Met at Porto airport and driven east along the river, roughly an hour and a half. Check in, a wellness screening in the afternoon, then dinner on the terrace while the light goes off the far bank.
Dinner
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Portugal / Douro Valley
Six Senses Douro Valley
Four nights of sleep, wine country and quiet above the river in northern Portugal
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Duration
4 nights, 5 days
Pace
Slow, with as much or as little programme as you want
Best time
April to June and September to October
From
On request
The idea
Why this works
A nineteenth century wine estate above the Douro, restored so carefully that the terraces still run to the water. The wellness side is serious without being solemn: a sleep programme with a wearable and a screen, an alchemy bar where you blend your own oils, a spa built into the old cellars. The rest is Portugal at its most unhurried, which is the actual reason to come for four nights rather than two.
What sets it apart
- A sleep programme built around your own data rather than a template
- Treatments in a spa cut into the estate's original wine cellars
- Vineyard walks and a tasting with the estate's own wine director
- An organic garden that feeds the kitchen, and a kitchen that cooks for how you sleep
- River terraces, an outdoor pool over the valley and no schedule you did not choose
The plan
Day by day
Open any day to see where you are, where you sleep and what the day holds. The map follows along, and every point on it opens the day that belongs to it.
The sleep tracker results are read back to you in the morning and the day is built from there. A long massage in the cellar spa, an hour in the water circuit, and the afternoon left open.
Breakfast, lunch
A walk through the terraces before it warms up, then a private tasting with the wine director covering the quintas either side of the estate. Afternoon yoga if you want it, the pool if you do not.
Breakfast, lunch
Pick with the gardener, cook with the chef, and blend your own oils at the alchemy bar in the afternoon. Dinner is whatever came out of the garden that morning.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Breakfast slowly, one more hour by the pool, and a private transfer back to Porto for the flight, or two extra nights in the city if you would rather not rush it.
Breakfast
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Where you would stay
The hotels we partner with
Lamego, Douro
Six Senses Douro Valley
A restored nineteenth century manor above the river, with a cellar spa and an organic garden
Your ZOMA perks
Held on every stay in this itinerary
Because we book through preferred partner programmes, the rate matches or beats what you would get direct, and the extras are guaranteed before you travel, not negotiated at check in.
- Room upgrade on arrival, whenever the hotel can offer it
- Daily breakfast for two
- Property credit for spa, dining or experiences
- Early check in and late check out where possible
- VIP welcome and a direct line to your advisor while you are away
The fine print
What the price covers
Included
- The full retreat programme as the property runs it, held under ZOMA preferred partner rates
- Accommodation and the property's own cuisine for the length of the stay
- Consultations, treatments and classes as set out in the programme you choose
- Private airport transfers and all ground movement
- On trip support from your advisor across time zones
Not included
- International flights, quoted separately
- Travel insurance
- Visas where required
- Meals and experiences marked as at leisure
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