Duende Retreats offers unique experiences to those who want to travel on a deeper level to create lasting connections with themselves, the places they visit and those they meet along the way.
From Tuscany to Puglia, Umbria to Sicily and Greece, choose your 2024 Duende destination.
Starting from £3100 per person
For five days and nights, bask in Greece's blue, turquoise and white-hued seductive simplicity. Indulge in the abundant delights of the mediterranean lifestyle: fresh cuisine, crystalline waters, breath-taking panoramas and a horizon that stretches as far as the eye can see... all from the comforts of our very own private villa, with direct access to its own beach.
Starting from £3100 per person
Pastel-hued ports, wild thermal hot springs, dazzling clifftop views overlooking the shimmering Mediterranean all make for the three-hundred and sixty-degree, jaw-dropping enchanting beauty of the Amalfi Coast. Join us, along with Jesse Coulter, as we explore, play and wander Capri, Ischia and Procida April 28 - May 3 for five days through the breathtaking islands of "La Costiera Amalfitana."
Shared rooms starting from £2950 per person
Join us, along with Sweetwater Floral, for five spectacular days at a private villa just outside Siena. During the week we'll have our own private chef preparing delicious, homemade meals with locally-sourced ingredients. We'll take day trips to nearby Pienza, Montepulciano and Siena. We'll enjoy a cooking class, a floral workshop by Kalin, a wine tasting and mostly, a fan-tabulous, flair-tastic time.
Authors. Architects. Barrel racers. Dental hygienists. Caretakers. Homemakers. Honeymooners. Grandmothers. Grandfathers. Mothers. Daughters. Fathers. Sons. Sons in law. Daughters in law. Widows and widowers. Stay at home parents. Working parents. High-powered executives. Just retired. Just divorced. Just started dating again. Never dating again…. The one thing that brings everyone all together: they said yes. To getting away from their regular routines, their jobs, their precious families and day-to-day life and decided to see what it would be like to be whisked away on a Duende Retreat.
While we're fully insured tour operators, we pride ourselves on the fact we aren't travel agents. We've spent over twenty years organizing international group travel -- for students, foreign diplomats, writers and other wanderlusts. We know what's worth it and what to skip.
We work with subject-matter experts, in-the-know locals and expats with a life-long background in travel.
Private villas, hand-picked boutique hotels, family-run estates and exclusive spas.
Inspiring experiences that invigorate all five senses.
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