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Retreat Comparison Guide

A side by side look at the seven current SALTY retreats and how they differ

The short version

Every SALTY retreat runs on the same foundation: daily coached movement and real food with new people. What changes is the destination, the terrain, the pace, and whether surf is part of the week. Here's how the seven current trips compare, without the numbers that change too often to print in an article.

El Salvador, SALT & Hustl

Energy: high. Serious training and rotating chef meals inside the villa, with a lively surf town right outside the gates. Who it suits: guests who want a private-villa week with a small, tight group and nightlife within walking distance. Terrain: a beach town on El Salvador's Pacific coast. Surf: available to book on-site, not included in the price. Length: 8 days, 7 nights. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/el-salvador-fitness-retreat.

Barbados, SALTY Strides

Energy: built around a race weekend, with shakeout runs before it and a full week of movement and recovery around it. Who it suits: runners chasing a distance and their non-running plus-ones, who get the full SALTY schedule while their runner tapers. Terrain: a south-coast beach property on the island. Surf: not part of this trip. Length: 8 days, 7 nights. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/salty-strides-barbados.

Costa Rica, Surf Sweat Flow

Energy: the most balanced trip in the lineup, with real movement and real rest in the same week. Workshops come from highly credentialed coaches. Who it suits: guests who want jungle-beach quiet and a smaller group. Terrain: rainforest meeting the Pacific on the Osa Peninsula. Surf: one included lesson at a local break. Length: 8 days, 7 nights. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/costa-rica-fitness-retreat.

Nicaragua, Paradise Found II

Energy: sweaty and social, with a luxury villa property and a pool-party circuit the town is known for. Who it suits: guests who want a sweat-forward week with a lively, tight-knit crew. Terrain: a beach town on Nicaragua's Pacific coast. Surf: available to book on-site, not included in the price. Length: 8 days, 7 nights. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/nicaragua-fitness-retreat.

Sri Lanka, Tide Is Rising

Energy: adventure-heavy and immersive, moving through hill country before settling into a full week on the south coast. Who it suits: guests who want the most varied itinerary in the lineup, with tea country, a safari, a fort town, and a full surf package built in. Terrain: misty highlands into a south-coast surf town. Surf: a full-week lesson package with board rentals included. Length: 11 days, 10 nights, the longest trip we run. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/sri-lanka-fitness-retreat.

Morocco, Beyond the Dunes

Energy: high on adventure and culture, lower on late nights, with days full of surf and souks. Who it suits: guests who want their surf and culture heavy and their evenings a little earlier. Terrain: a surf town on Morocco's Atlantic coast. Surf: multiple included sessions, plus a day trip to a second break. Length: 8 days, 7 nights. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/morocco-fitness-retreat.

Sicily, Endless Summer

Energy: the highest-energy trip in the lineup, at peak Italian summer, with beach workouts, beach club lunches, aperitivo hour, and long group dinners. Who it suits: guests who want a bigger group, real Sicilian food and wine, long lunches, and a lot of laughing. Terrain: a beach on Sicily's southeastern coast. Surf: not part of this trip. Length: 8 days, 7 nights. Full details: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/retreats/sicily-fitness-retreat.

Not a retreat, but worth knowing about

SALTY Staycations bring the same coached-movement, good-people format into a single day near home. See the current cities at https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/staycations. SALTY Strides builds a full retreat week around a destination race weekend, with Barbados live now and more cities on the waitlist: https://www.getsaltyretreats.com/strides.

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