Our fitness holiday is really popular with solo travellers – since we started offering fitness holidays in Europe in 2016, over 75% of our guests have been solo travellers, which is a remarkable statistic.

We see that as a testament to the friendly fitness holiday we offer, the vibe we create and the fantastic, friendly guests we attract. You’ve nothing to be nervous about when you book the Active Retreat as your fitness holiday!

We pride ourselves on being open and inclusive to anyone who is interested in the kind of holiday we have to offer. If you want to visit us as a solo traveller or as a large group, we can accommodate you.

What Makes the Active Retreat Perfect for Solo Travellers?

First of all we offer a variety of rooms, so whether you are on a budget or can afford a little more luxury, we have the ideal room for you.

We never mix the sexes (unless you book a couples room), so you are safe in the knowledge that you won’t have to share with a stranger of the opposite sex. It may sound obvious, but it’s important to point out to solo travellers!

Our activities are all set up for individuals, so you don’t need to come as a pair. Surfing, cycling, yoga, circuit training etc aren’t team sports, so you’re not at a disadvantage if you’re on your own!

When you come to the Active Retreat as a solo traveller, you’re bound to meet new, like-minded friends. As a holiday, the Active Retreat is quite niche and as a result, attracts a certain type of person.

If your idea of a holiday is a drop and flop, where you lie by a pool and drink the all-inclusive lager from breakfast til night time then the Active Retreat just isn’t for you. There’s a time and a place for boozing, but nobody wants to do a bike ride or a yoga class with a hangover from hell!

The Active Retreat Villa – Solo Traveller Friendly!

Where we host the Active Retreat is perfectly set up for the solo traveller. As mentioned earlier in the post, we can offer a shared room or a solo room for you depending on budget, but even if you opt for a solo room yet still like to mix with other guests, you can do so easily – we have a large communal space in the living room. In fact on the last retreat, we even did a movie night in there!

The garden is great for hangout out together too – there is a mixture of sun loungers, hammocks, decking space and a pool. You can relax and chill out to your hearts content. Get lost in a book, have a nap or a natter – do what you like!

Take a look at the images of the villa gardens below – I think you’ll understand what I mean when I say it’s perfect for solo travellers! You don’t need to have company in order to chill out here…

Stress Free Solo Fitness Travel

We’ve done travelling ourselves, so we know how stressful it can be – when it’s all down to you to make sure you’re at the right place, at the right time, whether or not you’re going in the right direction etc, so we take that worry and stress away from you.

On the Active Retreat we take the stress out of travelling for you. As a solo travel fitness holiday, you’ll be more relaxed than if you went to an all-inclusive! Here’s why…

• We collect you from the airport
• We take you to and from every activity you do with us
• We feed you brunch every day and 5 evening meals
• We know our way around the island, so transport you everywhere
• We’re on hand to answer any of your questions
• When the holiday is over, we take you back to the airport!

Our whole approach is to give you a complete physical and mental recharge. That starts with removing your stresses – you won’t have to worry about a thing when you are with us on the Active Retreat.

If you’re looking for a solo travel fitness holiday, you won’t find anything better than the Active Retreat.

And that’s a promise.

If you’d like more information on the Active Retreat, call us on 07866361964 or email us on Enquires@theactiveretreat.net. We’ll answer any of your questions and give you all the information about the holiday that you’ll ever need!

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At the Active Retreat, we specialise in variety – come on our fitness retreat holiday and you certainly won’t be bored of doing the same thing day after day. With a huge variety of exercise experiences during the week with us, you’ll learn first hand that not all fitness retreat holidays are created equal!

But how do you go about picking a fitness retreat holiday? There’s a wide range of them on the market, so how do you decide which one is right for you?

When you consider your requirements from a holiday, you’ll probably go through the usual list…

• Activities
• Location
• Weather
• Food
• Price
• Convenience

We do too, so when we created the Active Retreat we did so with all of those things in mind.

Fitness Retreat Holiday Activities

If you’re reading this page, there’s a good chance you’re already active and you know what you’re looking for from a fitness holiday. If that is what we refer to ‘single experience’, such as only yoga, or only cycling, then the Active Retreat isn’t for you – we mix things up.

If you’re looking for more variety and an opportunity to learn and try new things, we’re probably more up your street.

We base our activity selections on a few things – their fitness benefits, their fun, their variety, their location and their chance to combine new experiences with a good physical challenge. We’ve got a fantastic mixture that our guests just LOVE!

Whether it’s the surfing…

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Or the more sedate yoga classes…

Then we’ve got you covered. Of course this isn’t forgetting the bike riding, the stand up paddle boarding, the gym workouts, the volcano hike etc etc!

Fitness Retreat Holiday Locations

The Active Retreat is based in Lajares, Fuerteventura. We picked Lajares having been based at two other sites on the island previously. It works out perfectly for us and our guests – it’s a centrally-located village with the perfect mix of tranquility and activity.

We have no light pollution and the roads are very quiet. If you want to relax in a hammock or chill by the pool, you can do – it’s a very relaxing spot.

Likewise, if you fancy a beer and a little something to eat, the village centre is a 5 minute (literal by the way, not a 5 mile) walk away. In the village you’ll find a few quirky bars, some fantastic cafes, good restaurants and a local shop. It’s a little bit of everything and the perfect location for us to host the Active Retreat.

Fuerteventura itself is a beautiful, rugged and characterful island. Mixing extinct volcanoes with golden sandy beaches and tropical seas, it’s a slice of paradise a few hours away from home.

Thanks to the amazing geography, we make sure the activities are outdoors wherever possible – we can exercise inside at home, so we make sure when we’re in natures gym, we use it!

Here’s an idea of Fuerteventura – I think you’ll understand why we base our fitness retreat holiday there…!

Ideal Weather on a Fitness Holiday

Nobody comes on a fitness retreat holiday and wants it to be cold. Well, our guests don’t anyway! That’s why we picked the closest place with almost guaranteed year-round sun to the UK. Fuerteventura has year-round sunshine. We’ve done retreats in April, September, October, November and December and we’ve had average temperatures of around 25 degrees. Across the years, we’ve had about 5 days total rainfall – most retreats pass by without a single drop of rain.

We purposely don’t run retreats in the peak season, mostly because of the weather – when we’re training daily, we don’t want to be doing it in temperatures of 30+ degrees. It’s OK fir surfing and yoga, but we certainly don’t want to be doing circuits, HIIT and cycling in the extreme heat.

Instead, we pick a time of the year for our fitness retreat holidays when it’s nice and sunny but we don’t end up suffering from heat exhaustion!

Healthy Holiday Food

At the Active Retreat we have a really simple policy – we’ll feed you healthy food, but you can eat what you like! If you want to eat a huge burger at lunch, go ahead! If you want wine with your evening meal, you can – you’re on holiday, not in prison.

Our food is all freshly-prepared on site and we feed our guests a daily brunch and five healthy, but tasty meals on site in the evenings.

A typical evening meal could be…

• Mexican – fajitas with chicken or beef, lots of vegetables.
• Pulled pork and accompanying salad
• Spanish night – various local dishes

Within reason we can accommodate specific dietary requirements for our guests, such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, pescatarian etc.

Fitness Holiday Europe Prices

It’s imperative to us that the Active Retreat is priced fairly – we know we offer the best fitness retreat holiday on the market, but we also don’t want to price it out of reach. With that in mind, we offer a range of room options, starting at £699 – if you can find a better value fitness retreat holiday in Europe, go ahead!

The top price room we offer is our deluxe room at £1399 per week.

These prices don’t include flights, but it includes all of the food you’ll eat on site and the cost of every activity you do will be covered. It’s an absolute bargain and won’t be long before the price goes up – when I see other retreats offering a product that is inferior to ours at treble the price, I know we’re probably too cheap!

Our villa is nice, without being intimidatingly luxurious. We want you to feel at home, to relax and to unwind. You’re on your holiday, not at a formal dinner with the queen!

Picking The Right Fitness Retreat – Is it Convenient?

The Active Retreat is marketed as a complete physical and mental reboot. From the second you arrive to the second you leave, it’s anti-stress. Leave your stresses and strains at home. You’re not here to think about work, you’re here to relax and have a great time!

So, the anti-stress thing. Here’s how we do it…

We personally pick you up from the airport – no need to stress about that.

You’re shown to your room and we have an opening night presentation, telling you everything about the week. No guesswork, no confusion, no stress.

Your food is taken care of – no cooking, no stressing.

We take you to all off-site activities – again, no stressing about where to go and how to get there.

We know the island and can taxi you to the best beaches. No worries, no stress.

Your downtime is yours to do as you please – you can eat, sleep, sunbathe, relax, read, swim, walk. You can do what you please!

When the week is over, we drop you back to the airport. No final day stresses for you!

Booking the Active Retreat…

If you’d like to know more about the Active Retreat and would like to book a holiday with us, get in touch on 07866361964 or enquiries@theactiveretreat.net. We’d love to tell you more about our amazing fitness retreat holiday offers…

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At the Active Retreat, we always strive to improve. I know that sounds cliched and a lie, but it’s true! This year, we’re giving our guests gifts!

Since our very first Active Retreat, we’ve added new classes, tweaked the timetable, the location and the food until we’ve reached a point where we can say we confidence, we host the best value health and fitness retreat in Europe. Not just Fuerteventura, or even Spain – the whole of the continent.

Nowhere offers anywhere near the value for money, the range of activities, the quality of food, the private villa, the airport transfers, the expert teaching and the fantastic atmosphere for anywhere near our price point.

Now though, we’ve gone one better! We’re adding gifts for guests to our offering – all of the guests who come to stay with us on our fitness retreat in Fuerteventura this winter will receive a stunning water bottle from our partners bodytek.

I use this bottle myself and know it’s just perfect for our guests. You know why? It’s triple-insulated, so keeps your drinks and smoothies perfectly cold, despite the Fuerteventura sunshine. It’s not just a question of function though – they look great too…

There’ll be other gifts too, that we’ll be revealing over time. I just love this particular one, so thought we’d announce it here.

We’ve tweaked our holiday offering this year, so the Active Retreat 2019 will have a slightly different daily routine. We’re moving our morning class slightly later in the day (from 8 to 9.30) and instead of a breakfast served at 9, we’re having a morning smoothie pre-class and a brunch around 10.30.

We’ve done this for two reasons – it allows our guests a longer lie in each morning, but also it means we feed our guests more. A smoothie is more than just a drink – it serves as a meal. Additionally, having a brunch after class means our guests can carry on without needing a big lunch. It means our days at the Active Retreat just flow better.

if you don’t fancy having your smoothie straight out of bed, just put it into your brand new bodytek bottle – it’ll keep it fresh and cold for hours, plus the wide opening means you’ll easily be able to drink it straight from the bottle…

Not only that, it’ll be a cool keep sake that will remind you of an amazing week in the Fuerteventura sun, exercising, eating great food, meeting wonderful people, relaxing like you didn’t know possible and giving yourself a complete physical and mental recharge!

If you’d like to join us on either one of this year’s Active Retreats (26th October – 2nd November or 2nd November – 9th November), feel free to get in touch. You can contact us on 07866361964 or email us at enquiries@theactiveretreat.net.

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If you’re looking for an adults only holiday in Fuerteventura, we could be the answer to your prayers!

At the Active Retreat we offer an adults only holiday in Fuerteventura for men and women who are looking for something a bit different – a bit more exciting, a bit more adventurous, a bit more active.

Our idea of a stress free, relaxing holiday isn’t one where you’re surrounded by thousands of screaming children in a high-rise hotel. On the Active Retreat you stay in a private villa on the outskirts of a small surf town in Fuerteventura. We’re a short walk from the village centre, but far enough a way that light and sound pollution aren’t an issue.

Our villa is bright, clean and spacious. We’re not 7* luxury, but we are a perfect place for a fitness holiday in Fuerteventura. We’re close to all of the surfing beaches, we have a gym area on site, we’re down the road from our dedicated yoga space and have all the amenities you need in the local village.

On site, our garden has a small pool which is ideal for cooling down after the workouts. We’ve also got a selection of sun loungers and hammocks, so you can relax in the garden all day long if you like – and many of our guests do!

Being an adults only holiday in Fuerteventura means we can relax the pace of the day. New for 2019 is a brunch, so it means we start our days at a much more leisurely pace. Our guests can enjoy a lie in and the morning fitness class has been pushed back slightly. It’s all part of our stress-free philosophy.

Adults Only Holiday – Deeper Relaxation

On the Active Retreat, a key aim for us is for you to enjoy a complete physical and mental recharge. Our guests arrive with us tired, stressed and not feeling their best. We give them the opportunity to do all that is good for them – exercise, eat great food, rest and recover. All of those are so much easier to offer if it’s an adult only holiday.

The holiday activities themselves aren’t especially suitable for children, which is why we operate a strict adults only holiday policy. Our bike ride is over 40km. We surf, stand up paddle board and use the gym on multiple occasions. We sprint up sand dune hills. All of these activities are a stretch too far for many kids.

Once all of the fitness work is done, then we relax with a drink or two – again, not a child-friendly activity!

Fitness Holidays in Fuerteventura – The Perfect Location

With the abundance of beaches, the local bars and restaurants, the wide variety of health and fitness activities and the general feel-good factor of being on a sunny island surrounded by the ocean makes Fuerteventura the PERFECT place for an adults only fitness holiday.

At the Active Retreat we stress that the holiday has a health and fitness base, but we don’t stop you from having a drink if you like. It’s your holiday – if you fancy having a few drinks, go right ahead. We organise a couple of nights out during the week, plus we make sure there’s a big BBQ to enjoy at the end, as a way to sign off yet another great week!

With amazing food, friendly locals, fun bars (it can’t all be exercise!) and great company, we’re the adults only holiday in Fuerteventura you’ve been looking for!

Come along and visit us – you’ll totally agree!

How To Book Your Adults Holiday in Fuerteventura

If the Active Retreat sounds like your kind of holiday, get in touch with us via email enquiries@theactiveretreat.net or on the phone 07866361964. We can organise your booking from there and tell you more about the holiday itself.

For more information on the villa or pricing, click here. If you have any other questions, take a look at our FAQ page to see if we’ve already answered it – we cover a lot in there.

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At the Active Retreat we realise there are certain things guests are looking for on holiday. Whether it’s an adventure, activity, relaxation, sunshine, food etc, we build our holiday offering based on a number of factors.

Here are the principles that we use to help us design each and every Active Retreat week…

Our Guests Enjoy a Stress Free Week

First and foremost, you’re probably taking a holiday to give yourself a break from the stress of everyday life. At the Active Retreat, giving our guests a stress-free week is the most important thing to us.

We pick you up from the airport, so you’ve got no stress when it comes to finding your way to us.

We take you to every activity, so you’ve got no travel worries when you’re at the Active Retreat either.

We feed you every breakfast and five evening meals, so you’ve got no stress when it comes to cooking. For lunch, we usually grab something when we’re out and about. The village where the villa is situated has some fantastic cafes too, so there’s options there.

Our villa has plenty of hammocks, sun loungers and places to relax. You’ve got no obligation to do anything as a group, so if you want time on your own, that’s fine!

It’s important to us that you enjoy a stress free week.

Our Guests Enjoy a Physical Recharge

On the Active Retreat we give you the option to train as hard or as easy as you like. There’s benefit in both. If you want to use the Active Retreat as a week of intense training, our sessions are scalable to be as tough as you like. We cover all modalities – strength training, HIIT training, traditional cardio, flexibility work and yoga.

You’ll have plenty of free time so you can rest and recover in between sessions.

Likewise, if you want to do some regular exercise but are hardly pushing for an olympic medal, you can do as much or as little as you like. You can miss sessions if you want to, or use lighter weights in others. There’s no pressure from us, it’s your holiday.

Our Guests Enjoy a Mental Recharge

By taking you out of your stressful environment, we’re hoping that you enjoy a complete mental break where you can forget about your responsibilities and stresses.

Our holidays always attract like-minded people, who like to exercise, who like to eat well and who like to have fun. It’s amazing how restorative these things can be.

We also like to be outside in the fresh air. The combination of fresh air, exercise, great food, relaxing yoga and deep sleep that is uninterrupted by light pollution and noise pollution does absolute wonders for the soul.

Forget about work, about break ups, about to-do lists, about deadlines. Read the book you’ve been wanting to for ages, meet new friends and laugh a lot. Enjoy new experiences on the Active Retreat.

Our Guests Enjoy Exercise Variety

One of the most important principles of all to us is the exercise variety that we enjoy. There are millions of yoga retreats, walking retreats, cycling retreats, but there are very few ACTIVE RETREATS!

We mix our activities, because who wants to do the same thing every day?!

On the Active Retreat you’ll do circuit classes, dune sprints, yoga, Pilates, cycling, surfing, stand up paddle boarding, walking and if you want to, sea swimming with tropical fish on the beach.

We like to mix our activities and exercises – that’s why we can truly call ourselves the Active Retreat!

Our Guests Enjoy Great Food

Food is so important to us as hosts. We want to make sure that we strike the right balance between healthy and tasty. Nobody comes on the Active Retreat to be fed nothing but salads – we wouldn’t want that and we’re pretty sure you wouldn’t either!

We devise a menu that feeds us well in a tasty but healthy way. We eat a lot of vegetables and salads, but also ensure we get plenty of protein with meat and/or fish featuring. The food is served in a ‘help yourself’ manner, so you can eat as much or as little as you like.

Our food is a real highlight of the trip and we round the week off with a great BBQ cooked on site! It’s the perfect way to round off a fantastic week!

Our Guests Have Fun!

Finally, holidays should be about FUN! That’s so important to us at the Active Retreat that we make it a fundamental core principle. If a holiday isn’t fun, it’s not worth going on.

We have fun by giving like-minded people the opportunity to spend a stress-free week in the sun, where they can exercise, eat well and relax.

Oh, and we have a few sociable drinks, a fun quiz, a couple of nights out and plenty of new experiences for good measure. Add it all up and the Active Retreat is an amazing holiday that guests will remember forever. There’s a reason why so many of our guests come back time and again!

Want to Come on the Active Retreat?

If you’ve decided that you want a holiday where you exercise, eat well, relax plenty and enjoy a complete physical and mental recharge, then get in touch!

We’re available for a chat on Enquiries@theactiveretreat.net or 07866361964

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If you’re looking for a holiday with a difference, why not try a fitness holiday in the Canary Islands?

The Active Retreat is a specialist health and fitness retreat based in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. Our guests enjoy a week in a private villa, enjoying a wide variety of health and fitness activities throughout their time with us.

Alongside the activities, we provide a daily breakfast (freshly prepared) and five evening meals. On the other evening meals we head out to one of the local restaurants to enjoy some local Canary Islands cuisine!

Fitness Holiday in the Canary Islands

The fantastic thing about the Canary Islands is that we have the perfect climate for a fitness holiday. This year (2019), there will be two Active Retreat weeks, 26th October – 2nd November and 2nd November – 9th November). We will be expecting temperatures of around 25 degrees with little or no rain.

We purposely pick weeks at the start and the end of the winter – it’s a chance for our guests to enjoy some winter sun, plus it’s ideal physical preparation for the season ahead! A nice little break pre-Christmas is the perfect opportunity to relax, eat healthy food, enjoy the winter sun, exercise and sleep well. It’s like a reset button before the onslaught that is December!

Our fitness holiday in the Canary Islands comes at the perfect time to break up your winter. By the time the next Active Retreat comes around, there’s a good chance you’ll be fed up of the dark nights and the cold winters at home. Why not jet off for some sun, great food, relaxation and exercise?!

Fitness Holiday out of School Holidays

At the Active Retreat we are an adults only holiday, but we don’t think that parents or teachers should be punished because they can only holiday at certain times of the year.

With that in mind, the Active Retreat offers a week in the school holiday and a week out of holidays. What’s even better is that we keep the price exactly the same – there’s no ‘holiday tax’ from our end! We don’t like having to pay a premium for something we can’t avoid, so we don’t inflict it on others.

Canary Islands Fitness Holidays – Nature is Our Gym!

On the Active Retreat we believe in exercising outside where possible. We can train indoors at home, but if you have the sunshine and some incredible scenery all around, why spend time indoors?!

We design the fitness classes to take advantage of the nature we’re surrounded with on the Canary Islands. Whether it’s dune sprints in the Corralejo sand dunes, surfing at one of the hundreds of amazing beaches, cycling the Fuerteventura north shore or doing the circuit training at the villa, we’re outside wherever possible!

We like to immerse ourselves in the outdoors because it’s the perfect antidote to spending so long indoors at home. With the Canary Islands temperature and the breathtaking beauty of their beaches and scenery, it’d be a crime for us to not get out in it!

Fitness Holiday… AND Relaxation in the Canary Islands

This is the bit that often surprises the Active Retreat guests. How can we promise both a lot of exercise AND relaxation in the same holiday? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

Nope! A typical day at the Active Retreat is like this…

We start with a class, then we have breakfast. After that, the day is yours to do with as you please. You can relax in your room, in a hammock on site, head to the beach, head to town. It’s completely up to you!

In the evening, we have another class and then our evening meal. Once we’ve eaten, again the evening is yours to do as you please – some like to have a couple of drinks locally, others like to read, some like an early night. It’s up to you!

Our classes are voluntary. If you want to give a class a miss, that’s absolutely fine. You don’t have to explain yourself to us!

I’m Interested in a Fitness Holiday in the Canary Islands! Tell Me More!

We like to be in contact with our guests before they book – either on the phone of via email. On email, we can be reached at enquiries@theactiveretreat.net and on the phone we can be called on 07866361964.

The Active Retreat is an amazing experience. Check out some more images of previous fitness holidays in the Canary Islands in our Instagram gallery.

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The fitness holiday market is growing all of the time, as holiday providers have realised that there are people out there who want to do some exercise whilst on holiday. Now holiday companies have understood this, there are a lot of Fuerteventura fitness holidays on the market.

Here’s why The Active Retreat is the best one…

The Active Retreat is Professional and Experienced…

We’ve been running Fuerteventura fitness holidays since 2015. This isn’t new to us – we’ve learned each time, we’ve refined our product, our activities and our logistics.

As hosts, we (Steve and Simon) have spent a long time on Fuerteventura. We know the area, we know the roads, the networks, the towns, the restaurants, the bars and the beaches to make sure you have an amazing holiday. We take the guess workout of the holiday for you.

When it comes to activities, at the Active Retreat we book the very best. Our fitness classes are varied, challenging and interesting! Our yoga teachers have thousands of hours teaching experience. Our surf instructors are experienced, patient and qualified. When we hire bikes, they’re great bikes. Our route is fantastic.

Finally, any holiday, especially Fuerteventura fitness holidays, live and die by their food and accommodation….

The Active Retreat Has the BEST Food!

We take our food seriously. Very seriously!

We’ve both done a lot of travelling and a key part of the experience for us is the food. We want to eat food that is local, tastes great and on a fitness holiday, aligns with the ethos of the retreat. We don’t mean we live off nothing but salad whilst we’re there, but the food is natural, healthy and tasty.

Our chef, Liz, spent three years catering for people at a Yoga and Pilates centre before joining us, so she has a LOT of experience making amazing food for hungry guests!

From home made yogurts and smoothies to vibrant salads, Liz does it all. We have slow-cooked meats, home made breads and even a BBQ on the final night. You won’t even realise you’re eating healthy food whilst you’re with us!

Our food on the active retreat will not be matched a fitness holiday anywhere else!

The Active Retreat has the Most Varied Activities

When we started running Fuerteventura fitness holidays, we did so with an aim in mind – to offer the kind of holidays we’d love to go on. There are lots of fitness holidays available, but so many of them are just single-discipline, such as yoga.

We wanted to offer our guests a holiday that included all kinds of different activities, so we’ve gone above and beyond. This isn’t a yoga holiday, a cycling holiday, a walking holiday etc – it’s an Active Retreat. You’ll head to a beautiful island where you’ll experience circuit classes, dune workouts, surfing, cycling, yoga, Pilates, Stand Up Paddleboarding and hiking.

Take a look at our activities here.

On our Fuerteventura fitness holidays we take advantage of nature – we train outdoors where we can and we use the amazing environment as our gym! I doubt you’ll be enjoying outdoor workouts in the sunshine at home much, especially in November!

The BEST Service of Any Fitness Holiday

One of the criticisms of fitness holidays is that it can feel impersonal – you only see the instructors for a the classes, then they disappear.

At the Active Retreat, that’s not how we operate. We’re hosts, you’re our guests. From the personal collection at the airport to the driving around the island, Active Retreat guests are treated to a level of service they just won’t find elsewhere.

We stay on site with our guests, we’re on hand to answer and questions and to explain what we do and how we’ll do it. We know our way around the island and we can offer advice on places to go and things to do and see. It’s a cliche, but you may arrive as a stranger, but you’ll leave as a friend!

We take you to ALL of your activities, no matter where they are on the island. We also pick you up, so you can relax knowing that all of your transport needs are taken care of.

When your time on your Fuerteventura fitness holiday is over, we’ll personally drop you off at the airport. No need to worry about transfers or travel. We’ve taken care of it for you.

Location Location Location

Fuerteventura is the perfect place for a fitness holiday – especially if you know where to stay!

The villa we use on the Active Retreat is private, has no attached neighbours and no light pollution. If you want a little more nightlife, you can head down for a 3 minute walk into the local town centre and you’ll be met with an array of surf bars, burger places and general restaurants. Whether it’s food or drink you’re after, you’re covered.

We’ve also got a local supermarket in the town, as well as fantastic cafes where they make and sell great coffee and local Spanish pastries. Not to be missed!

The other fantastic thing about where we base our Fuerteventura fitness holidays is that we’re centralised – everything that we want and need is a short drive away. We’re equidistant from the best beaches on the island, we’re close by to all of our classes and our commute to and from the airport is an easy one.

Essentially, it means you can spend more time enjoying your holiday because you’re not in the car for long!

The Active Retreat Respects Your Freedom!

At the Active Retreat we totally respect your freedom. You’re here to enjoy a holiday and a rest. When you book with us you’re on holiday, not forced labour. In booking Fuerteventura fitness holidays with the Active Retreat you’re automatically included in every activity we offer – if you don’t fancy doing one, that’s fine. Nobody is going to force you into it.

Think you’d prefer a lie in to a morning class? No problem – enjoy a lie in! Want to have an afternoon nap rather than do the bike ride? That’s fine! It’s your holiday, you choose what you’d like to do.

Our villa is big enough that you can head off into a quiet corner and the gardens are big enough that you can find a hammock to rest and relax in – you can be as sociable or as reclusive as you wish to be! If you can’t have a beer in a hammock on holiday, when can you?!

We know from both research and information from our guests that other fitness holidays have a very regimented structure. We’re not like that – we give you a timetable of when the classes and activities are taking place and you just let us know if you’re coming or not!

The Active Retreat is Hosted in a Great Villa!

When you book Fuerteventura fitness holidays with us, you can rest assured that you’re staying in a great place.

We run our holidays from a private villa. We do this for lots of reasons, both practical and personal. We personally believe that the kind of fitness holiday we offer is better hosted from a place where we can control the privacy of our guests. You’ll have privacy, great food and you’ll be able to sleep well in a very relaxing setting.

Our villa is modern, spacious, clean and comfortable. We have free wifi throughout, a fully equipped kitchen, a cooling pool for you to take a dip, plus plenty of space outside to relax – hammocks, decking and sun beds all around the outside space. There’s also a TV and DVD player for you to use during your stay.

Take a look at the images of the villa on the website.

The Active Retreat has the Best Prices!

Fuerteventura fitness holidays all come in at different price points, but there aren’t any that can get close to us on price. We don’t increase our prices during the school holidays (we don’t believe parents or teachers should be punished for something out of their hands), so that’s not a worry for you.

We’ve got the widest variety of activities, a great villa, wonderful food and despite all of that, we can still offer you a Fuerteventura fitness holiday for an incredible price – our rooms start at £699 per week, which includes 7 breakfasts, 5 evening meals and ALL of your activities!

If what you’ve read about our Fuerteventura fitness holidays has piqued your interest, why not get in touch with us on enquiries@theactiveretreat.net? We promise you won’t regret it!

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It’s the time we start getting excited at the Active Retreat, because the ideas for the next Fuerteventura fitness retreat are coming in thick and fast. We already have the format that we know works, so it’s a case of tweaking our offering to make the next holiday even better!

Our 2018 retreat was amazing! We had such a great time and learnt a lot. There were a few new additions to the Active Retreat – a new villa, a group BBQ, a new chef, new yoga offering, new bike route etc, but they all went down a storm.

You can read about our 2018 Fuerteventura Fitness Retreat here.

At the Active Retreat, we have a main driving principle – to provide you with an amazing fitness retreat every single time you come with us. It’s why we welcome back visitors time and time again. That level of customer service is unrivalled in the fitness retreat industry, which is why we can be proud of what we do and what we offer.

We still have the most cost-effective Fuerteventura Fitness Retreat on the market and will continue to make it a holiday you’ll love!

What to expect in the Fuerteventura Fitness Retreat 2019…

For our next Fuerteventura fitness retreat we’ve improved our product yet again. We’re maintaining the services of our amazing chef, so the food will be fantastic again.

We’re going to improve our class offering. We have the space and the ability to put on excellent functional fitness classes, so we’re going to expand our class variety with extra equipment on site. Having planned the classes, we will be adding an extra dimension to our on-site fitness.

The extended bike ride route was a hit and allowed our guests to see a side of Fuerteventura they wouldn’t normally see, so we’re keeping with that. It’s a route that suits all different ability levels, so it works perfectly for us.

We opted for a complete Yin Yoga practice as a balance to all of the high intensity work we were doing on the fitness retreat and found that it really helped our guests rest, relax and recover well, so that’s staying.

It’s not all about the hard work – a fitness retreat should balance the exercise with the recovery, so the Yin Yoga is the perfect antidote to the circuits, the dune sprints, the surfing, the bike riding and the stand up paddle boarding!

We’ve got a special treat in line for our guests on the final day of the 2019 fitness retreats too – a private boat charter, full of food, activities and a tour of the tropical bays around the Island of Lobos, just off the Fuerteventura coast. It’s a day you’ll remember forever!

An Extended Fuerteventura Fitness Retreat!

For the first time ever in Active Retreat history, we are now offering guests the option to stay for two weeks!

If you prefer your holidays a little longer, we can now accommodate our guests for two consecutive weeks, which will save you money over a single week. The benefit of this is you get to enjoy a lot more of the winter sun, but additionally you will have a whole extra week of relaxation, yoga, exercise and fantastic, healthy food.

An early Christmas gift to yourself!

Fuerteventura Fitness Retreat Booking

If you like what you’ve seen and heard about the Active Retreat and think it sounds like your kind of holiday, you look around the website for more information, or you can get in touch with directly so we can give you the answers to any questions you may have!

The dates for the 2019 Fuerteventura Fitness Retreats are 26th October – 2nd November and 2nd November – 9th of November.

For more information or to book, contact us on Enquiries@theactiveretreat.net or call us directly of 07866361964!

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After we hosted a fabulous Active Retreat in November and December 2018, we are delighted to offer you the chance to book your Fuerteventura fitness holiday 2019 with us!

Building on a fantastic week, our fitness holidays in 2019 will be better, bolder, more exciting and increasingly adventurous! They say fortune favours the brave and in this case, it was right. We challenged ourselves to deliver the best value health and fitness retreat on the market and we delivered.

Here’s a review of the Active Retreat 2018 – the best value fitness holiday in Fuerteventura!

During the last Active Retreat we trialled a few new activities and locations, all of which were very well received by guests. We’ve got a few stories to share…

We partnered with new organisations, we took our guests on new routes for the cycle ride, we changed our food offering, we trialled a new villa and yoga practice space, dropped activities we didn’t feel contributed much to the overall guest experience and finally, added a social BBQ to the week.

Here’s how the Active Retreat 2018 went down….

Fitness Holiday Food

In our previous incarnation we offered a vegetarian menu, but with the amount of activity our guests undertake, we felt the menu needed more protein and balance. We employed a new chef who did a FANTASTIC job for us – preparing homemade brownies on arrival and producing amazing food for us. Our guests LOVED every meal…

Fitness Holiday Yoga

This time we tried a new approach with our yoga. We worked with one teacher for all of our classes. This allowed both the group and the teacher to become familiar with one another, so the relationship and teaching style grew together, rather than us having to start from scratch each time.

The yoga yurt is purpose-built and is insulated with wool – this means much of the exterior noise and interior sound vibration is stopped, allowing for a really tranquil and calm environment. Perfect for restorative yoga practice.

We enjoyed restorative yoga sessions to assist our recovery from the higher-intensity elements of the fitness holiday. It worked perfectly – despite training daily, nobody suffered any real stiffness throughout the week!

Fuerteventura North Shore Cycling

One of the guest highlights of the Active Retreat is the bike ride. This is our big cardio offering of the holiday. This year I wanted to push our guests further, so we increased the distance of the ride from 27km to 43km! It was a bold move, but I was confident we could do it!

Our route takes in a few major Fuerteventura landmarks. We cycle into Lajares, drop the bikes and hike up to the summit of Calderon Hondo, where we can see the entire north shore of Fuerteventura and the impressive volcano crater. We always get a group shot up there…

From the volcano, we cycle down the 8km dirt track into Corralejo, pick up some lunch and then head along the entire north shore of Fuerteventura, heading back towards El Cotillo. There are some incredible surf sports and isolated coves along the way, giving our guests a chance to see the rugged landscape and the unbridled force of the Atlantic Ocean…

The north shore is a flat dirt track that covers around 20km, so we ride back along it at a decent pace, taking advantage of the lack of hills to cover the miles quickly. We arrive back at El Cotillo for some refreshment ahead of an evening yoga class. Not a bad way to end a 43km ride in the sunshine!

Fitness Holiday Surfing and SUP

On the Active Retreat water sports are a key part of our offering. How can you be surrounded by the stunning Atlantic Ocean and not use it as part of your holiday? We offer a Fuerteventura fitness holiday and water sports are a key part of health and fitness on the island.

We partner with approved surf schools and surf centres, who provide high quality surf instruction, full equipment and full licences. We only use the very best local surf schools who can take our guests to the most appropriate surf school spots on the island.

Our Active Retreat guests always love the surf and SUP (stand up paddleboard) lessons…

Corralejo Sand Dune Sprints

One of the toughest workouts of the week are the dune sprints. It’s a very simple workout, but a very, very tough one. We have nicknamed one of the dunes ‘The Dune of Doom’. It’s around 40m high and a steep angle.

The entire Dune of Doom workout is 10+ (10 is the minimum, do as many as you can) sprints up to the top of the dune, then walk down. It sounds so simple, but it’s very, very tough! Here’s a snapshot of what one sprint looks like…

It’s a real calorie burner and shows our Active retreat guests how simple a really, really effective workout can be. On our Fuerteventura fitness holiday, we use nature as our gym where possible. In a beautiful environment with incredible weather, why train inside?! Let’s get outside and enjoy exercise in the fresh air!

Fuerteventura Fitness Holiday – the Social Side!

It’s really important to us that our guests enjoy a social holiday as well. Yes, they’re there to train, but they’re also on holiday. We don’t lose sight of that, so it’s a key part of the holiday that everyone enjoys themselves!

Our guests are training hard, so they can enjoy the rewards too! We enjoy a couple of nights out, a BBQ and a couple of local restaurant meals. With so many like-minded people on holiday together, we always have a great time and make friends for life….

Arrive as strangers, leave as friends…

It’s such a cliche, but it’s also true. Every Active Retreat brings a new set of guests who are looking for a great holiday. For the most part (returning guests aside) they are brand new visitors, but at the end of our week together, we’ve all made friendships that last.

When you get a group of like-minded people together in a fantastic environment, good things always happen!

If you’ve been looking for a new type of holiday and a Fuerteventura fitness holiday sounds like your kind of thing, we’d love to welcome you along on the next Active Retreats!

You can find more information on the kinds of questions people ask us here.

We have availability in October and November 2019 on the following dates…

• 26th October – 2nd November 2019
• 2nd November – 9th November 2019

If you’d like more info, email us on enquiries@theactiveretreat.net and we can tell you everything you need to know!

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At the Active Retreat the holiday is built around health and fitness activities – all of these are done on Fuerteventura. In fact, the island is perfectly set up for a wide range of healthy activities! With its mixture of terrains, variety of water sports options, yoga studios, gyms and great cycling routes you can easily maintain a healthy lifestyle even when on holiday in Fuerteventura.

Here are a few of the healthy activities you can do in Fuerteventura – all of which we do on the Active Retreat! The images are all from the Active Retreat we hosted in November 2018…

Cycle The North Shore of Fuerteventura

The north shore of Fuerteventura is an (approximately) 20km long off-road track that links Corralejo to the east and El Cotillo to the west. It’s a relatively flat track that varies in surface quality but provides a great challenge for off-road cycling.

One of the great things about cycling the track along the north shore is you get to see the dramatic coastline – some of the best surf breaks on the island are dotted along the north shore. There’s also the off-the-grid fishing village of Machanicho, a tiny place that exists without much interference with the outside world.

Further along the north shore there are beautiful, isolated little coves that provide ample opportunity for sunbathing in relative privacy.

The track surface can be pretty bumpy in places, so be warned!

If you’re into your cycling, the north shore track ride is one of the most fun healthy activities you can do in Fuerteventura!

Climb Calderon Hondo in Lajares

Calderon Hondo is an extinct  volcano in Lajares, a small surf village located in the middle of the northern end of Fuerteventura.

It’s not especially high at around 250m/700ft, but the views from the top are mind-blowing! If you look into the volcano you can see the vast, dramatic crater that has formed. There are estimates that say it’s 70m deep – I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s even deeper! There’s a vastness that you just can’t quite comprehend until you see it.

If you look in the opposite direction you can see the entire north shore of Fuerteventura – on a clear day you can see a lot of Lanzarote too. It’s a great vantage point and gives you an insight into the geography of the island. If you walk the entire path it’s probably a good couple of hours worth of activity!

In terms of healthy activities you can do in Fuerteventura, it’s up there with the best of them – certainly the most spectacular!

Enjoy a Yoga Class at the Yogasana

If yoga is your thing, Lajares is home to a fantastic yoga centre known as the yogasana. It’s a purpose-built yurt that has been insulated with wool. The result is internal noise is dramatically reduced, allowing for a deeper, more restful and restorative yoga practice.

On the Active Retreat we do three yoga classes to counteract the higher intensity work we do and our guests love the space. It’s calm and tranquil but offers a lot of health benefits.

They don’t just do restorative yoga practices in the yogasana either – they also offer all kinds of more dynamic, yang-style yoga practices, so if you like your yoga with a little more flow and dynamism, you’ll still be able to enjoy classes to your taste here. Yoga is incredibly popular on the island and there are a lot of world-class teachers on Fuerte.

Take a Surf Lesson

Surfing is an amazing workout – the constant paddling, combined with the balance challenges and explosive paddle sprints to catch waves all add up to create an activity that burns calories like you wouldn’t believe!

On the Active Retreat we do a surf lesson with the guests, so it’s chance for them to learn a new skill, enjoy a new challenge and really throw themselves into a fun water sport whilst under professional supervision. Surfing is addictive – once you’ve experienced the amazing feeling of riding a wave, you’ll want to do it again and again!

Fuerteventura is blessed with world-class, consistent waves and an abundance of surf breaks, so there’s always a spot you’ll be able to surf at.

Here are our Active Retreat guests enjoying a surf lesson in Fuerteventura in November 2018…

Go Stand Up Paddleboarding

The reality is that without specialist coaching or a lot of time to dedicate to learning the skill, surfing isn’t easy. Unless you’re a freak of nature, not many people are going to learn to surf well in the space of an afternoon. That’s where stand up paddling is ideal – the boards are much bigger and more buoyant, so standing on them isn’t a particular challenge.

You can head to Flag Beach and hire the kit. If you’re willing to spend a little more money they’ll even take you over to Isla de Lobos where you can paddle around the small coves and bays. The water over there is crystal clear and if the conditions are in your favour, flat calm. There’s even flying fish that you may be able to see, which is an amazing sight!

In terms of a workout, it’s a great upper body and core workout. It’s a nice change from most too, because it’s a much more gentle and relaxed effort, but includes a lot of rotational strength work which is something a lot of people neglect.

It’s a workout that you can’t replace in many other places, so why not enjoy it as one of the healthy activities you can do in Fuerteventura?

Healthy Activities you can do in Fuerteventura – Concluded

If you want to experience all of these activities and a WHOLE LOT MORE, then why not book on the next Active Retreat? We offer the most wide-ranging fitness retreat in Fuerteventura and do so at fantastic prices. You won’t find a more enjoyable, wide-ranging retreat than ours and we’re a fraction of the price charged by most others!

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For more information on the Active Retreat, get in touch via Enquiries@theactiveretreat.net.

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