Francesco Sersale Launches A Luxury Hiking Retreat At His Family’s Famed Le Sirenuse Hotel In Positano

The son additionally rises. On this case Francesco Sersale, the scion of a beloved Italian household of hoteliers who run some of the iconic motels on this planet, Le Sirenuse in Positano. Since its debut in 1951, when 4 Italian brothers transformed a personal dwelling perched on a cliff into a sublime seaside resort, Le Sirenuse has develop into some of the photographed and adored properties on the Amalfi Coast.

And now Francesco, 28, takes the reigns of the brand new Dolce Vitality retreat whereas his father Antonio and mom Carla run the lodge alongside along with his older brother Aldo. Previously a expertise agent dealing with endorsement offers for high-profile celebrities, Francesco brings his intensive expertise in leisure advertising and marketing, model partnerships, wellness, and hospitality to the household enterprise whereas specializing in the model’s worldwide enlargement.

For one week within the Autumn (Oct 30-Nov 5, 2022) and one week within the Spring (Mar 19-Mar 25, 2023), Le Sirenuse opens its doorways to only 24 friends who’ve come to push themselves to the last word in health whereas having fun with the wholesome delicacies and the gorgeous surroundings of the Amalfi coast. The strenuous mountain climbing retreat was impressed by the areas 4,000 foot excessive cliffs surrounding the long-lasting lodge property.

The hikes are sometimes fast-paced, together with lengthy vertical climbs up infinite flights of steps. There are historical strolling footpaths and mule tracks that comply with the vary from the Path of Gods by way of lemon and olive groves, previous historical chapels whereas traversing winding stone stairways into small villages.

I not too long ago sat down with Francesco on the terrace of Le Sirenuse on a very sizzling summer season afternoon as he defined the concept behind Dolce Vitality and what to anticipate within the upcoming retreats.

What impressed the concept of Dolce Vitality?

Francesco Sersale “It was a program my dad began after he went to a retreat he as soon as attended. He beloved that have and wished to open the lodge per week prior and per week following the lodge’s official season. It made good sense geographically as a result of we’re blessed by the mountains, with historical mule tracks and trails that go in every single place.”

What’s completely different about your retreat from the others?

FS: “I am radically altering the retreat. This retreat shouldn’t be in the identical bucket as others you do within the U.S. If you wish to go on a strict weight reduction detox retreat, the place they take your telephone and you’re struggling, there are one million locations so that you can go. This shouldn’t be one other a kind of locations. On our first retreat, there was no espresso and no alcohol, and that’s altering since you should not get up with a headache once you quit espresso. Different retreats are additionally not identified for the attractive rooms, nice service, and luxurious. They’re identified purely for outcomes. This can be a place the place you get pleasure from your self, the place you’ll be able to benefit from the magnificence. You need to have time to expertise and discover Positano. Every little thing is elective.”

Inform me in regards to the eating choices on the retreat.

FS: “We will exhibit the fantastic, plentiful providing from the Mediterranean Sea proper in entrance of us. It is nonetheless going to be very wholesome, and it will be scrumptious. When you like a glass of wine at dinner, it is possible for you to to have one, and there may even be espresso at breakfast. For eating, now we have one lengthy communal desk, which is my father’s fashion. He’s identified for internet hosting and entertaining friends, and that ought to be resembled in our health program.”

Working in shut collaboration with main well being coach Valentina Dolci, their chef Gennaro Russo has created an natural plant-based menu with the addition of some omega-3-rich native fish and seafood. Based mostly on the Mediterranean eating regimen, Gennaro’s menu is designed to ship a personalised, results-driven reduced-calorie eating regimen with optimum dietary advantages. The vitality wanted to get you up these hills is topped up by snacks – together with Gennaro’s selfmade granola bars – which might be tailor-made to every participant’s particular person physique mass evaluation.

What’s your final aim with Dolce Vitality?

FS: “We wish you to study our mountains, about our land. We wish you to have a tremendous, luxurious, pampered time in our lodge. We had been hoping you’ll meet an unimaginable curated neighborhood of like-minded individuals who come from all around the world to expertise this distinctive initiative. And we would like you to depart with some new concepts about the way to go about your life that aren’t radical. And most of all, we would like you to essentially, actually get pleasure from it.”

A restricted variety of locations can be found for every six-night retreat (Sunday to Saturday) at the price of 6,000 euros per particular person, excluding metropolis tax and VAT. The all-inclusive worth covers the entire program, with transfers to and from Naples, spa remedies, meals, and lodging in a sea-facing room.