* The Culinary Edition
DATES 2025
June 1 — 6
[2 spots available]
LOCATION
Monopoli, Italy
WHAT
Would you like more energy, creativity and well being in your life? On this small retreat [up to 10 guests] we will eat mostly plant-based food, practise daily yoga and get the health benefits of it. We offer 5 nights // 6 days in a beautiful restored masseria nearby the beach. This year we are including a food trip to Polignano a Mare with cookbook author and food writer Flavia and a lunch in a wild forest in Altamura with cheesemaker Vito. You can also book massage treatments and a SUP tour around the charming coves and caves of Monopoli.
TEACHER
Benedetta is a yoga teacher from Padova, Italy, but spent ten years of her life in Asia before relocating to Munich. She fell in love with the empowering and calming properties of the practice and with the sense of community that it creates, and is grateful to share this gift with her students on retreats and in three yoga studios in Munich. She is a certified E-RYT 200, RYT 500 multi-style yoga teacher and forever student, teaching yoga since 2010.
Expect creative sequences, clear instructions, strong focus on alignment, lots of planking and fun challenges in her morning vinyasa yoga classes. In the evening she will guide you into a relaxing and deep yin yoga class.
Your retreat kicked off something good inside me and I’m keeping it going — PAYAL, India
LOCATION
We are staying in the beautifully restored Masseria Schiuma, a typical Apulian farmhouse, in Monopoli. Just 1 hour from Bari and 700 meters from the sea. The house has six bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, open kitchen and dining area, citrus garden with yoga platform and Olympic salt water pool. Bed linen, towels, shampoo and soap are provided in your room. For this retreat we can host up to 10 guests.
There are some very good reasons why everyone seems to be going to Puglia right now. Down here on the edge of Europe, you feel other worlds. The heel of Italy’s boot combines fairytale landscapes with trulli, whitewashed towns, olive groves on red soil and interesting architecture. Let yourself be inspired by the Apulians, masters at living life in the slow lane and enjoying the small pleasures in life.
Bicycles are available or we can arrange a taxi to one of our favourites beaches // Lido Le Macchie, Torre Cintola, Porto Ghiacciolo, Porto Marzano and Tre Buchi.
FOOD + DRINKS
We will share three homemade meals a day and go on two food trips. Puglia is where you’ll find the most vegetarian dishes; dozens of different types of leafy greens, sun-ripened vegetables and fruits, beans and bread and pasta made with ancient local grains like senatore Cappelli and monococco.
On this retreat we will serve plant-based meals in the masseria, on the 2 road trips you can opt for vegetarian food.
We believe that making healthy choices in life doesn’t have to be hard at all, food that will not just nurture your body, but is tasty at the same time. Our focus lies on sourcing the best produce from Puglia, we work directly with farmers who love their craft.
PROGRAM
Day 1 — arrival day
16.00 transfer leaving BARI train station
17.00 check-in
19.00 group welcome & grounding practice
20.00 dinner
Day 2
08.00 yoga
10.00 breakfast
11.00 optional massages
14.00 lunch
18.00 yoga
19.30 dinner
Day 3
08.00 yoga
10.00 breakfast
11.00 food trip Polignano a Mare
18.00 yoga
19.30 dinner
Day 4
08.00 yoga
10.00 breakfast
14.00 lunch
18.00 yoga
19.30 dinner
20.30 sound healing
Day 5
08.00 yoga
10.00 breakfast
11.00 food trip Altamura
18.00 yoga
19.30 dinner
Day 6 — departure day
07.30 yoga
09.00 breakfast
10.00 check-out & transfer to BARI train station
NB The schedule may be subject to changes
PRICING
Shared twin room with ensuite bathroom: 1.500,00€ p.p.
NB1 a payment of 500€ non-refundable deposit is required to hold your spot
NB2 payment plans are available
INCLUDED
• five nights in a typical masseria at walking distance from the sea
• Olympic salt water pool
• two daily yoga practices
• breakfast, lunch and dinner
• two food trips to Polignano a Mare and a wild forest in Altamura
• sound bath
• Apulian welcome gift
EXTRAS
• airplane ticket
• transfers to and from the masseria
• SUP class
• massage treatments
• travel and trip cancellation insurance
THIS TRIP IS IDEAL FOR
Everyone is welcome on our retreats; all ages and levels, couples, friends, family and solo travelers. Most of the food will be plant-based with local fruits and vegetables from nearby gardens. We can accommodate most special food requests. If you’re looking for a small retreat nestled in nature nearby the sea than this one is for you.
FLIGHTS + TRANSFER
The nearest airport is Bari. We will organise a transfer on the arrival day around 17.00 and at 10.00 on the departure day between Bari train station and the retreat house. We highly recommend to stay a few days longer in Puglia. The natural pool Acquaviva, Castro, Tricase, Monopoli, Locorotondo, Alberobello, Cisternino, Ostuni, Bari, Polignano a Mare and Matera are the must-see places.
BOOKING POLICY
Please note that a payment of 500€ non-refundable deposit secures your place. The remaining balance must be paid 4 weeks before the retreat starts. Cancellation requests submitted within 30 days of retreat date, 50% of total amount [less deposit] will be refunded. Within 14 days of your retreat: sorry but no refunds given. We recommend that you purchase your own travel insurance.
BOOKING
info@casadiyoga.nl
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