Xintara Retreats helps teams, entrepreneurs and individuals refocus on their priorities, rebalance their professional and personal lives, and revitalise their aspirations at 3 inspiring locations across Europe and the UK.
If you are looking to rejuvenate your team and reshape working relationships, a chance to get away from the stress of running your business, or an opportunity for calm reflection, a Xintara Retreat can provide the fresh start you need.
We can also help you if you are a retreat leader and are looking for a wonderful location to run your retreat.
Xintara Retreats offers three distinct programmes focusing on individuals, teams and entrepreneurs. Each three-day programme combines workshops, coaching and activities tailored to the needs of each group, plus plenty of time for rest and relaxation.
Xintara Retreats are led by expert practitioners from the UK and Europe. From delivering coaching workshops and yoga classes, to managing excursions or supporting your mental wellbeing, you’ll be in expert hands at every stage.
Our retreats are delivered at a choice of inspiring locations across Europe and the UK, chosen for their relaxing and stimulating environment. Whether it’s an ancient monastery in Portugal or a beautiful mountain retreat in Spain, we have the ideal location for you.
Connected Teams Retreats
How do you create and maintain a connected, cohesive team in today’s increasingly virtual world?
With many organisations now opting for a hybrid model of working, Xintara Business Retreats are designed to help teams reconnect, build strong working relationships and improve team and individual wellbeing.
Entrepreneur Timeout Retreats
Being an entrepreneur can be incredibly satisfying and rewarding. It can also lead to a poor work/life balance, high levels of stress and constant uncertainty.
Our Entrepreneur Time Out retreats are specifically designed to help you address these pressures and create a space to step back, recharge and reflect on your priorities and your objectives.
Regenerate and Reconnect Retreats
Our Regenerate and Reconnect retreat offers practical resources, advice and support to help you avoid or recover from chronic stress and burnout, and nourish you in your daily life and work.
Sustained levels of pressure and stress have been shown to cause exhaustion, insomnia, anxiety and depression – which can have a debilitating effect on both your mind and your body. That’s where we can help.
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Businesses wellbeing retreats launched to restore harmony for stressed out workers and reconnect remote teams
The last year has presented many challenges for businesses as they navigate changes caused by the pandemic. The toughest task has arguably been how to manage a team of remote workers. From maintaining company culture to prioritising employee wellbeing, there are numerous considerations leaders need to focus on when employees are no longer in the […]
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Carpe Diem Regained
If there is one book you should take with you on a retreat, it should be Roman Krznaric’s enlightening Carpe Diem Regained. The term ‘carpe diem’ –or seize the day- has been popularised through the film – Dead Poets Society, with the late Robin Williams playing an inspiring and maverick English teacher called John Keating. […]
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The Mysterious inverted tower of Regaleira- and the Masonic Templars
Quinta da Regaleira is a Quinta located near the historic center of Sintra and a 25 minute walk from Xintara. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the “Cultural Landscape of Sintra”. Along with the other palaces in the area such as the Quinta do Relógio, Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces, […]
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Hiking the hills of Sintra and ….walking the Path.
Xintara incorporates in its retreats a number of walking and hiking options across the coastal hills of Sintra. The physical act of walking especially in a beautiful landscape has well-recognised health and mental benefits. The dramatic coastline in this area north of Lisbon reflects the meeting point between a wild and turbulent Atlantic sea with […]
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The Inspiration of Poets
Follow Lord Byron to Sintra’s ‘Garden of Eden’ The Romantic poet Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets and travelled extensively. His poems are often quoted from differing parts of Europe but Sintra appeared to have a special place in Byron’s heart. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 […]
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The Sacred Spaces of Sintra….and Mons Lunae
Some places have a special, and what some might call, sacred, feel about them. Sintra certainly falls into this category. If you are going to get away for a retreat to somewhere special, then Sintra certainly ticks a lot of boxes. It is often worth understanding and appreciating a bit of the history and culture […]
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The discovery of a Paradise on Earth…and Xintara.
One of the first things people ask us is where does the name Xintara come from. The name –‘Xintara’ (pronounced Zintara) actually comes from the old Moorish name for Sintra, which is the unique and magical place where we hold our retreats. Sintra is located only 30km north of Lisbon, and roughly halfway up the […]
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Tread lightly in the footsteps of monks….
The Xintara retreats are located at Quinta Sao Bento, an original 16th Century Portuguese Quinta in Sintra, Portugal. For many hundreds of years, monks came here to recharge their batteries and now in the modern age you too can have a similar experience although in somewhat more comfort and splendour. We only know about the […]
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