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With twelve games of the Premiership season remaining, Rovers need to hit a good run in order to fire themselves into the top six.
"In the last few years we have travelled to other places where the weather was a bit cooler, but we wanted the opportunity to get a change of scenery in a warm-weather environment," said Hughes.
"With the great weather and fantastic facilities, we were able to get away, recuperate and refresh ourselves to prepare for one more big effort to achieve European qualification."
Rovers keeper Brad Friedel also believes the visit to his native country will help Rovers in their push for Europe.
"We have 12 games left to get ourselves in at least a top-six position and are very close to that goal right now," Friedel told the Lancashire Telegraph.
"Hopefully training here will give us the rejuvenation we need to finish the season strong as we are normally an exceptional second half team."