HOST A RETREAT WITH US
Your Perfect Retreat Location in Italy
More than just a retreat center, The Retreat is a heaven forf tranquility nestled in the heart of Italy’s Le Marche region. With breathtaking panoramic views, a beautifully restored farmhouse, and a true ‘home away from home’ atmosphere, we offer an exclusive, purpose-built retreat centre designed for reconnecting, unleashing creativity, deep relaxation, personal growth. Unlike impersonal hotel settings, or crowded tourist destinations, The Retreat provides the perfect balance of seclusion, authenticity, and cultural richness—where guests can unwind and feel at home-away-from-home in the beauty of the Italian countryside. Whether for art, yoga, wellness, creative writing, or cooking workshops, The Retreat is a place you’ll want to return to year after year.”
Panoramic Views
Situated in the heart of the southern Le Marche region, Central Italy. Elevated position with infinite, uninterrupted panoramic views over rolling hills. Surrounded by olive groves, vineyards, sunflower fields, and medieval towns. The Retreat is surrounded by natural beauty but it is also a heaven for undisturbed tranquility.
Charm & Tranquility
A peaceful haven, perfect for relaxation and unwinding. A beautifully restored farmhouse with the charm of a historic Italian country house. Provides a cozy, home-like ambiance rather than an impersonal hotel experience, so your participants feel like home-from-home in a friendly and supportive environment amongst like.minded people and new friends.
Ideal for Retreats & Workshops
Purpose-built for wellness retreats, yoga retreats, workshops, and group events. Spacious indoor and outdoor areas for activities, meditation, and relaxation. Suitable for retreat groups,
Rich Cultural & Culinary History
Close to the Italian Riviera delle Palme beaches and mountain ranges. Surrounded by historic towns, Roman ruins, medieval sites, and Knights Templar history. Offers a blend of nature, history, and Italian countryside charm.
What you will love about hosting at The Retreat
Fully Inclusive & Tailor Made
For a streamlined planning experience with flexible options your retreat includes a range of services:
- Free itinerary builder choose various price & program options, or have us build a custom itinerary tailored to your requirements
- Free Personalised Trip & Booking Page with sharable links for promotion
- Free Downloadable Trip Brochure that can be shared, and signed up Participants can also keep their itinerary in wallet app with all relevant trip details
- Participants can pay in their own currency. No added currency exchange rates
- Various Payment Options
- Instalment Payments available
- Included Itinerary Options include: Standard – Medium – Deluxe – or tailor made according to your requirements. just add your activities to the selection and your program is ready to send out and add your retreat leader price p.p. and your Trip is ready post and promote
- meals – our experienced retreat chef caters for all dietary requirements (incl. vegetarian, vegan, celiac )
- minibus transport included during your retreat
Great Retreat Leader Benefits
- Free lodgings & meals
- Free transport
- Go Admin Free and look forward to hosting your retreat stress free:
- Guest enrolment handled We design the guest registration form according to essential participants’ information required. You just let us know what you need to know about your participants before hand.
- Confidential Guest information handling & collation on dietary, mobility, and other requirements needed by you is part of your retreat. No need for the tutor to collect required information of each guest. Receive your guests’ registration details periodically in a spreadsheet.
- Direct payments of your retreat leader fees applied by you in your local currency.
Why Host with us?
As your retreat hosts and organisers, we have over 15 years’ extensive experience of running retreats throughout Italy and bringing unforgettable experiences lasting a life-time to our guest community from all around the world.
We handle any questions, problems and requests if they arise, so you can focus fully on running your activities stress free.
We are on site and available all-year round to respond to your questions, make enquiries and source extra activity providers you seek to include.
Venue Hire Only
The Retreat is available for rental outside our advertised event dates. Minimum hire is 5 days/4 nights.
The property is available for rent for a private retreats, holidays or special occasion on a weekly basis.
You may wish to bring your own retreat chef and arrange transport for you group, or take the opportunity of our services.
Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Activities
Included Activities
Enrich your retreat program with a variety of activities at no extra cost to your participants. We will provide you with a list to chose from, from painting & sketching excursions, culinary and cultural experiences to wellness activities.
Facilities & Services
A large cantina kitchen is the ideal place to prepare delicious meals together or enjoy a cooking class. The property also has a small breakfast kitchen where to gather for that first cup of tea or coffee on the bedroom floor. A 5 machine gym, outdoor terraces, pool and jacuzzi offer opportunities for keeping fit and a cooling dip. Or why not enjoy a glass of Prosecco or Aperol Spritz in the Jaccuzzi, as the evenings cool?
Spacious shared indoor and outdoor areas invite to gather over drinks, long summer meals, or simply enjoy watching the sun set behind the ancient hill-towns across the panorama before a magical myriad of shooting stars conquers the night-sky at the peak of summer.
Getting Here
Getting to Us
Nearest Airport: Ancona Falconara (AOI)
Transfer time: Just over 1.15 hours
Flights to Ancona
Direct flights available from:
Athens, Brussels-Charleroi, Düsseldorf-Weeze, London Stansted, London Gatwick, Milan-Linate, Munich, Paris-Orly, Rome and Split
Overseas Connections: Fly to Munich, then connect to Ancona with Lufthansa
Getting to/from Ancona Airport
Airport – Train station: Castelferretti-Falconara Aeroporto to Stazione Ancona
to/from Ancona Centrale:
From Rome
Flight: Direct via SkyAlps
Train: Direct to Ancona Airport (Castelferretti) – ~3.5 hrs
Bus: FlixBus to an San Benedetto del Tronto or Gaspari Bus to San Benedetto del Tronto pick up at advertised times (see information booklet)
Florence/Bologna
Train to San Benedetto del Tronto. (Please note that Intercity and Frecciarossa trains require a seat booking, and tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets for regional trains can be purchased on ticket machines or ticket counter up to the time of departure.
- For on-line bookings, visit the Trenitalia website
Group Pickups
We provide group pick-up/drop-off to coincide with your group’s arrival time.
Ancona/Pescara Airport
San Benedetto del Tronto or Pedaso train station and Rome coach stops
What you will love about The Retreat
- Privacy and tranquility in a panoramic position
- Ideally positioned for excursions to historic towns and villages, Sea-side and beaches, mountains and National Park, Roman and Medieval Cities
- Wifi around the House and Garden
- 5-machine Gym,
- complimentary Yoga mats
- Cooking Class Studio
- Multi-purpose Room for Art, Studio Yoga, Group sessions
- Artists Equipment: Studio & Field Easels, Boards, tables, chairs, aprons provided
- Yoga Mats
- Wifi around the House and Garden
- 5-machine Gym,
- Jaccuzzi and Pool
- Various terraces around the
- truffle tree grove
- Concierge Services for booking recommended restaurants and beach chalet facilities (lunch tables, sun-beds and umbrellas, etc) and activities such as on-site cooking classes, truffle hunts, quad-biking, yoga and pilates classes, massages, etc.
- Chef Services (recommended for retreat groups – vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and more based on mediterranean healthy diet, all dietary requirements catered for by experienced retreat chef
- Property manager (English/German/Italian speaking
- Ideal Retreat Venue for groups of upto 16 people. Package options available on request.
To find out more or to discuss your retreat, get in touch
CONTACT DETAILS
Telephone: + 39 3349034401
Email: theretreat@rocketmail.com
or info@paintingholidayitaly.com