❋Floral workshops
You'll work with wild and garden flowers in a relaxed workshop, with no strict rules. Lucreția guides you toward an arrangement that feels like you, and you take it home at the end as a keepsake from the weekend.
Portal Village · 2026 Edition
Portal
in Bloom
Three days where nature, flowers and people bloom together.
A boutique experience devoted to wellbeing, botanical rituals and the art of slowing down.
AUGUST 6–8, 2026
Portal Village
Sibiel · Mărginimea Sibiului
Why
come?
There comes a moment when the calendar can wait. A moment when the people who take care of businesses, teams, children and family choose to take care of themselves too.
Portal in Bloom was made for that moment. It isn't a festival. It isn't a retreat. It's three days where every experience is designed to bring body, mind and senses back to the same place.
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Every experience at Portal in Bloom was something I lived myself first. Only then did I choose to bring it to Portal.
What you'll live
Eight experiences curated one by one.
Across the three days you'll move through floral workshops, sauna rituals, open-air massage and meals created with Chef Biro.
Every experience is led by people I've met in person and felt were right for the atmosphere at Portal. They're coming to Bloom to take care of how you feel.
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≋Guided sauna rituals
Cosmin leads you through a sequence of themed rituals, each with its own temperature, aromas and breathing rhythm. We alternate the heat of the sauna with cool air or water for a deep sense of cleansing and calm.
❦Botanical massage in the forest
On a deck at the edge of the forest, Andrei and his team work with natural oils infused with lavender, geranium and orange blossom. It's pure care for the body, in a quiet setting made just for you.
❉Forest bathing
We start slowly through the orchard, notice the plants along the way, then move into the forest and simply breathe the air between the trees. We finish with a warm herbal tea, for a simple, real reset.
✺Aromatherapy
Smaranda works with the Symphony of the Cells™ protocol and pure essential oils. Across the two days you get two different rituals: one for hormonal balance and one for emotional release.
❈Botanical dining
Lunch is a pastoral buffet of fresh, seasonal dishes; in the evening we gather for a ritual dinner in nature, with edible flowers, summer fruit and botanical drinks.
◐Heated pool
The heated pool and lounge areas are open all day long. Take a swim between rituals, stretch out on a sunbed, or sip a lemonade in the sun.
✧Reconnection ritual
Together we build a mandala from flowers, leaves and things gathered around the garden. It's a moment of connection, with no pressure, where everyone adds something to a shared piece.
Why it's different
Three days where everything happens for you.
No schedule to tick off, nowhere you have to be. Just time for yourself, nature all around, and people who know how to take care of how you feel.
You can join every workshop, lie by the pool, read, or sleep the afternoon away. Your own rhythm decides what the day looks like.
Around you are people who came for the same thing: quiet, flowers, good food and unhurried conversation. You leave with a lighter body, more space in your head, and a few simple rituals you can take home with you.
Let nature, flowers and people remind you what it feels like to truly relax for three days.
Portal in Bloom · August 6–8, 2026
The people of Portal in Bloom
People who open
space for you.
Lucreția Dumbrăvescu
AUGUST 7 & 8 · 5:00 PMMusic Flowers
Floral creation workshop
Lucreția leads the floral creation workshop. Everyone builds their own arrangement, with no set templates to follow. At the end, you take your creation home with you.
WHAT THEY BRING ·At Portal in Bloom she brings a workshop without rules, where everyone leaves with something they made themselves.
Cosmin Marginean
AUGUST 6 & 7 · 8:00 PMNorth Saunas
Guided sauna rituals · Heat · Cold · Connection
Cosmin guides the sauna rituals. He alternates heat with cooling and rest, building a regeneration journey step by step.
WHAT THEY BRING ·He brings three themed rituals, built step by step to open, cleanse and inspire everyone taking part.
Andrei Iliuț & team
DAILY · 1:00–6:00 PMForest Floral Massage
Botanical massage rituals in the forest
Andrei and his team offer botanical massage in the forest. They work with natural oils infused with lavender, geranium and orange blossom, on a deck at the edge of the woods.
WHAT THEY BRING ·At Portal he sets up a massage space in the forest, where every session is a real pause for body and mind.
Smaranda Iliescu
AUGUST 7 & 8 · 2:00 PMdoTERRA · Symphony of the Cells™
Therapeutic protocols with essential oils
Smaranda works with the Symphony of the Cells™ protocols and doTERRA essential oils, applied along the back in a precise sequence while you lie down and breathe.
WHAT THEY BRING ·She offers two Symphony of the Cells™ rituals: one for hormonal balance and one for emotional release.
Andreea Popa
AUGUST 7 & 8 · 11:00 AMShinrin-Yoku Romania
Forest bathing
Andreea leads the forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) sessions. You start in the orchard, slow down in the forest, and finish with a herbal tea.
WHAT THEY BRING ·She takes us on a calm walk from the orchard into the forest, ending with a tea made from herbs gathered nearby.
Chef Biro
DAILY · 1:00 PM & 7:00 PMPortal Kitchen
Botanical dining experience
Chef Biro cooks the botanical meals of the weekend. A pastoral buffet at lunch, a ritual dinner in the evening, with seasonal ingredients, edible flowers and botanical drinks.
WHAT THEY BRING ·At Portal in Bloom he builds a pastoral lunch buffet and a ritual dinner in nature, with botanical drinks and seasonal desserts.
Anca Vasilescu
AUGUST 6, 7 & 8 · EVENINGSNOIMA LOOP
Mystery guide | Stories around the fire
Sometimes the most important guide isn't the one who shows you the road, but the one who helps you find it. For years, Anca V. listened to the story of Portal before it was ever written, gathering ideas, symbols and emotions into the identity that defines this place today.
WHAT THEY BRING ·In Bloom, she opens a space of stories and imagination around the fire, where words, silence and sound make each evening different.
Anca Munteanu
AUGUST 7 & 8Portal Village
Host · Flower of Life · Activation in nature
Anca is the founder of Portal Village and the host of this weekend. At Bloom she leads the Flower of Life activation: we walk barefoot through the grass, hug the trees, dance freely and build a mandala together from flowers, leaves and pieces gathered in nature.
WHAT THEY BRING ·A moment of play, presence and freedom, straight from nature.
Program
The program of the three days
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Thursday · August 6
Day I
The Seed
Opening. Breath. Meeting.
- —Flower of Life · Anca Munteanu. It sprouts on Thursday and blooms step by step across the three days, through movement, petals and everyone's contribution.
- 1:00 – 3:00 PMChef Biro · Botanical Lunch
- 1:00 – 6:00 PMAndrei Iliuț & the Theravada team · Forest Floral Massage Rituals
- 7:00 – 9:00 PMChef Biro · Bloom Dinner
- 8:00 PMCosmin Mărginean · Guided Sauna Ritual I
- 9:30 PMCosmin Mărginean · Guided Sauna Ritual II
- After sunsetAnca V. · Mystery Guide · Stories Around the Fire
02
Friday · August 7
Day II
The Blossom
Beauty. Senses. Nature.
- —Flower of Life · Anca Munteanu. It comes further to life with every flower, every gesture and every person who becomes part of it.
- 11:00 AMAndreea Popa · Forest Bathing · Shinrin-Yoku
- 1:00 – 3:00 PMChef Biro · Botanical Lunch
- 1:00 – 6:00 PMAndrei Iliuț & the Theravada team · Forest Floral Massage Rituals
- 2:00 PMSmaranda Iliescu · Symphony of the Cells™
- 5:00 PMLucreția Magdalena Dumbrăvescu · Floral workshop
- 7:00 – 9:00 PMChef Biro · Bloom Dinner
- 8:00 PMCosmin Mărginean · Guided Sauna Ritual I
- 9:30 PMCosmin Mărginean · Guided Sauna Ritual II
- After sunsetAnca V. · Mystery Guide · Stories Around the Fire
03
Saturday · August 8
Day III
The Bloom
Integration. Stillness. Home.
- —Flower of Life · Anca Munteanu. It reaches full bloom, carrying the mark of everyone who chose to create it together.
- 11:00 AMAndreea Popa · Forest Bathing · Shinrin-Yoku
- 1:00 – 3:00 PMChef Biro · Botanical Lunch
- 1:00 – 6:00 PMAndrei Iliuț & the Theravada team · Forest Floral Massage Rituals
- 2:00 PMSmaranda Iliescu · Symphony of the Cells™
- 5:00 PMLucreția Magdalena Dumbrăvescu · Floral workshop
- 7:00 – 9:00 PMChef Biro · Bloom Dinner
- After sunsetAnca V. · Mystery Guide · Stories Around the Fire
How to join
Choose the way you want to join
Choose how you'd like to be part of Bloom: staying at Portal, or with access to the experiences only.
The complete experience
Bloom Stay
For those who choose to stay at Portal. Accommodation, breakfast and access to everything Bloom has to offer.
from 940 RON
night / 2 people / bungalow
- ✓bungalow accommodation
- ✓breakfast
- ✓2 × Bloom Pass
- ✓access to the pool and Garden Lounge
- ✓access to the experiences included in the Bloom Pass
- ✓access to all Portal in Bloom spaces
All three days
Bloom Pass
For those who want the full experience, across all three days of the festival.
350 RON
per person
- ✓Bloom Welcome Drink
- ✓access to the pool and Garden Lounge
- ✓Forest Bathing
- ✓Flower of Life
- ✓Music Flowers floral workshop
- ✓access to Green Bistro VATRA
- ✓access to all Portal in Bloom spaces
One day in Bloom
Day Pass
A single day spent at Portal in Bloom, with access to the collective experiences scheduled that day.
150 RON
per person
- ✓Bloom Welcome Drink
- ✓access to the pool and Garden Lounge
- ✓access to the gardens and festival spaces
- ✓Forest Bathing
- ✓Flower of Life
- ✓Music Flowers floral workshop
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Special · 8 tickets
Full Access Day
For those who want a complete day: full access to the experiences and workshops, without accommodation.
- ✓Bloom Welcome Drink
- ✓access to the pool and Garden Lounge
- ✓access to the gardens and festival spaces
- ✓the collective experiences: Forest Bathing, Flower of Life, Music Flowers floral workshop
- ✓the Signature experiences: Symphony of the Cells, Forest Floral Massage, guided sauna rituals
Complete your experience
Signature experiences à la carte.
Book rituals and therapies in small groups throughout the three days. For a complete package with all the experiences and workshops in a single day: 500 RON / person.
Rituals & therapies
Guided Sauna Ritual
200 RON
Forest Floral Massage
200 RON
Symphony of the Cells
150 RON
Green Bistro VATRA
Botanical Lunch
100 RON
Bloom Dinner
150 RON
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Packing for Bloom
What to bring
with you.
What you'll find on site: Kangen water infused with aromatic herbs, snacks and fruit, available throughout the spaces of Portal in Bloom.
- 01swimsuit
- 02towel
- 03bathrobe
- 04spa slippers
- 05comfortable clothes
- 06sturdy shoes for nature walks
Portal · in pictures
Portal, this
summer.
What awaits you at Portal in Bloom: climbing roses on the bungalow walls, gravel paths, windows facing the forest, quiet.
QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ANSWERS
Fair questions.
Yes. You can choose the Day Pass (150 RON / day), which gives you access to that day's experiences, without accommodation or meals. Signature rituals (sauna, massage, Symphony of the Cells) and meals at Green Bistro VATRA can be added separately, à la carte.
Bloom Stay (from 940 RON) includes bungalow accommodation and full access to the program. Bloom Pass (350 RON) covers all three days of experiences, without accommodation. Day Pass (150 RON) is for a single day. Signature rituals and meals are booked separately.
Access to the three-day program: the Flower of Life activation, dance and movement circles, walks in nature and time at the heated pool. Signature rituals (200 RON sauna, 200 RON botanical massage, 150 RON Symphony) and meals at VATRA (100 RON botanical lunch, 150 RON Bloom Dinner) are added separately.
A swimsuit, towel, bathrobe, spa slippers, comfortable clothes and sturdy shoes for nature walks. We take care of the oils, teas, plants and everything the rituals need.
Choose how you want to join: to stay at Portal, book directly here: https://portal.pynbooking.direct/. For access to the experiences without accommodation, book here: https://epl.ro/q/OGg4WeiOFsldW69*g4ug1mH9eEuDYwY=. Pick your package, fill in your details and you'll receive a confirmation. Spots are limited.
Maybe the beauty of summer isn't only in the flowers that bloom.
Maybe it's also in the people who, every once in a while, give themselves the time to bloom along with them.
Portal in Bloom · August 6–8
We confirm every booking within 24 hours. Spots are limited.