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Gret has had a successful career as a senior fashion industry executive, spanning the past 20 years.  During that time, she developed daily rituals to alleviate stress and maintain balance [...]

Vikki Bolam is a Non-executive Director and Business Advisor coaching teams in high-growth SMEs. An accredited Mentor and Coach focused on accelerating profitable and sustainable businesses in [...]

Katie leads Xintara’s work on helping management teams optimise their pitching and communication techniques,  customer sales presentations,  and story-telling. Coming from a professional acting [...]

Mark has 15 years experience in managing business acceleration support to over 200 cleantech SMEs and start-ups.  This includes managing his company Eigen Ventures as a delivery Partner to Carbon [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]