Running-Trail Stay Spécial Girls
Sites : Cerro São Miguel, Picota, Serra de Monchique
Running-Trail Stay - 3 days / 3 nights
- General information
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Prochaine date - Saison 2024 :
- Du 16 au 18 octobre 2024
- Group of 8 people max.
- Intermediate Level
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Accommodation : Olhão
(14km from Faro Airport) - Hotel 3* with rooftop pool
- All meals included
- Airport/hotel transfer on arrival
Why don’t you take some time for yourselves, Girls ?
Leave your stressful daily life of active women behind you and come run between girls in the Algarve ideal destination to wild landscapes and breathtaking panoramas. Come escape, let go, chat, laugh without forgetting to take care of yourself.
This internship will allow you to progress technically, gain in endurance, manage your climbing and descending effort with the advice of your guide in the form of fun workshops… Guaranteed giggles ! Your outings will be done to the rhythm of hiking and running so accessible to all if you already practice running or hiking regularly.
After the effort, it’s time to relax with a program specially designed for women: shopping, yoga, hammam, massage without forgetting the evenings in the restaurant to enjoy the traditional dishes of the Region.
A program designed for women, just for women !
Don’t hesitate, come on !
Your instership
day by day
Day 1 : Warm-up. Cerro de São Miguel
Approximately 12 km, 650 D+
Morning : Appointment at the Hotel. Presentation of your animators for the stay. Briefing on the internship.
Our mini-bus will drop you off at the foot of Cerro de São Miguel (411 m), also known as « Monte Figo« . Its summit offers an excellent point of view on a considerable part of the southern coast of the Algarve.
Objective : run or walk, know how to manage your effort, gain in endurance, the use of trail poles.
Afternoon : Direction to the city of Fuseta, pearl of the authentic Algarve, for a canoe outing of about 2h00 in the lagoon of the Ria Formosa.
Return to the hotel to enjoy free time before dinner at the restaurant.
Day 2 : Technical approach. Picota
Loop approximately 20 km, 850 D+
Departing from Caldas de Monchique, renowned for its therapeutic thermal waters, we will begin our climb quietly to reach the second highest point of the Algarve, Mont Picota (711 m) with a 360° view.
This loop will allow us to cross a few hamlets and forests of cork oaks and eucalyptus… awakening the senses guaranteed ! We will also discuss the concept of nutrition during the morning.
Lunch in Caldas de Monchique in the form of a picnic. Return to Olhão.
Free afternoon to enjoy the rooftop of the hotel or stroll through the alleys of Olhão.
Evening of your choice : shopping trip or yoga session.
Day 3 : Assimilation and well-being. The 7 Hanging Valleys
Environ 16 km aller/retour, 450 D+
Change of atmosphere and decor with this unmissable route that connects two magnificent beaches : Praia do Vale de Centeanes et Praia de Marinha.
We will leave the hotel early in the morning to hike this route with a variety of terrain and breathtaking views.
This route runs along vertiginous cliffs and chasms dug by the ocean. It takes about 4 hours round trip, but we warn you, this is an approximate duration as you will want to stop you at each turn.
This outing is ideal to assimilate the work of the previous days.
The afternoon will be devoted to recovery, relaxation and well-being. Direction Alvor for a Spa session… Discover the benefits of Mediterranean baths for body and mind, depending on the temperature of the water !
Retour à Olhão. Débriefing autour d’un dernier cocktail en face de la Marina pour nous dire au revoir, les abdos musclés à bloc d’avoir trop rigolé. Fin du stage.
Complete programme
This internship was specially developed by your passionate guide, a trail specialist who knows the region perfectly.
The advantages of the internship
- Small group for personalized and adapted coaching
- Stay combining effort, discovery and conviviality
- Trail-running technical workshops to allow you to evolve
- Discovery of a beautiful region with a pleasant climate
- Diversity of terrain accessible to all runners
- Quality accommodation, selected for comfort and quality of reception
- 100% girly wellness moments
- Discovery of local dishes and culinary specialties
- Convivial evenings
"You don’t take care of anything, we take care of everything !"