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Datu Wellness - Ayurveda Retreat

Salerno, Italy

Overview

Datu is an exciting retreat combining Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation where some of India's best Doctors, teachers and therapists have been hand picked to create a transformative week long retreat in Italy. The retreat offers ancient holistic health and wellness practices for mind, body and soul, with a realism about Western lifestyles and teachings to help support the ongoing benefits once you have left the retreat. Datu is not a wellness retreat in the modern sense. It is an invitation into a slower way of being. Drawing on traditions of Ayurveda, each element of the retreat is designed to support deep rest and inner rebalancing. The week is not about adding more, but about shedding. 

Retreat dates

RETREAT DATES 2026: 25 March - 1 April; 3 - 10 April; 13 - 20 April; 22 - 29 April

What we love

  • The high level of expertise from the Doctors, teachers and therapists
  • The extensive activity schedule. From morning yoga to pre sleep sound healing.
  • Located in a quiet fold overlooking the Amalfi Coast, where sea and stone meet in long silence

Who should go

  • Those who want to experience authentic Ayurveda and Yoga without travelling to India
  • Those who would like a gentle detox and reset
  • Those who like a mixture of a group environment and personal time

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Datu Wellness - Ayurveda retreat

Transformational experience which starts with a complete Ayurvedic wellness consultation led by an experienced Vaidya (Ayurvedic physician). As part of retreat offering, you will enjoy massages, Yoga asanas to improve posture and movement, hot spring baths, shiatsu, acupuncture to increase Qi flow, as well as meditation and pranayama sessions for focus, calmness and presence.
The Programme
  • Arrival comprehensive Ayurvedic wellness and diet consultation
  • 5 private treatments/sessions (based on recommendation by Ayurvedic doctor)
  • Full board Ayurvedic meals with guilt-free snacks, water and tea provided throughout the day
  • Unlimited access to daily group activities such as yoga, pranayama, meditation, Yoga nidra, nature walks, talks and much more
  • Use of hotel facilities
  • Retreat wear (kurta)

Approximate check in time is 2pm. We suggest choosing flight that arrives in Italy at noon or later. 

Wellbeing Exclusives and Benefits
Exclusive benefits

  • 30 minutes welcome treatment
Dates - SPRING 2026:

  • March 25 - April 1
  • April  3 - 10
  • April 13 - 20 
  • April 22 - 29

Price FROM:

  • £2,600 per person when sharing
  • £3,500 for single use room


Highlights

Wellness at Datu is centred around the included treatments and extensive daily activity schedule. It is not a spa with facilities but a retreat where expert teachers, Doctors and therapists can help you heal and reset on a physical, mental and emotional level.


You will receive an individual consultations with Vaidyas who will prescribe your treatments. These can vary from oil-based therapies, TCM, to subtle bodywork and breath-led practices. The main intention is restoration. 


Daily schedule is plentiful yet slow and balancing. Therapeutic sessions are complemented by Yoga Sadhana, art-based therapies and moments of quiet integration. Whether gathered around a morning fire ritual or resting in stillness within the estate’s gardens, you will be encouraged to engage not through effort, but through receptivity. The teachings and learnings emerge in conversation. Not always directly or comfortably but always with a kindness that allows what is often hidden to gently surface.


For full retreat agenda click on 'Download Itinerary Here' which is above. 


Datu also offers retreat with strong yoga focus. For more details click HERE


Example treatments at Datu Wellness - Ayurveda Retreat
  • Ayurvedic therapies
  • Shiatsu
  • Massages
  • Acupuncture
  • Diet consultations
  • Ayurvedic consultations

Fitness & Activities

Activities available at resort
  • Massages and treatments
  • Group activities as per schedule
  • Relaxation
  • Swimming pool
  • Evening group talks and workshops 

Rooms

The setting is charming and restorative. Accommodation is refined yet unpretentious. Mediterranean feel with whitewashed walls and expansive windows with the views of the Amalfi Coast and Capri. Room categories vary mostly in size, views and the presence of a terrace. Rooms are located either in the historic heart of the Palazzo or in two charming Mediterranean villas nestled amidst the 5 acre private gardens. 

All rooms are en-suite.



Dharma Villa with Sea View Terrace
Secluded in the gardens of the Palazzo, yet seamlessly part of the scenery, the Dharma Sea View Villa rooms offer uninterrupted vistas of the coastline. Breezy interiors spill onto private terraces, where the scent of citrus and sound of waves provide an effortless rhythm to each day.
Dharma Palazzo
Housed within the historic heart of the estate, the Palazzo Dharma Rooms are spacious

and beautiful — a tranquil retreat with layers of comfort and charm. Windows frame views of the outdoors or the village, while refined furnishings lend a sense of ease and timelessness.

Jyoti Palazzo with Sea View Terrace
Situated within the historic heart of the estate, the Palazzo Jyoti Rooms are filled with natural light, offering a quiet sense of ease and refinement. Each features a private sea-view terrace that opens toward the Mediterranean. Thoughtfully appointed furnishings and subtle detailing create an atmosphere of timeless comfort and understated elegance.
Akasha Palazzo
Housed within the historic heart of the estate, the Akasha Palazzo Rooms are graceful and serene—artisanal tilework and heritage accents recall the elegance of a bygone era,

softened by the gentle murmur of the Mediterranean. Each room features a private terrace, French balcony, or secluded patio, along with marble bathtubs and bathrooms adorned with traditional Vietrese Majolica, celebrating the vibrant ceramic artistry of the Amalfi Coast.

Akasha Palazzo with Sea View Terrace
Gracing the upper floors of Palazzo estate, the Sea View Terrace Rooms capture the tranquil grandeur of the Mediterranean in every detail. 

Sunlight spills through windows onto hand-finished tiles and heirloom furnishings, where tradition and refinement converse in quiet harmony. 

Each room opens onto an expansive private terrace overlooking the boundless sea—an exquisite setting for moments of contemplation beneath the coastal sky. Within, bathrooms adorned in sculpted marble and luminous Vietrese Majolica evoke the artistry of the Amalfi masters, offering a sanctuary of calm and enduring beauty.

What’s on the menu

Food is an integral part of the retreat as Datu Wellness believe that food is medicine. The food is wholesome, locally sourced, seasonal and based on sattvic Ayurvedic principles. All your meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) as well as some guilt-free snacks are included in your retreat.

Communal dining table is available for those who want to be social and eat with the others. Those guests who want to eat on their own, private tables are available too.

Please note there will be no alcohol or coffee available. 

Location

Retreat will take place at a picturesque, beachfront 18th Century Palazzo, nestled in 5 acres of lush, private gardens overlooking the Amalfi Coast and Capri.


Nearest airport

Nearest airport is Naples or Salerno. Both transfers are just below 1 hour 30 minutes,

You can arrive by train too - trains to Agropoli (on Italy’s main fast line < 2 hours from Rome or < 1 hour from Naples.

Shuttle service from Airport or Train station can be arranged at a fee

Families, Children & Infants

This is an adults only retreat. Minimum age is 16 and these young guests must be accompanied by an adult. 



Why Wellbeing Escapes?

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