Roots & Flavours — A Slow Living Retreat in Calabria

DAY 1 — ARRIVAL
The journey ends here. Everything else begins.

Evening Welcome. A glass of local wine and something simple on the table. No agenda to explain — just time to settle in, get acquainted, breathe the air.
Your first night cradled by the sound of the sea.

DAY 2 — HANDS IN THE DOUGH
Morning in the sea, afternoon in flour and semolina.

07:00 Morning swim. Ten minutes on foot, the sea still cool. A short swim before the day fully awakes. Breakfast at home when back.
10:00 Workshop · Hand-made pasta. Fileja, lagane, fresh pasta — shapes that have existed here for centuries. Not a lesson: a shared moment, hands in the flour, plenty of conversation.
12:30 Lunch. We eat what we made. Slow lunch at home, with garden tomatoes.
15:00 Free afternoon. Rest, sea, reading, detox assage. You decide, no agenda.
17:00 Sunset walk. A stroll down to the beach as the sun drops. The best moment of the day — unhurried.
20:00 Dinner. Simple table with background music. Tomato salad, bread, wine, made with care, as nature teaches.

DAY 3 — A VILLAGE, A STORY
The Calabria you won't find on Google Maps.

07:00 Morning swim. A swim and breakfast at the promenade coffee bar — one of those bars where coffee is still made the right way.
10:00 Guided visit · Belmonte Calabro. A walk through the streets that narrate centuries of history and traditions. Not a sightseeing - a conversations with the places, guided by someone who truly knows them.
13:00 Lunch at the lido. Fresh fish, sea breeze, no rush.
15:00 Free afternoon. Rest at home or back on the seafront. Holistic massage available on request.
17:00 Workshop · Long-rise pizza dough. We prepare the dough today — it rests overnight, tomorrow evening it goes in the oven.
20:00 Dinner at home. Slow dinner. We eat together without minding the clock.

DAY 4 — THE WOOD-FIRED OVEN
Yesterday's dough, tonight's fire.

07:00 Morning swim. Swim and breakfast at the coffee bar.
10:00 Holistic massage. A 30-minute session (extendable). Not an aesthetic treatment — a moment to bring the body back to the present.
12:30 Lunch at home. Light, colourful, made with care.
15:00 Free afternoon. Deep rest. Sea, shade, book.
17:00 Fiumefreddo Bruzio · Village & sunset. A walk up to one of the the most untouched hamlet along the Calabrian coast. Local wine, sunset over the "double seas" — Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea visible together.
20:00 Pizza from the wood-fired oven. The dough prepared last night is ready. We fire the oven, share the table, stay up late with a glass in hand.

DAY 5 — NATURAL HOT SPRINGS
When the landscape itself is the cure.

Morning Caronte · Natural thermal springs. Connecting with the power of the Earth in the outdoor thermal waters in Caronte. A place known by a few - no resort, just nature.
13:00 Lunch along the seafront. Calm way back and lunch outside.
15:00 Rest. Free afternoon at home or at the beach.
20:00 Dinner. Light dinner at home. The body is already satisfied. The mind processes emotions and fix memories.

DAY 6 — PRESERVES & SEA
Hands in a different kind of sweetness.

07:00 Morning swim. Last free morning at the sea.
10:00 Workshop · Seasonal preserves. Seasonal organic fruit, sugar, patience. Learning to seal the flavour of summer into a jar.
12:30 Lunch at home. Basic lunch, made with care.
15:00 Free afternoon. Beach, rest, a walk. Optional massage available on request.
20:00 Dinner along the seafront. Last evening out — a table with a sea view to nest this special week.

DAY 7 — DEPARTURE
The last morning takes all the time it needs.

Morning. Slow breakfast. No early alarm clock. Coffee, bread, the jam we made yesterday.
Before leaving Something to take home. A jar of preserve, the handwritten recipe, a clue for next time.
Departure. Flexible according to travel times. We walk you to the car/the train station, or to the airport if needed.

Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)
Paola Railway Station
Highway A2 direction Reggio - Calabria (from the North) exit Lagonegro Nord. Direction Salerno (from the South) exit Falerna. In both cases proceed on Strada Statale SS 18 towards Longobardi Marina (CS).

The private villa is immersed in the vegetation at a middle height on the sea level, facing the Thyrrenian Sea, watching Stromboli and the other Aeolian Islands on the horizon.
You have free access to a multifunctional area with musical instruments, library, bar and sofa to relax and create. A terrace to share meals and a big garden with trees and plants to hang, observe, fill lungs with clean air.

• Pick up ad drop off your train station/ airport in Calabria.
• Overnight stays with private bathroom.
• 5 dinners.
• 3 breakfasts.
• 3 lunches.
• 3 workshops.
• 3 tours, one of them with a guide.
• Open bar.
• Daily transfers in mentioned locations.

What's Not Included

• 3 massages.
• Every meal and purchase at the coffee bar and restaurants/lido.
• Everything not mentioned in what's included.