A terrace at the quinta, over the Serra da Arrábida near Sesimbra

The sanctuary

Quiet, by design.

A private quinta inside the Serra da Arrábida natural park, roughly 50 minutes south of Lisbon. Ten rooms. One cohort a month.

Apply see the method

The body builds capacity as much by what is removed as by what is added. We chose Sesimbra because it removes the noise: pine, cliff, Atlantic light, and nothing demanding your attention except the work. Real place, real specialists. No candles, no ceremony.

Cliffs above the beach on the Arrábida coast

The Atlantic and the dunes near Sesimbra

The tour

Six stops, on foot.

Everything is two minutes from everything. The drawing walks with you.

The estate, walked in order.
The line keeps pace with you.

The arrival court

The gate closes behind the transfer and the week begins. Phones still work. They just stop mattering.

The house

A working quinta, restored, not themed. Ten rooms around a stone courtyard, no two alike.

The shala

The training pavilion, open to the pines. Morning strength happens here, programmed from your numbers.

The gardens & pools

The kitchen garden that feeds the long table, a lap pool for zone two, and grass that expects bare feet.

The recovery wing

Sauna, cold plunge, red light and the massage rooms: recovery treated as training, on protocol.

The coast gate

Where the trails leave the estate for the serra and the sea. Half the work of the week starts here.

Inside the houses

The rooms, from within.

Ten rooms, no two alike, all built for the same thing: the deepest sleep you have had in years.

The Private Room

One guest · 17.5 m²

The Private Room for two

A partner, family member or close friend · 22 m²

Each of you on your own protocol.

The Shared Twin

Shared with another solo guest · 22 m²

Paired in advance through the pre-arrival questionnaire, same gender unless requested otherwise.

In every room

·Ensuite bathroom · private terrace
·Bed configures as a double or two singles
·Blackout, air conditioning, naturally cool limestone walls
·Linen and wool where you sleep, stone underfoot, deep windows
·Contactless sleep sensor under the mattress — nothing to wear, charge or sync
·Robes on day one, kept for the week · slippers · shower and pool towels · unscented toiletries · blow dryer
·No television, no minibar — by design

The rooms

Engineered for the sleep window: blackout, cool, quiet. No television, no minibar, and a bed that takes sleep as seriously as we do.

The house

A working quinta, restored, not themed. Ten rooms, stone floors, deep windows, and no two alike. Common rooms made for long evenings, corners made for none.

The table

Food is part of the build: local, seasonal, cooked by our own kitchen to what the protocol asks for. Plant-based, generous with protein, vegetables from the serra.

Getting here

Roughly 50 minutes south of Lisbon by car. A transfer from the airport is included, and discreet. You will not need the car again until you leave.

The amenities

Tools, not treats.

Everything on the estate exists because the protocol asks for it. Nothing is sold during the week.

The estate

130 hectares of protected land beside the Serra da Arrábida
One gate, one cohort at a time
Everything within two minutes on foot
Kitchen and vegetable gardens
Fire pit, library corner, reading nooks, sunlit terraces
Low-toxin build: lime plaster, clay paint, cork, stone, untreated pine, natural fibres, filtered water throughout, no synthetic fragrance

Training

The open training pavilion. Strength in the morning light, mobility in the afternoon.

The shala, the open pavilion among the pines (holds thirty, held by ten)
The indoor yoga room for any weather (holds thirty)
The indoor gym: treadmill, cable machine, bike, kettlebells, open through the free blocks
The trails from the coast gate: the estate loop (2.5 km) and the lagoon route (5 km)

Recovery

Heat and cold in sequence, prescribed like training, because it is.

Wood-fired barrel sauna for eight, 70 to 90 °C, the daily ritual with essential oils and refreshments
Cold plunge, chilled to 6 to 10 °C
Full-body red light, included for every guest
The massage rooms
The IV station, clinically supervised, on request
A 15-metre heated lap pool on the panoramic terrace above the valley, with sunbeds; pool towels wait in your room

The table

Every meal of the week, plant-based and protein-rich, cooked from scratch each morning by our Michelin-trained chef
100% certified organic, from organic, biodynamic and regenerative producers
Nothing frozen, nothing processed, no refined sugar, no seed oils
Six eating moments daily, inside an eating window that protects a 14-hour overnight fast
Welcome and closing dinners as six-course candlelit evenings
No alcohol; coffee, teas, water and electrolytes through the day

Service

Group airport transfer both directions, roughly 50 minutes, whenever you land during the day
Daily housekeeping, laundry free of charge
WiFi throughout, and the reception call service: phones rest at the desk while important calls reach you
Professional photographs of the week
The welcome bag: reusable water bottle, journal, pens, cotton bag
Frozen cold towels after training
A protected 9.5-hour sleep window every night
No service fee, no tipping