SAUNA & SLOW MORNINGS: A GLAMPING BREAK WITH SAUNA AND BREAKFAST IN NORTH DEVON
Two mornings with nowhere to be
Most breaks end the same way. Ten o'clock on the last morning, bags by the door, one eye on the clock. We think the morning is the best part of the day, so this stay gives it back to you. Twice.
Sauna & Slow Mornings is a two-night stay for two in one of our all-season luxury tipis. It includes breakfast hampers delivered to your tipi, a private session in our wood-fired sauna and cold plunge, and a noon check-out on your final day.
SAUNA & SLOW MORNINGS AT HARTA RETREAT
A LUXURY TIPI STAY BUILT AROUND SLOW MORNINGS
At home, the morning is the first thing to go. The alarm, the inbox, coffee drunk standing up. By nine o'clock the day already belongs to someone else.
This two-night stay is your chance to take your mornings back.
There's no alarm. Your breakfast hamper arrives at the tipi when you're ready for it, not when a dining room says so. Eat it in bed. Eat it in the doorway, wrapped in a blanket, watching the meadow wake up. Eat it at eleven if you like. Nobody is waiting for your table.
Then there's your private hour in Santai, our waterside wellness space, booked for whenever suits you. Warm up in the wood-fired sauna as you look out across the wildlife ponds, cool off in the cold plunge, and repeat until the week has worn off. It's the contrast that does it, whatever the season: even on a warm summer's day, the air feels cool on your skin when you step outside. Afterwards, notice how quiet your head has gone.
Back at the tipi, the log burner keeps things cosy, the bath is waiting, and the shower outside has nothing but sky above it. It's as good in October rain as it is in June sunshine.
On your last day there's no ten o'clock scramble. Check-out moves to noon, which buys you a whole extra morning: one more bath, one more walk through the 46 acres, one more cup of tea while the fire burns down.
HARTA is the Indonesian word for treasure, and Santai, the name we gave our sauna, means unhurried. We've come to believe life's greatest treasures aren't things at all, but moments. An unhurried morning is one of the best.
RELAX WITH OUR
SAUNA & SLOW MORNINGS PACKAGE
Featured in The Sauna Guide to South West England
No of nights:
2-nights, based on two adults sharing.
Price:
Midweek: £395 (Sun - Thur)
Weekend £455 (Fri - Sat)
Tipis:
Dancing Deer and Sitting Bull have underfloor heating, a log burner, an ensuite with a freestanding bath and an outdoor shower.
Where:
East Down, North Devon, on the edge of Exmoor and around 20 minutes' drive from the sandy beaches of Woolacombe, Croyde and Saunton Sands.
Available:
All year round (excluding bank holidays, Christmas, New Year and Valentine's)
Optional Additions:
Add a treatment in our therapy room (view our treatment menu here), or let us bring one of our home-cooked curries to your tipi on your first evening, so the only thing you need to do on arrival is sit down.
Want to stay longer? Extra nights are available at £85 (usually from £165) per night, excluding breakfast.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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A 2-night luxury tipi stay for two in Dancing Deer or Sitting Bull.
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Two continental breakfast hampers, delivered to your tipi whenever suits you. Fresh pastries, granola, seasonal preserves, fresh bread and juices.
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A private 1hr sauna and cold plunge session for two in Santai, our waterside wellness space (worth £50).
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Late check-out at 12 noon on your final day.
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A log burner ready on arrival, with one complimentary net of logs.
HOW TO BOOK
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Select your preferred tipi: Sauna & Slow Mornings – Dancing Deer or Sitting Bull.
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Choose your dates for a two-night stay.
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There's no need to add breakfast, as it's already included. If you'd like a curry or any other extras, add them at this stage.
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Complete your booking via the normal process.
If you’d like to extend your stay at the reduced nightly rate of £85 (excluding breakfast), please contact us directly to arrange this. Once you've booked, we'll contact you to choose your sauna session time and to help you shape the rest of your stay.
A SLOW MORNING, THE HARTA WAY
We moved to Devon partly for the mornings, and over the years we've got quite good at them. A few suggestions, if you'd like them:
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Book your sauna session for the day you arrive. Let the heat and the cold plunge wash away the drive and the week behind you. You'll wake up the next morning already slowed down.
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Leave your phone in your suitcase until after breakfast. The news will still be there.
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Put the kettle on and wait for it. Don't do anything else while it boils.
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Take your first cup outside. Stand barefoot on the grass for a minute, even when it's chilly. Especially when it's chilly.
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Start the day in the outdoor shower. Hot water, no roof, just open sky above you. It's hard to describe until you've done it.
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Walk the meadow before you plan the day. See what's changed since yesterday.
SLOW READING
A few thoughts on unhurried living, written in this corner of North Devon. Read them now or save them for your first slow morning here.
T&Cs
Sauna & Slow Mornings Terms & Conditions:
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Minimum 2-night stay
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Available in Dancing Deer and Sitting Bull only
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Excludes bank holidays, Christmas, New Year and Valentine's
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Strictly subject to availability
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This is an adults-only break
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Check-out is at 12 noon on your day of departure
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Extra nights charged at £85 per night, excluding breakfast
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Full payment required at the time of booking
Full Terms and Conditions of booking can be read here.
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GIFT VOUCHERS
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