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For leadership teams & organisations
From a focused day retreat to a five-day residential programme — we design and facilitate experiences that give your team space to think clearly, create together and reconnect with what matters. In a National Park at 1060m. With a FabLab, a thermal spa and an astronomical observatory on the doorstep.
Most corporate off-sites happen in hotel conference rooms — a projector, a facilitator, a team dinner and back to the same patterns on Monday. We do not do that.
At Girotondo Horizons, the mountain landscape is not a backdrop — it is part of the methodology. We use the altitude, the physical making, the removal from normal context and the proximity to nature as active elements in the facilitation process. Teams think differently here because they are genuinely somewhere different.
Every programme is designed together with you. We start with a conversation about what your team needs — a decision to reach, a culture to build, a strategy to stress-test — and build the programme backwards from that outcome.
Programme formats
A focused single day for teams who cannot take more time away. Arrives as a group with a challenge. Leaves with a decision and something they made together in the FabLab.
The right length for genuine transformation. Enough time to slow down, work deeply and let the mountain do its part. Two full facilitation days with structured outcomes.
5-day residentials, multi-cohort programmes, strategy sprints, innovation intensives. If you have a specific challenge, we will design the right programme around it.
A typical 3-day programme
Local activities
One of the most common questions from HR managers planning a retreat is "what will people do when they are not in sessions?" The honest answer here is: whatever they want, and the list below is not exhaustive. Everything here is within 40 minutes and personally recommended by us.
"Wonderful location in the high Reggio Emilia Apennines in the Parco del Gigante. The food is excellent and locally sourced. The thermal baths and Cerwood Park are also very close. Antonio and Julia are exceptional people who will make you feel at home."
Andrea Aldini · ★★★★★ Google Review
Stay at Girotondo Horizons
"A lovely, quiet and welcoming place run by truly kind, courteous and helpful people. Highly recommended."
Paco Paco · ★★★★★ Google Review
Stay at Girotondo Horizons
"Enchanting place with infinite potential."
Ale Filo · ★★★★★ Google Review
Stay at Girotondo Horizons
"Girotondo is a place that amazed us and left us feeling nostalgic when we left, thanks to its views, sounds, colours, and the warm atmosphere of a family home. Having the opportunity to craft a vision from scratch instilled in us a sense of purpose and kindness that we will carry with us for a long time."
Workshop participants · Politecnico di Milano
Maglietica design workshop · July 2025
Frequently asked
Tell us about your team, your challenge and your timeline. We will respond personally within 48 hours with initial thoughts on what a programme could look like — no obligation, no sales pitch. Just a conversation.
We respond to every enquiry personally. Girotondo SRL Benefit · Ventasso, Reggio Emilia · [email protected] · +39 320 727 355
