The Retreat Experience is the hotel's core wellness stay rather than a themed programme. It bundles your room with three healthy meals a day, two yoga classes daily and the hotel's full calendar of wellness activities, and it forms the base that every other programme at The Retreat is built on. It suits anyone who wants a restful, healthy break in the mountains without signing up to a set agenda, whether that is a short escape, a couples' trip or a first solo holiday.

Included are your room, breakfast, lunch and dinner at Sol Terrace, yoga at 7:00 and 4:00 pm, and access to the pools, gardens and trails, including self-guided hikes on the crystal mountain. Most of the rotating activities are included as well: sound healing, wellness cooking classes, rare tea tastings, mocktail and cocktail classes, wine tasting and workshops with visiting healing specialists. Spa treatments are not part of this rate, but you can add any of the 80-plus therapies on the Vida Mía menu during your stay.

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).

There are no fixed group dates. You choose the day you arrive, check in from 3:00 pm, and stay for at least 3 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. You can add individual spa treatments as you go.

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, including sound healing, cooking classes, tea tastings, mocktail and cocktail classes, wine tasting and specialist workshops (a few premium activities cost extra) - Self-guided hikes on the crystal mountain - Use of the three saltwater pools, gardens and trails - Santosha Luxury Loft guests: breakfast at Sol Terrace or La Diosa, laundry, in-room dining and in-room yoga mats

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

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