Writing Courses, Holidays & Retreats
in Costa Rica
Welcome to our Creative Writing Retreats in Spectacular Costa Rica!
We all crave inspiration in today’s hectic world: the freedom to dream, the space to think, the time to focus on creating rather than consuming. We need to recharge and re-imagine how we see ourselves. To laugh, learn new skills, be alone when we choose to and be part of a community when the mood takes us. To reconnect with the natural world, and re-assert our connection to it.
It’s hard to imagine a more perfect place to satisfy these needs than beautiful Costa Rica. Join us for a creative writing retreat in sunny Quepos, a coastal town close to the famous Manuel Antonio National Park. Or, if rainforest serenity and immersion is more your vibe, choose a beautiful eco-lodge in the heart of Arenal National Park. Have two weeks to spare? Then take part in both weeks and enjoy two very different sides of Costa Rica.
Our creative writing retreats are not only informational – they are transformational.
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Who joins our creative writing retreats?
Most writers attend our retreats alone, though some bring family or friends. We welcome beginning writers and those with completed manuscripts. Some participants choose to focus entirely on their creative work, while others combine our morning workshops with sightseeing tours. Whether you enjoy writing fiction, memoir, poetry, and even if you’re not sure what you like, our daily workshops will offer you the inspiration and techniques you need to further your writing skills. On retreats like these you quickly meet like-minded people, making them ideal for those travelling alone.
Whoever you are, whatever your needs, you’re welcome on our retreats.
Also check out our Writing Retreat in Mexico!
Also check out our Writing Retreat in Mexico!Join us for an experience of a lifetime at our urban creative writing retreat in Merida, Mexico.
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Diary from our Writing Retreat in York, England, March 2025
Last week Centauri Arts held its first ever creative writing retreat in York, England. We brought together 8 talented writers from across Canada and the US for a week of writing, sightseeing and cultural experiences. Our host venue for this week-long experience was The Tower Guesthouse, a beautiful family-run hotels 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of the city. We took over the entire guesthouse, so it had the true feel of a retreat. We held our writing workshops each morning in the breakfast room, and Diana, one of our hosts, baked wonderful British cakes to help inspire us all. [...]
2026 Creative Writing Retreats in Costa Rica!
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Costa Rica Creative Writing Retreat 2025
What a spectacular creative writing retreat this has been. This year, we had a brand new location for our writing retreat in Costa Rica: a lovely boutique hotel located on the edge of rainforest just outside the town of Quepos. We brought together 10 wonderful writers, two of them with partners who joined our group for sightseeing in the afternoons. This new location was more perfect than we could have imagined. A lovely pool, a pretty breakfast bar, views of Scarlet Macaws nesting halfway up the hillside, and three well-equipped cottages which were occupied by our writers. Morning writing workshops [...]
Reflecting on Our Creative Writing Retreat in Mexico
It is difficult to imagine a city more perfect for a creative writing retreat than Merida in Mexico. This was our fourth year running a writing retreat here, and it was spectacular. Our Creative Writing Workshops Each morning we began our writing workshops on a glorious, colourful terrace in our lovely boutique hotel, surrounded by flowers and greenery. As the sun rose over the walls ninety minutes or so into our writing workshops, we took a break and then moved indoors to the cool interior of this converted Hacienda. Our writing workshops always include creative prompts, a range of tips [...]
