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9 Best Yoga Retreats in Italy

9 Best Yoga Retreats in Italy

Italy is a country known for its amazing food, world-famous wine, and passionate people. Now it is enticing visitors for a new reason, it’s becoming a top destination for yoga retreats. Everyone should visit Italy at least once in their life and yoga retreats in Italy are the best way to experience this dazzling country’s pristine beauty, cuisine and drinks with a side of relaxation.

There are hundreds of retreats in Italy so any you decide to join, whatever style you choose to practice will be an unforgettable travel experience. Between the sunny, salty beaches, the quiet, countryside farms, amongst the olive groves, or in the dense, thriving forest, you are guaranteed to leave Italy feeling like a brand new person.

Italy Yoga Retreats Quick Pick

Retreat

Length

Yoga Styles

Location

Availability

SUP, Meditation, and Yoga Holiday

3-16 days

Hatha, Vinyasa & Yin

Ragusa

Yoga and Pranayama Retreat

4 days

Yin & Ashtanga

Tuscany

Hiking & Yoga Retreat

7 days

Hatha, Vinyasa & Ashtanga

Tuscany

Yoga Vacation in Palermo

3-16 days

Hatha

Palermo

Luxury Life Changing Spiritual Yoga, Meditation and Spa Retreat

6 days

Dynamic

Tuscany

Personal Yoga Retreat

3-12 days

Hatha, Vinyasa, Aerial & Yin

Piedmont

Yoga Immersion at the Beach

3-8 days

Power, Vinyasa & Yin

Ragusa

Ayurveda Yoga Retreat

5 days

Hatha

Puglia

Farm Reiki and Yoga Retreat

3-14 days

Hatha, Vinyasa & Yin

Abuzzi National Park

Top Italy Yoga Retreats

No matter what you’re looking for, from short to long, intense to relaxing, these options are not only some of the best in Italy but the top yoga retreats in Europe too.

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8-Day SUP, Meditation, and Yoga Holiday

Location: Ragusa

This holiday was designed to renew and revitalize the energy in your mind, body, and soul. Included in your package is 2 classes per day, 3 organic meals a day, a massage as well as the use of bikes, stand-up paddleboards, and/or surfboards. You’ll be practicing Hatha, vinyasa, and yin yoga, and all classes are made taught for all levels of yoga practitioners. In your free time, you can take a surfing or kitesurfing lesson, go exploring and see some of the nearby UNESCO world heritage sites, go swimming or relax on the nearby beach. You can even book spa treatments or several different workshops too.

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4 Day Yoga and Pranayama Retreat in Allegroitalia Terme Villa Borri

Location: Tuscany

This yoga retreat in Italy is a top choice for those who are looking to truly slow down. With no extras to keep you distracted, this retreat will keep you on your mat, focused on you, and in a beautiful setting. You’ll get to practice daily yoga daily (twice daily, actually) in the picturesque region of Tuscany at a gorgeous villa where you will practice outside, grounded in nature. Your daily meals are sourced from local ingredients, and the schedule is designed to help you slow down and just be through invigorating Ashtanga and Pranayama in the mornings and yin in the evenings.

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7-Day Hiking and Yoga Retreat

Location: Tuscany

I don’t know about you but when I think of an Italy yoga retreat I think of yoga retreats in Tuscany. And honestly what better way is there to discover the Tuscan countryside than on an active holiday? While on this retreat you will practice Hatha or vinyasa each day, have 2 sun salutations workshops, an olive oil and a wine tasting, plus guided hiking tours. You will also get 3 healthy meals a day catered to your specific dietary needs and a meditation class. During your time between classes there are several optional activities such as fitness classes, shopping trips to nearby towns or you can go cheese tasting.

READ MORE: Best Yoga and Wine Retreats Around the Globe

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Light Italy Week: 8-Day Yoga Vacation in Palermo

Location: Palermo

Forget your traditional yoga retreat, we are talking about Italy here! Aside from your daily yoga class, you will get to experience the best things about Italy: food and culture. You will get the opportunity to get involved with the community, participate in a cooking class, enjoy a street food tour, and even do a wine and tapas tasting. Not only will you get the time to develop a deeper connection with yourself, but you’ll also get to see this beautiful part of Italy through the eyes of a local.

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6-Day Luxury Life Changing Spiritual Yoga, Meditation and Spa Retreat in Tuscany

Location: Tuscany

A luxury yoga holiday in Italy? Yes, please. As one of the top Tuscany yoga retreats, this yoga holiday is set in the rolling hills of the beautiful Italian countryside. Ideals for a luxury girls’ weekend (or maybe a couple’s double date), this retreat is a place for deep healing in a beautiful location, an old medieval village Bagno Vignoni in the forever romanticized Tuscany. Aside from yoga and meditation, this retreat takes you deeper through relaxation at the hotel spa, and with private spiritual sessions including water healing, clairvoyance therapy, and reiki healing.

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6-Day Personal Yoga Retreat

Location: Piedmont

If you need a break from the world or just need room to breathe, this is the perfect reprieve for you. Get to know yourself again with this personalized and private retreat. You will be staying in a gorgeous farmhouse and provided with fresh, mouth-watering vegetarian food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Each morning you will have a private practice of a style of your choosing. You will also have unlimited use of the studio and you can book optional spa treatments and massages to create one of the best yoga holidays of your life. Find space for yourself again and go home to your family radiating love.

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4-Day Yoga Immersion at the Beach

Location: Sicily

This quick escape is one of the best retreats in Italy. The offer includes a daily morning and night practice, free time to practice SUP yoga, surfing, and kite-surfing plus there is also a breakfast buffet included. You can sign up for extra meals, optional workshops, and excursions to personalize your holiday and make it unique.

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5-Day Ayurveda Yoga Retreat

Location: Bari

This Italy yoga retreat offers daily practice, one session of Ayurvedic treatments, a cooking workshop, and excursions to nearby towns. Breakfast and dinner are provided for you as well as a mat, towel and a Hatha yoga handbook. This is one of the best Ayurveda retreats in the country and you will leave feeling energized and free.

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7-Day Farm Reiki and Yoga Retreat in Abuzzi National Park, Pescosolido

Location: Abuzzi National Park

One of the most unique yoga retreats in Italy, this stay will have you in a truly tranquil setting at the base of a mountain and staying in a farmhouse. Here life turns back to the simplicity of the little things so that you can unwind with not only yoga, but also sound healing, reiki, and nature on hikes. Breakfasts and dinner are included in this retreat with a morning yoga class and an optional class in the evenings.

Want even more options for yoga retreats in this must-visit country? Have no fear, dear reader, there are just shy of 200 retreats that you can choose from on the most trusted yoga retreat booking platform, Book Yoga Retreats.

Make your trip to Italy a totally unforgettable one by adding in some yoga in Italy for a balanced holiday filled with wellness, laughter, beautiful views and mouth-watering cuisine.

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