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    Sauna bench beside a window in the Wellness and Fitness Area at Villino Rubini, Brunate

    Retreats on Exclusive Hire

    Villino Rubini is a private estate in Brunate, in the hills above Lake Como, at about 875 metres: 10 rooms across 3 buildings, sleeping 19 guests, taken by one group at a time on exclusive hire, with a minimum stay of 3 nights, all year.

    The villa and the gardens at Villino Rubini seen from above
    Retreats

    What does a retreat group get on exclusive hire?

    A group on exclusive hire has the whole estate to itself: the 10 rooms, the yoga room, the conference room for 20 in boardroom layout, the breakfast room for 12, the Villa library for 8, the garden gazebo for 7, the gardens and the Wellness and Fitness Area, with nobody else on the property.

    Exclusive hire is the only way a group takes the estate, and Callibia SRL is the contracting party.

    The estate in facts for a retreat

    Built
    1892, Art Nouveau, recently restored
    Rooms
    10 across 3 buildings: 5 in the Villa, 3 in the Dependance, 2 in the Orangerie
    Guests
    19, the sleeping maximum
    Bathrooms
    11
    Grounds
    Roughly 4 acres of beech forest, gardens and parkland
    Altitude
    About 875 metres
    Position
    In Brunate, in the hills above Lake Como
    Use
    Exclusive hire, one group at a time
    Minimum stay
    3 nights, all year
    Season
    The estate closes for the winter season; requests for exclusive hire of the villa in the winter months are considered
    Services
    Concierge and housekeeping
    Operator
    Callibia SRL
    Address
    Via Giacomo Scalini 62, 22034 Brunate (CO), Italy
    The gym at Villino Rubini with Panatta strength and cardio equipment
    Retreats

    What is in the Wellness and Fitness Area, and what is not?

    The Wellness and Fitness Area, below the villa and reserved for house guests, has a custom sauna in dark, heat treated wood, a cold plunge, a gym with Panatta strength and cardio equipment, a yoga room and stone showers; a heated saltwater pool is in the gardens.

    Access is arranged with the house on arrival or when booking, and is subject to availability. What is not provided is in the list below.

    The Wellness and Fitness Area, item by item

    Where it is
    Below the villa
    Sauna
    Custom, in dark, heat treated wood
    Cold plunge
    Beside the sauna
    Stone showers
    With changing facilities
    Gym
    Panatta strength and cardio equipment
    Yoga room
    A separate room with its own wood floor
    Pool
    Heated saltwater, in the gardens
    Access
    Arranged with the house, subject to availability
    Not offered
    Massage, treatments, personal training and instructor led sessions are not offered; the yoga room, the meeting rooms and the gardens are there for the group's own practice, led by the teacher or facilitator the group brings.

    Which rooms can a group use for practice and talks?

    The yoga room is the room built for practice and has its own wood floor. Beside it the estate has 4 rooms for talks and circles: the conference room for 20 in boardroom layout, the breakfast room for 12, the Villa library for 8 and the garden gazebo for 7.
    SpaceCapacitySuited to
    Yoga roomIts own wood floorThe group's own practice
    Conference room20 in boardroom layoutTalks, workshops and circles
    Breakfast room12Working meals and breakouts
    Villa library8Quiet focus
    Garden gazebo7Open air sessions
    Gardens and terracesOpen airWhen the weather allows
    Dinner in the gardensAbout 100 seated, outdoors only, under a tentGroups taking the whole estate

    Who leads the sessions?

    The group brings its own teacher or facilitator. The estate provides the rooms, the meals and the staff. The yoga room, the meeting rooms and the gardens are open to the group for its own practice, and the group sets its own hours. The house leads no session and sets no timetable.

    How many people can a retreat sleep?

    The estate sleeps 19 guests in 10 rooms, so a team of 10 or fewer can have a room each; above 10, some rooms are shared. The 10 rooms sit across 3 buildings. Bed configurations vary by room, so ask when you enquire.

    What does a 3 night retreat look like?

    3 nights is the minimum stay, so a 3 night retreat is 4 days on the estate. What follows is the shape of those days, not a fixed programme: the group sets its own hours and its own sessions. Everything named below is either part of exclusive hire or arranged by the house on request.

    1. Day 1

      • Arrival from Milan Malpensa, about 1 hour by car; group transfers arranged by the house on request.
      • The estate and the rooms.
      • The sauna and the cold plunge in the Wellness and Fitness Area.

    2. Day 2

      • Practice in the yoga room in the morning.
      • The ridgeline paths from the estate towards Monte Boletto and Baita Boletto.
      • The heated saltwater pool and the gardens in the afternoon.
      • Dinner cooked by a private chef, on request.

    3. Day 3

      • Practice in the yoga room in the morning.
      • Talks and circles in the conference room or the Villa library.
      • The pool and the gardens in the afternoon.
      • Dinner in the Dependance dining room or the garden gazebo, on request.

    4. Day 4

      • Italian breakfast.
      • Departure.

    What is included, and what is on request?

    Exclusive hire includes the whole estate for one group at a time, with full staff support, concierge and housekeeping, WiFi throughout the estate, private parking on site and Italian breakfast. Dining beyond breakfast, activities, e-bikes and group transfers from Milan Malpensa are arranged on request. The list below is the full split.

    Included and on request, in full

    Included

    • Exclusive use of the whole estate, one group at a time
    • The 10 rooms
    • The yoga room
    • All 4 meeting spaces
    • Gardens, woodland and parkland
    • The heated saltwater pool and the Wellness and Fitness Area
    • Full staff support
    • Concierge and housekeeping
    • WiFi throughout the estate
    • Private parking on site
    • Italian breakfast

    On request

    • Private chef dinners
    • Wine tasting
    • Guided hikes
    • E-bikes on request
    • A boat on the lake
    • Group transfers from Milan Malpensa

    Not offered

    • Massage, treatments, personal training and instructor led sessions

    When can a retreat take place, and what is the minimum stay?

    The minimum stay on exclusive hire is 3 nights, all year. Spring and autumn suit a residential retreat best: sessions indoors, mornings in the yoga room, afternoons in the gardens and on the ridge paths, and dinner outdoors when the evening allows.

    The estate closes for the winter season; requests for exclusive hire of the villa in the winter months are considered. Pricing is on request, quoted as 1 itemised proposal covering rooms, meals, meeting spaces and any activities, with Callibia SRL as the contracting party.

    How is a retreat priced?

    Pricing is on request. A retreat is quoted as 1 itemised proposal covering rooms, meals, meeting spaces and any activities, and Callibia SRL, which operates the estate, is the contracting party. Send your dates, the number of people in the group and what the group needs from the rooms, and the proposal is built from that.

    How do groups get here?

    Milan Malpensa is about 1 hour away by car, and group transfers from Malpensa are arranged by the house on request. Milano Centrale reaches Como in under 40 minutes by train, and from Como the estate is about 15 minutes by road. The funicular from the Como lakeside reaches Brunate in 7 minutes, and the estate is above the village.

    Is the estate quiet?

    The estate stands at about 875 metres, above the village of Brunate and inside roughly 4 acres of beech forest, gardens and parkland. It is the kind of quiet you only get in the mountains. The position brings cooler summer temperatures, cleaner, lighter air, clear air above the fog, and seasonal snowfall in winter.

    Questions retreat organisers ask

    Yes. Villino Rubini is taken by one group at a time on exclusive hire, with a minimum stay of 3 nights, all year. A group has the 10 rooms, the yoga room, the 4 meeting spaces, the gardens and the Wellness and Fitness Area, with nobody else on the property.

    The group brings its own teacher or facilitator. Massage, treatments, personal training and instructor led sessions are not offered; the yoga room, the meeting rooms and the gardens are there for the group's own practice. The estate provides the rooms, the meals and the staff.

    Yes. The yoga room sits next to the gym in the Wellness and Fitness Area below the villa, and it has its own wood floor. The area is reserved for house guests, so on exclusive hire it belongs to the group. Access is arranged with the house on arrival or when booking, subject to availability.

    The estate sleeps 19 guests in 10 rooms, so a team of 10 or fewer can have a room each; above 10, some rooms are shared. The 10 rooms sit across 3 buildings: 5 in the Villa, 3 in the Dependance and 2 in the Orangerie. Bed configurations vary by room, so ask when you enquire.

    3 nights is the minimum stay, so a 3 night retreat is 4 days on the estate: arrival from Milan Malpensa, about 1 hour by car, on day 1; practice in the yoga room, the ridge paths, the pool and the gardens on days 2 and 3; Italian breakfast and departure on day 4. The group sets its own hours.

    Italian breakfast is included. Dinner is cooked by a private chef on request and served in the Dependance dining room, the garden gazebo or on the terrace. Indoor dining is for smaller groups; the gardens seat about 100 outdoors only, under a tent. There is no restaurant open to the public.

    The minimum stay on exclusive hire is 3 nights, all year. The estate closes for the winter season; requests for exclusive hire of the villa in the winter months are considered. Spring and autumn suit a residential retreat best, with sessions indoors and afternoons in the gardens and on the ridge paths.

    The estate stands at about 875 metres, above the village of Brunate, inside roughly 4 acres of beech forest, gardens and parkland. On exclusive hire no other group is on the property. The position brings cooler summer temperatures, cleaner, lighter air, clear air above the fog, and seasonal snowfall in winter.

    Pricing is on request. A retreat is quoted as 1 itemised proposal covering rooms, meals, meeting spaces and any activities, with Callibia SRL as the contracting party. Send your dates, the number of people in the group and what the group needs from the rooms.

    Tell us your dates and group size

    Send the dates, the group size and what the group needs from the rooms, and Callibia SRL will put together 1 itemised proposal.

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