Study retreat
Are you looking for meaning and peace to make your writing project a success? Let nature inspire you.
Our study retreat is located between the vineyards, within walking distance of the river Miño and 20 minutes from Ourense city.
Here, you can work on your writing project in private, without interference, or join one of our thesis and writing retreats with inspiring and creative workshops to boost your writing project.
Write your project
enjoying our six pillars
Connection
In our traditional maloca we share stories and experiences, collaborate, and connect with each other. Tell, ask, share anything and learn more about the world around you in an open and friendly atmosphere.
Inspiration
Our retreat ´A Cuqueira´ offers a breathtaking view over the Galician mountains. Relax in one of our hammocks and let the mountains inspire you. It´s the ideal spot to join our workshops and let your inspiration flow.
Creation
Our writer´s retreat is the ideal escapeway to concentrate on your creative writing process. Writing is a process of learning by doing. You bring the focus and topic and we gladly give you a helping hand in letting your creative process flow.
Information
Every writer needs the right equipment for success. Our location is equipped with an ICT-infrastructure, tablets, internet, and access to (online) databases and libraries so that you have all the information you need at hand. Need a little help? Join our informational workshops in choosing a topic, literature search, methodology, data analysis, and writing to get you started.
Contemplation
Join us on our walk through the Galician mountains and woodlands. Together we work on overcoming writers´ blocks, inner anxieties and stress. We work together with professionals to open new experiences, among others shinrin yoku (forst baths), body mapping, and capoeira.
Innovation
Every writing project needs that special touch, that new viewpoint, that different angle. Discover yours through our artistic and philosophical talks and workshops.