Yoga Holiday Information

The price of your yoga holiday includes transport to and from the airport, accommodation, food and all trips out except entrance fees. It does not include flights.
With a maximum of 16 people on the yoga holiday, we only have 4 single rooms available in the hotel. These are allocated on a first come, first served basis, and after these are gone, all rooms are twin-bedded.

Special Offer: anyone booking 3 months in advance gets a £15 reduction!
Also, book early for your yoga holiday, and you will get cheaper flights!

Your yoga holiday group will be met and picked up from Malaga airport and you will be driven along the spectacular coastal road and then inland to the Alpujarras and Orgiva. Here you will stay at the Mirasol Hotel, only a kilometre from the cortijo.
Breakfast and evening meals are served at the cortijo and we provide packed lunches for the day. However, on the trip to the coast, lunch is eaten in a local restaurant at your own expense, and on the Granada trip we eat the evening meal out, again at your own expense, as we are not back in time for dinner at the cortijo.

Food

Our own chef using organic and locally grown produce where possible prepares the meals at the cortijo. There will be a choice of both Spanish and vegetarian dishes and wine and coffee will be served with the evening meal. You will also be taken to try local Andalusian cuisine in the traditional “tapas” bars, which offer small appetisers such as fish, sausage, salads and mountain cured ham. This is included in the price of your yoga holiday.

Trips

Depending on which yoga holiday you choose and the teacher’s schedule for the week, the trips vary. They may include one to the Moorish mountain villages, with the opportunity to buy local arts and crafts, different walks in the surrounding mountains with a picnic by a stream or waterfall, or excursions to Granada to visit the famous Alhambra palace or to the coast. More details on our trips and transport here.

When booking you flight, please try to arrive at Malaga airport by 3pm at the latest, so that you can join the pick up and settle in at the Hotel before we welcome you to the Cortijo at the evening meal. People arriving after 3pm might have to pay for their own taxi to the cortijo.

There is a 15 pounds discount for people booking their yoga holiday 3 months before the start date.

Here are quotes from teachers and people who have been to the Cortijo:

"We had a very successful week: the organisation and support provided by Malcolm and Shelley was superb, and this enabled us to more than meet the needs of our group as well as have some quality time for ourselves. The Cortijo de Santa Cruz has such a lot to offer that we have decided to make it a twice-yearly venue.

"It's the best yoga holiday I've had in ages. Good, welcoming, friendly atmosphere, everyone made to feel special by the group leaders."

"Rarely in my life (if ever) have I spent such an enjoyable and rewarding week, an exceptional environment has been created by Malcolm and Shelley - it is peaceful and full of tranquillity and yet bubbly with opportunity and creativity. Yoga classes as always hugely rewarding.... last, but not least, superb, wonderful cooking."

"A superb holiday altogether - I will be back!"

“ A fantastic holiday – great value for money, hard to spend it for a change!”

“The food was great, give the cook a pay rise and a big hug!”

“I had a great time. I met a group of lovely people and really enjoyed the whole experience. Malcolm and Shelley are very welcoming and both made me feel very relaxed and cared for”