Fitness Reboot and Fat Burning is The Retreat's active programme, built for men and women who want to get fitter, stronger and leaner, restart an exercise habit or lift their energy. It pairs private personal training and a week of guided hikes with a generous run of recovery treatments, and the anti-inflammatory food and daily yoga support the work. The goal is to rebuild strength, help your metabolism along and leave with habits you can keep at home.

A 30-minute one-to-one welcome consultation tailors the week to your goals and current fitness. You then have four 45-minute personal training sessions with the on-site trainer, including a pre- and post-programme evaluation, and six guided hikes: two on the hotel's own mountain, one in the Bosque Municipal, an urban hike through Atenas, a more demanding route to the historic gold mines at Minas del Aguacate, and the three-hour Barroeta brunch hike that finishes with a traditional brunch. Recovery comes from eleven spa treatments: three 25-minute BEMER vascular therapy sessions, two 60-minute deep tissue massages, a 60-minute lymphatic drainage massage, two 25-minute infrared therapy sessions, a 60-minute Thai massage, a 60-minute cavitation body-contouring treatment and a 90-minute Abhyanga Ayurvedic herbal oil massage. A 45-minute guided sound healing session and a 45-minute wellness cooking class round it off.

The hotel sits on top of a crystal-quartz mountain above the town of Atenas, with views across the rainforest towards the Nicoya Gulf and the Pacific. It is a small, adults-only property of 26 rooms, so the atmosphere stays quiet and personal. Treatments take place at Vida Mía, the hotel's 8,000 sq ft healing centre and spa, and the included meals are served at Sol Terrace, the open-air restaurant on a covered terrace. Between sessions there are three saltwater pools, organic gardens that supply part of the kitchen's produce, and trails across the mountain.

Every day there is a 7:00 yoga flow and a 4:00 pm restorative class, open to all levels with no need to book. Around these, the hotel runs a rotating calendar of activities such as sound healing, cooking classes, tea tastings, guided hikes and workshops, most of which are included (a few premium activities carry a charge). On this programme the morning flow makes a good warm-up and the afternoon restorative class helps tired legs after a hike.

There are no fixed group dates. You choose the day you arrive, check in from 3:00 pm, and stay for at least 7 nights; longer stays are welcome and the programme simply runs across the extra days. Your treatments are scheduled individually around your stay rather than to a set timetable.

What's included

- Accommodation in your chosen room type - Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily at Sol Terrace (chef's choice, anti-inflammatory, gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free) - Yoga twice a day (7:00 flow and 4:00 pm restorative) - Access to the scheduled daily wellness activities - Use of the pools, grounds and trails - 30-minute one-to-one welcome consultation - Private personal training, 45 min (x4), including pre- and post-programme evaluation - Six guided hikes: hotel mountain (x2), Bosque Municipal, urban hike in Atenas, Minas del Aguacate gold mines, and the 3-hour Barroeta brunch hike with traditional brunch - BEMER vascular therapy, 25 min (x3) - Deep tissue massage, 60 min (x2) - Lymphatic drainage massage, 60 min (x1) - Infrared therapy, 25 min (x2) - Thai massage, 60 min (x1) - Cavitation body-contouring treatment, 60 min (x1) - Abhyanga Ayurvedic herbal oil massage, 90 min (x1) - Guided sound healing session, 45 min (x1) - Wellness cooking class, 45 min (x1)

What's not included

- International flights - Airport transfers (arranged by the hotel on request, at extra cost) - 13% Costa Rica tax (the prices shown exclude it) - Gratuities - Spa treatments and therapies outside the programme - Dinner at Mystique and food or drinks at La Diosa - Premium activities that carry a separate charge