Santa Maria del Focallo, Ispica, Italy
Via del Larice, 5
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+390932950765
This is an amazing place, a little heaven nested in one the wildest beaches in Sicily. I loved the yoga morning and afternoon classes and learning kitesurfing. The place is run with love and care and you can meet people from everywhere and Italians expats returning home, a really great week
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Amazing experience! This place is magical and relaxing! You won’t regret it.
Ameriga is the most professional and dedicated yoga instructor I have ever seen during all my travels and advanced master classes abroad. She has a broad understanding in anatomy and she teaches TCC's, tears you up in masters class (that's what I was looking for) and then relaxes with chanting/singing. All other teachers, Eva and Vicky, are amazing non the less with their own strength and kind personality to bright up yogis day :) I met so many wonderful people there, ate good, nutritious, fresh food accompanied with wine for dinner, sometimes local pizza or meat! Loved it. The bonus is the beach near by with free SUP and Floripa's it's own private beach with beds. Definitely recommend!
Me and 3 friends who never did yoga won a trip to floripa for a week and i can honestly say it was one of our best vacations ever. We were all flabbergasted about the resort, the room, the food. And for 2 of us we entered a new world for us being yoga, instructors were very kind and helpfull. We made new friends, enjoyed the beach were apparently this time of year only other floripa guests are. Every request was met with a yes and a big smile. Lovely place with lovely people and wonderfull yoga and after 6 days i didn't want to go....thanks to all, i want to put down all the names but i am afraid i will forget one :-D
I initially booked 4 nights here and quickly realised it wouldn't be enough. The staff are lovely and super helpful, the teacher are world class and the guests were lovely. Looking forward to coming back asap. Thanks guys, Salv
This is not a review of the place, but a review of the booking system they have in place which we didn't manage to pass, and a story of our experience trying to navigate it. We called to book a couple of nights in which they mentioned that they were almost full but went to great lengths to arrange a room for us. However to book the room they couldn't do it on the phone we were told we had to go online to request a room that wasn't the one we would be in, and leave a note that we had arranged another room and then wait for them to contact us back. We were keen to stay here based on the reviews we read and both into the activities they provided. So we did exactly what they asked. We received an email confirming the request had been correctly sent by the booking platform. We waited. A day later without hearing anything back we proactively called about our room. We were told that they had not received the email request and had rented the room out in which it was now fully booked. As constructive criticism and as a business manager myself its quite easy to take a hotel bookings over the phone and handling credit card details online is just as risky as taking them over the phone. If you do require online bookings -only- this can be done by a staff member on the phone with the customer in front of a computer with internet access. In short, there is an easier way to take hotel bookings. It doesn't require the customer to be told how to go through a long pipeline of processes that eventually leads to them being told it could not be booked, especially after being told it was possible. This is then amplified, by a staff member who understands the system and can easily do it for them at the time of their inquiry.
I stayed at FLORIPA last week - and I didn't expect what I found ! Ameriga and her partner have created a hidden paradise 3 mn away from a wild beach. The yoga shala and the yoga gear are remarkable, as well as the classes, the food, the ambiance, the bedrooms and the cleanliness. Whether you like to relax in a hammoc, sweat during a flow yoga, go deep into a yin practice, go wild on a kite sirf, or meditate on a stand up paddle, you'll be happy as ever, surrounded by lovely cats and dogs, buddhas and jasmine trees. Hare om!
The rooms are really cosy, even the shared one I was in. Visitors are nice and from all over the world, plus the communal feeling really helps getting to know each other fast and making friends. The staff is very friendly and helpful, nice and funny people all! The food is amazing and I personally recommend booking the full pension treatment and attend all yoga classes, because they're excellent. Ameriga is a great yoga teacher and her lessons and help really improved my practice and my understanding of the discipline and philosophy. The beach nearby is also long and nice, the Floripa soy is comfortable and very close and even if you can't or don't want to go around much, you won't lack for anything. I'll be back for sure and I can only give Floripa my personal highest recommendation!
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