Hiking and Yoga Retreat

A guided hiking and yoga retreat at Suryalila Yoga Retreat Centre in Andalusia, Spain, led by Lidiya Petkova. It is an all-inclusive six-day stay for people who want to practise yoga and spend real time walking in the Andalusian landscape. If you like your yoga paired with fresh air, distance and a sense of place, this is built for you.

What to Expect

The retreat sets out to hold two things together. The yoga practices are meant to guide you inward, while the hikes are designed to draw you out into nature and leave you immersed in it. The two feed each other: stillness on the mat, movement on the trail.

The retreat runs for six days and follows a set schedule, unlike the centre's self-designed stays where guests choose their own activities. You arrive into a shared programme with a group and a teacher, rather than assembling your own week. That suits anyone who prefers to be led and would rather not plan.

Part of what you pay goes to good use beyond your own week. The retreat gives 10% of profits to charitable organisations, so your participation also supports others.

About Lidiya Petkova

Lidiya Petkova leads this hiking and yoga retreat and teaches at Suryalila. She also leads the centre's Adventure and Yoga Retreat, which pairs daily energising and restorative yoga with outdoor adventures in Andalusia's Natural Parks, and she co-leads the Escape Christmas Retreat alongside Vidya Heisel, a week that includes rejuvenating yoga and scenic hikes. Walking and yoga are a thread through much of her work here.

The Setting

Suryalila Yoga Retreat Centre sits in Andalusia, in southern Spain, in hill country that the centre's own programmes describe as beautiful and well suited to time outdoors. The surrounding landscape is the reason the hikes feel part of the retreat rather than an add-on. The centre also hosts yoga teacher trainings and guest-led retreats through the year, so it is a place used to people arriving to practise and to rest.

Before You Go

The retreat is all-inclusive and lasts six days. Because hiking is central, expect to spend meaningful time on foot outdoors, and think about footwear and clothing accordingly. The programme is run in English.

If you would like more freedom, Suryalila also offers stays of five, six or seven nights where you build your own week around daily yoga and optional activities. This retreat is the choice for those who want a guided structure, a teacher to follow and a group to walk with.