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We are so excited to finally reveal that Michael Portillo visited Xintara Retreats as part of his tour of Portugal. Jonathan our co-founder, who’s family own the Quinta, explained the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]