What is it
A weekend in Tuscany centered around leisure time, a sense of community and seasonal food
This retreat is about experiencing Tuscany together — sharing good food, local wine, yoga, a picnic by the sea, and a few beautiful days at our villa with a group of amazing women.
How your days will look like
September 24
Arrive in the late afternoon, settle in, and join us in the garden for aperitivo.
Over drinks and dinner, we’ll get to know each other, break the ice, and make sure every girl feels part of the group from day one.
Over drinks and dinner, we’ll get to know each other, break the ice, and make sure every girl feels part of the group from day one.
September 25
We start with breakfast in the garden and do pilates together, followed by a long Italian lunch prepared with our local hosts.
In the afternoon, you’ll have free time to relax at the villa or explore the surroundings. In the evening, we come together again for a cozy community dinner.
In the afternoon, you’ll have free time to relax at the villa or explore the surroundings. In the evening, we come together again for a cozy community dinner.
September 26
Another slow morning begins with breakfast and Pilates before we come together for an authentic Italian cooking masterclass — making fresh pasta or focaccia together.
In the evening, we gather around the table as a local sommelier guides us through Tuscan wines, each paired with food made to match.
In the evening, we gather around the table as a local sommelier guides us through Tuscan wines, each paired with food made to match.
September 27
One last breakfast together. We close the retreat as a group, share our favourite moments, and say goodbye before heading home — with a little goodie bag for every girl to take a piece of LaVita home.
This schedule is a sketch, not a script. We'll follow the weather and the mood of the group.
Where are you going to stay
Villa Guelfi
19th-century family house that lets you experience Tuscany from the inside.
For four days, we’ll make the villa our little home: sharing slow mornings, long Italian meals, local wine, and evenings outside with a group of like-minded women.
For four days, we’ll make the villa our little home: sharing slow mornings, long Italian meals, local wine, and evenings outside with a group of like-minded women.
Accomodation
Seven houses in one garden, and for these four days all seven are ours. Every house has a kitchen, a bathroom and its own bit of green with somewhere to sit outside. The saltwater pool is in the middle of the garden, and most of the day tends to happen around it.
Sharing an apartment
You'll share the house with one of the other women: a friend you brought, or one you're about to make. Say on the booking form who you'd like to be with, and if you're coming as a group we'll try our best to put you in the same house.
A house to yourself
Some of the houses are made for one person. You get your own kitchen and your own door onto the garden, and you still eat every meal with everyone else.
What's included
— Welcome apericena in the garden
— Stay in the 19th century villa
— Salty pool in the garden
— Homemade bakery for breakfast
— Stay in the 19th century villa
— Salty pool in the garden
— Homemade bakery for breakfast
— Morning yoga or pilates
— Community lunch & dinner
— Pasta or focaccia masterclass
— Wine degustation with a certified sommelier
— Dinner in the garden paired with wine
— A curated goodie bag
Book Your Stay
Everyone sleeps in their own apartment on the property: some fit one person, some two, and one holds a group of up to four. The food, the practices, the wine and the outdoor activities are the same for everyone.
Answers to some questions you might have
Three nights at the villa and all the food: three breakfasts, two lunches, three dinners. The guided tasting with a sommelier, yoga, masterclass and the evening at the sea are all in the price too.
Your flight, the transfer from the airport and anything you buy for yourself are not.
Your flight, the transfer from the airport and anything you buy for yourself are not.
Cancel before 10 September and we send half the money back. After that we can't refund it, but you're free to pass your place to a friend — we don't put any conditions on that.
Of course. Tell us when you book and we'll put you in the same house.
We can help you order a transfer or a taxi, and there's also a bus and a train. It's about fifteen minutes from Pisa by car. Put your arrival time on the booking form and we'll sort it out with you.
Arrive whenever your flight lands on 24 September. Around six we start with an aperitivo and introductions. On the last morning there's breakfast, and check-out is at ten.
Tell us on the booking form and we'll build the menu around them.
Every day. Hours with nothing planned in them, to hang around the pool, sleep, read, or walk around the garden.
