The coast program

Six days on the coast, one card for each

Every day of the retreat lives on its own card. Deal them out to plan around the ones you would not miss, then gather the deck again.

days in the deck

Tap the deck to deal it out

01Arrive
Pastel houses stacked on a cliff above a small harbour

Check in above the harbour

Bags off at noon, a slow lunch on the terrace and a first swim before the light turns gold.

AfternoonHarbour house
02Swim
Whitewashed steps leading down to a deep blue bay

Down the steps to the cove

A short walk to a cove only locals use, with coffee and warm bread waiting on the rocks.

From 7:00Calm water
03Hike
Walker with a yellow backpack crossing a green valley

The ridge path above the bay

Eleven kilometres of trail, a picnic at the halfway spring and the ferry home at five.

Full daySmall group
04Taste
Market stall piled high with fruit and vegetables

Market morning, long table

Shop the morning market with our cook, then help turn the haul into a five-course lunch.

Old townSeasonal
05Sail
White sailboat heeling on open blue water

An afternoon under sail

A wooden sloop, a skipper who has sailed this bay for thirty years and nowhere to be.

Four hoursEight guests
06Rest
Two loungers on a rooftop terrace facing the hills at dusk

A day with nothing planned

Books, a lounger and the sea below. Dinner comes out to the garden at eight.

All dayMassage on request