The Retreat Costa Rica
A boutique sanctuary on a mountain of quartz.
The Retreat sits on a mountain the locals have long held to be special - a ridge of crystal quartz above Atenas, in a valley National Geographic once ranked among the world's best climates. Founder Diana Stobo, a wellness author who rebuilt her own health through food, designed the property as the cure she had needed.
The result is small, warm and intentional: a boutique hotel, a Vida Mía healing spa, and a kitchen where plant-rich cuisine is the medicine of first resort. Guests come for days and tend to change something permanent.
- Location
- Atenas, Central Valley
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Established
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- Collection
- Exceptional Wellness Escapes
“Food is the first medicine; place is the second. Stobo's approach pairs plant-rich nourishment with the mountain's stillness, trusting small-scale care to reach what larger institutions cannot.”
Where it stands
Above the town of Atenas in Costa Rica's Central Valley, forty minutes from San José's international airport. Pacific light in the afternoons, birdsong at all hours, and the famous spring-like climate year round.
A guest in mind
For those at a turning point. Women navigating transition, professionals recovering from burnout, and anyone drawn to a smaller, more personal room - the property holds few enough guests that the staff learn your story by breakfast.
The disciplines this house is chosen for.
Signature Wellness Journey
4-7 nightsSpa therapies, plant-rich cuisine, yoga and coaching composed into a personal arc on arrival.
Detox & Renewal
5-7 nightsA food-led cleanse - juices, broths and living plates - supported by bodywork and rest.
Women's Transformation Retreat
5-7 nightsHormone-aware nutrition, healing therapies and guided inner work in intimate company.
Substancebeneath theserenity.
Vida Mía healing spa with hydrotherapy circuit and energy-work practitioners
Nutrition philosophy authored by founder Diana Stobo, applied kitchen-wide
Visiting practitioners in massage, acupuncture and holistic therapy
A holistic boutique retreat - medical diagnostics are not the offer, and are referred out when needed
Where you rest
A handful of rooms and suites in the whitewashed main house and garden wings, romantic rather than minimal - canopy beds, valley views, and verandas built for long silences.
What nourishes you
Plant-rich, largely organic and quietly indulgent - Stobo's recipes lean on the valley's farms, raw preparations and slow broths, proving that cleansing food can still feel like hospitality.
A few frames.
Beyond the programme
Sunrise yoga above the Central Valley
Guided meditation on the quartz ridge
Plant-based cooking class with the kitchen team
Waterfall and coffee-farm excursions from the mountain
Rooms from approximately US$600 per night including plant-rich meals; multi-night wellness journeys quoted on consultation.
All figures are indicative and arranged privately. Your advisor will confirm current programmes, suites and availability on enquiry.
Beforeyou go.
The ridge the retreat crowns is laced with crystal quartz, long considered energetically restorative - guests may take the tradition literally or simply enjoy the stillness it names.
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Begin your stayat The Retreat.
Share your dates and intentions; your advisor will confirm the programme, the suite and every detail in between - in confidence.