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Fall in Love with Italy:
A Yoga + Culinary Adventure

October 26 – November 2, 2025

On this Italian retreat, your daily yoga practice will lay a mindful foundation to help you slow down and savor. Immerse yourself in Piedmontese culture in the best way possible: through your tastebuds! With plenty of local guidance, join us in the birthplace of the slow food movement for a week of quintessential Italian culture, yoga and culinary adventures!

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Get ready to slow down and savor every moment of this slow food and wine yoga retreat in Italy. Nestled between the Alps and the coast, the Italian region of Piedmont is often overlooked by travelers, but boasts some of the nation’s richest culinary and winemaking traditions. From cheese and wine to hazelnuts and chocolate, you’ll learn from locals how much care and tradition goes into every Piedmontese delicacy – with plenty of chef and home-cooked meals to deepen your appreciation, of course! When you’re not practicing yoga in Italy, you’ll meander on foot through cobblestone streets, cycle down country lanes and explore rolling vineyards against a backdrop of mountains. Ease yourself into the birthplace of the slow food movement for a week of quintessential Italian adventure.

Last Call! Reservations due by July 1.

What You’ll Experience in Italy

Slow Down & Savor

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You’ll return from your yoga retreat in Italy calm, satiated, and brimming with a renewed appreciation for the small moments of indulgence in your daily routine. You’ll peruse your local farmers market with zeal (and try your best not to compare it to the open-air markets of Canale). Every time you pull out your bottle of vermouth and mix a perfect aperitivo, you’ll stun dinner guests into silence. Whenever the pace of life quickens, you’ll pause and remember the traditions of Piedmontese cheesemakers, restaurateurs and hazelnut farmers. Like them, you have plenty of time to live intentionally… and plot your return to Piedmont to taste, learn, and practice yoga in Italy again.

A plate of salad with a ball of burrata cheese, cherry tomatoes, and microgreens, on a wooden dish, with bread and glasses of white wine on a white table.

How You’ll Feel When You Return Home

How You’ll Experience Italy

You’ll immerse yourself in Piedmontese culture in the best way possible: through your tastebuds (with plenty of expert local guidance). On this yoga retreat in Italy, your daily yoga practice will lay a mindful foundation to help you slow down and savor Italian culture. Settle in at a private villa overlooking vineyards and fruit groves, and get to know Piedmont’s fertile countryside. Here, warm sea breezes nurture Nebbiolo grapes, prized white truffles flourish beneath the soil and winemakers, farmers and cooks uphold generations-old traditions. Visit family-owned restaurants for plates of agnolotti di plin or truffle-scented tajarin – but save room for the best panna cotta you’ve ever tasted! You’ll also tour wineries, e-bike to medieval villages and have leisure time to enjoy the villa’s infinity pool! Learn the Piedmontese secrets to selecting the best fresh vegetables as you try your hand at a cooking class and get a mixology lesson from a master bartender at Torino’s own Martini & Rossi. All along the way, you’ll watch past and present fuse before your eyes as you sip dark red glasses of Barolo wine and sample cuisine that’s both rustic and gourmet.

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Reservation Deadline:

July 1st

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Retreat Details

October 26 – November 2, 2025
8 Days + 7 Nights
Pricing is Per Person:
from USD $5,395.00 to USD $5,995.00
The deposit for this adventure is a non-refundable and non-transferable $500. Deposit is due May 1.
Payment plans available.
Travel insurance required.
Turin > Alba > The Langhe Roero
Included are a hotel in Turin in the heart of the city and a lux villa in the Roero allowing for stunning hilltop views of the delectable vineyards of this unique region.
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Full Details

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What’s Included

Morning vinyasa and/or evening chill-out yoga practice in the countryside
One night in a four-star city center hotel in Turin
Six nights in a luxury private villa in the Langhe Roero
Home-cooked dinner with a family in Turin
Walking tour of Turin and the local markets with lunch in the central food market
Explore one of Turin’s famous chocolate factories and a delicious tasting
Private visit to Turin’s own Martini & Rossi factory and special mixology class
E-bike afternoon ride to the village of Canale, with local stops along the way, and their local market
Private chef cooking class at the villa with the produce from Canale’s outdoor food market
Tasting in Italy’s Bank of Wine
Explore Pollenzo’s University of Taste
Winery visit and tasting class
Gourmet lunch at the home of the slow food movement
Hilltop goat herding and natural cheese making morning
Special family run winery dinner and wine tasting
Chef-cooked dinners at ‘home’ at our hilltop villa
Dinner at the villa with a special Pizzaiolo
Airport transfers (on arrival and departure days per ‘welcome’ email)

This trip is curated by The Travel Yogi, the original company to blend yoga and wellness with first class adventure travel. The Travel Yogi sets the bar for what true wellness adventures should be and has been for well over a decade. They are here to answer any + all of your questions!

Details + FaQs

What’s Not Included

Airfare to Turin
Two lunches
Additional excursions
Alcohol or items of a personal nature/souvenirs
Travel insurance
Gratuities

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A woman doing a yoga pose on a sidewalk overlooking the ocean, with a metal guardrail behind her and a landscape of trees and hillside houses in the background.

Slices of baguette with cream cheese and anchovy fillets on a tray

A vineyard with rows of grapevines supported by white stakes in a green hilly landscape under a partly cloudy sky.

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Aerial view of a small Italian village with terracotta rooftops surrounded by green vineyards and rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

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Swimming pool with lounge chairs and umbrellas, brick outdoor structure, trees in the background, clear blue sky.

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Itinerary

Our Italy yoga retreat is curated by The Travel Yogi. Schedules will vary slightly and final itineraries will go out to the travel crew about a month prior to departure. Our schedule below gives you an overall picture of what a weeklong wellness and yoga retreat in Italy  will look like:

- Arrive into Turin by 2pm. Benvenuto in Italia!
- Transfer into town from the airport, or stroll across the street from the main train station, and drop your bags off at your Turin home
- Explore this extremely walkable city or check-in and rest
- Head to the rooftop for a local aperitivo and group meet and greets!
- Enjoy a proper welcome to Italy with a local and home-cooked meal
  - Discover a Piedmontese welcome in a local home and a delicious dinner (depending on group size)
- Drive back to the hotel for a good night’s sleep and luxury welcome to your Italy yoga retreat adventure
- Check out and explore Turin on foot before heading into the countryside
  - Discover Turin’s 2,000 year old history and beautiful architecture
  - End the morning stroll at an artisanal chocolatier’s workshop: learn the family traditions of chocolate making capped off by a scrumptious tasting
- Satisfy your hunger with a local specialty of your choice at the Centrale food market
- Depart Turin for the countryside and a special stop at Turin’s own Martini & Rossi
  - See the birthplace of a brand and explore Martini & Rossi’s history
  - Enjoy a private mixology class with apertivo experts at Martini’s Bar Academy
- Head to the Roero enjoying the gorgeous countryside along the way
- Settle into your country home and relax among the vines
- Tonight is night one of your private chef and villa deliciousness
- Morning yoga with breakfast to follow
- Get to know the Roero under your own steam (sort of) as you e-bike the hills and vineyards
  - E-bike to Monteu Roero’s small village center for a refresher and a look at the stunning medieval church of San Bernardino
  - Hop back on your bikes and pedal to a local vineyard for a unique birbet and seasonal fruit tasting
- Enjoy a lunch at leisure, and strolling, through the charming streets of Canale
- Head ‘home’ with time to relax
- Walk down to the outdoor yoga shala for this evening’s class
- Enjoy a local specialty cooking class with our private chef at the villa and a night at home
- Greet the morning with yoga and a delicious breakfast
- Drive to the charming city of Bra for some free time strolling, shopping or simply people-watching
  - Bra has something for everyone, including a spice shop like you’ve never seen, and is the birthplace of the Slow Food movement
- Enjoy lunch in town and a deeper understanding of a food system that is “good, clean and fair”
- Head to Pollenzo for a deeper knowledge, and taste, of this worldwide movement
  - Meet up with a representative of the University of Taste (aka the University of Gastronomic Sciences)
  - Stroll through time and the vineyards of Italy as you explore the Bank of Wine in the cellars of the University
- Head home to the Roero
- Freshen up and head out for a walk to a local family run restaurant with a history stretching back through the centuries
- Enjoy a later morning yoga class among the olive trees followed by breakfast in the villa
- This morning will be yours to relax and enjoy at your leisure – swim, book a massage or relax your way
- Lunch today at the villa
- This afternoon you’ll head to a winery with delicious vintages and multiple generations of passion in the vines for a tour of the cellars and a guided tasting
- Head back ‘home’ for a special treat – enjoy a pizza based dinner with a local Pizzaiolo
- Morning yoga and breakfast at the villa
- Head to the ancient town of Alba for some free exploration and strolling
  - This beautiful town played home to history for centuries as a stopping point for the crusades
  - The ancient and the modern combine as you stroll the town that gave birth to Nutella (and still plays host to a Nutella factory)
  - During certain months in the fall you can experience the world-renowned truffle fair that takes place in Alba’s town square
- Enjoy lunch on your own today and wherever you please within the town of Alba
- Drive back to your villa and an afternoon yoga session
- Freshen up and head down the road for a special dinner at a small family-run winery and restaurant with stunning views over the Langhe Roero’s hills and vineyards
- Slightly later morning yoga and breakfast this morning
- Lace up a pair of old shoes and head out to the hills as you channel your inner shepherd
  - A wonderful goat shepherd will allow us to drive his goats (don’t worry, his trusting herding hounds will help) into their pen for milking
  - The goat’s milk will be used to create the delicious cheese that, after a bit of work, you’ll have a chance to taste and enjoy
- Head home to wash up and enjoy a lunch of light sandwiches, snacks, hazelnuts from local trees and fresh honey
- Come together after a rest for a final yoga session in the gorgeous Italian countryside
- Tuck into a delicious final meal in the Roero and a special send off to the week
- Wake up to breakfast and pack for the transfer back to Turin for a flight home or train off to further European adventures
- There will be two transfers back to the city and, depending on your flight time, you can take off or head back to explore a second visit to Turin
- Grazie per aver visitato l’Italia!

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Where
You’ll Stay

Accommodation Options + Pricing

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Couple Occupancy

Share the beauty and luxury of the Langhe Roero. Each room will have a single bed, AC, views of the Langhe Roero and an en suite bathroom.

$5,395 per person

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Turin Accommodations

Our hotel in Turin is in the heart of the city and directly across from the Porta Nuova Station; an easy across-the-street-stroll for those who train into town. A sweet and luxurious entry to Italy, our Turin hotel offers a city-center location, delectable dining and a lovely yoga space for de-planing. Rooms feature either one or two beds, AC, and en suite bathroom facilities. Explore Turin on foot and through your taste-buds as you begin your epicurious journey through Italy.

Hotel bedroom with a bed, white linens, pillows, dark brown headboard, bedside lamp, curtain-covered window, and a small bench at the foot of the bed.

Single Occupancy

Enjoy the beauty and luxury of the Langhe Roero from your own veranda. Each room will have a single bed, AC, views of the Langhe Roero and an en suite bathroom.

$5,995 per person

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Living room with large glass windows overlooking a green landscape with trees, a swimming pool with umbrellas, and outdoor chairs.

Twin Occupancy

The beauty and luxury of the Langhe Roero await. Each room in Turin and the countryside will have two twins bed, AC, views of the Langhe Roero and an en suite bathroom.

$5,395 per person

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The Roero Accommodations

Our lux villa in the Roero allow for stunning hilltop views of the delectable vineyards of this unique region. Each of the rooms within the villa has its own character (as well as its own AC controls) and en suite bathrooms. A gourmet kitchen and wine cellar feature the best of Piedmontese cuisine in a villa, and outdoor yoga shala, surrounded by fruit and olive trees. Each day at the villa is picture postcard worthy. Rooms will have one or two beds, depending on your needs.

Questions about Travel or Accommodations? Email The Travel Yogi. They are here to answer any + all of your questions!

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“Maura is a phenomenal yoga teacher + retreat leader!"

I’m fairly new to yoga, and the least experienced of our group, so was initially unsure how that part of the trip would go, but Maura created a space that made me feel very comfortable and at ease. I knew going in that yoga was not at all mandatory so I thought I would only go to a handful of sessions, but I ended up going to every single one and I’m so glad I did. I loved this retreat!” -Sicily Yoga Retreat Participant

Maura Manzo has been leading international retreats for 15 years. She’s taken groups into lush settings, as well as remote, off-the-grid locations. She’s an expert at creating unique experiences and making all feel welcome.