto your next Spain itinerary.
Cartagena, Spain is a dynamic and multifaceted city that is situated on Murcia’s Costa Cálida. It is also the perfect place to visit if you’re looking to avoid tourist crowds and have a relaxing and stress-free visit to Spain.
With plenty of outdoor activities, historic sites, and delicious food to be had, Cartagena really checks all the boxes for a perfect Spanish holiday destination! Transfers are about 60 EUR each way to split between your group 1 - 6 people, 40 minutes taxi ride one-way.
Hiking
There are many different hiking routes: coastline walks, natural parks, and reserves. Visit places like Cabo de Palos. Walk around the Mar Menor. Extra cost for transfers
SUP board or kayaking (summer and spring only)
Available in the Mar Menor Natural Park Area or Cabo Roig.
Visit Granada
The Alhambra, in pace with its history, has become the destination of many tourists and probably the best treasure of the city of Granada. To enjoy the beauty of the palatine chambers, the scents of the courtyards and gardens, the games of light and color of the richly decorated halls, and the impressive views of the Albaycin, and the Vega constitutes a privilege for your senses.
A place for cultural meetings and the destination chosen by millions of people worldwide will lead you to rethink its value in a global world subjected to multiple stresses. The Alhambra has lived, is living, and will continue living, thus making the heritage maxim possible as an evolutionary concept not anchored in time.
Today the Alhambra will be a part of you because it is yours and everyone's (3-hour bus ride about 25 EUR).
Spa treatments
There are different types of therapies you can book for an additional price as for example:
- 50 minutes Deep Tissue massage = 55 EUR (male therapist)
- 75 minutes Swedish massage = 75 EUR
- Hot Stone massage 60 minutes (all body) = 60 EUR
- Reflexology - 45 minutes = 50 EUR
- Shiatsu massage = 75 EUR
- Manicure and pedicures available = 15 to 20 EUR
What's included
- Daily yoga classes
- 4 nights accommodation
- Daily self-catered breakfast (Sun Salute Retreats provide healthy ingredients from the farmers market)
- A visit to the Thalasia Mineral Hot Springs, entrance, and transfers
- Transfer to the natural mud baths and hiking area to see the flamingos and pretty Salinas
- Spring water, tea, and coffee
- Wi-Fi at the house
- Towels and linen (1 big towel and 1 small towel) please bring an extra one for the beach.
What's not included
- Flights
- Transfers from the airports
- Lunches and dinners (Expect to pay about 12 EUR to 14 EUR for the meñu el dia, which is a 3 course meal that is served at lunch time in some nearby restaurants; Sun Salute Retreats knows where they all are, and sometimes they also offer a drink included. Dinners are about 15 EUR to 20 EUR on average.)
- Private yoga class
- Massage (1 hour, 55 EUR)
- Private yoga classes
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Alicante–Elche Airport
49 km
Transfer not provided
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
376 km
Transfer not provided
Valencia Airport
182 km
Transfer not provided
Región de Murcia International Airport[1]
32 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Also you can fly directly into Murcia airport (RMU) or Alicante airport (ALC). You can book your flight to arrive at the nearest airport, Murcia international airport (RMU). Transfers to and from Murcia international airport are not included, taxis are around 65 EUR each way. Or take a flight to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC). Transfers to and from Alicante airport are also not included, and taxis are about 85 EUR each way. There are also a few options to arrive by bus. Ask for options.
Please look at the check-in and check-out times, Sun Salute Retreats can store your luggage if you wish to stay longer than the check out time, no extra cost for this service.
Arrival by train
If you are traveling internationally, you can fly to Madrid and take a train to Balsicas - Mar Menor train station.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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