WELLNESS RETREATS IN ITALY
WELLNESS RETREATS IN ITALY
There is a version of you that wakes slowly, moves with ease, eats beautifully and laughs over long lunches with people who feel like old friends. On a Bel Vivere retreat, that version of you gets to come out and play.
This is not a boot camp, and it is not a spa you sleep through. It is something better than both: real movement, real food, real connection, in the loveliest corners of Italy.
You will leave a little lighter, a little stronger, and entirely renewed.
Everything that makes a week away feel like something more.
Daily Pilates and breathwork with Cat, to leave you stronger, looser and calmer than when you arrived.
Every meal prepared by a Michelin trained chef, plus hands-on Italian cooking you will carry home to your own kitchen.
Portofino, Cinque Terre, olive groves and the open sea. The Riviera at its most beautiful.
A small group, long lunches, and the kind of friendships that outlast the week.
Each morning begins with Pilates and breathwork, led by me, to build strength and mobility and to settle your nervous system for the day ahead. What follows is pure Italian pleasure: cooking classes with a Michelin trained chef, markets and olive groves, wine and olive oil to taste, and long, sunlit meals at a shared table.
There is structure enough to feel beautifully looked after, and space enough to simply be.
A glimpse of the days that await — movement, long lunches and the Ligurian coast.
Hi, I’m Catherine Giannitto, but you can call me Cat. I fell in love with Italy at 23 and have been returning ever since, drawn to its warmth, its food and the way people make time for one another. Pilates has been my life’s work for 25 years. Bel Vivere grew from a wish to bring these two loves together and share the things that have brought me so much joy. I’d love you to join me.