Monastery Retreats in Germany March 2026

Here are our retreats in March 2026 in Germany from the Monastery Retreats section. To know if March is the right month for you to travel in Germany, here are a few key weather facts. Temperatures can drop to -5 degrees in March. Highs, on the other hand, can reach 17 degrees.

  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
  • Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga
16 People interested

Art of Living Silence Retreat - Silence in the Black Forest with meditation, breathing techniques & yoga

Oppenau, Germany

from $780 / 5 Days

4.9
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
  • Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course
8 People interested

Monastery retreat: Soul & Relax Yin Yoga, Meditation - Mind Detox - available as a preventive course

Kall, Germany

from $275 / 3 Days

  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
  • Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)
15 People interested

Qi Gong seminar at the monastery (weekend)

Düsseldorf, Germany

from $206 / 3 Days

  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
  • Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery
8 People interested

Distance and tranquility while painting and drawing at Heilig Kreuztal Monastery

Altheim, Germany

from $453 / 5 Days

5.0
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
  • Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation
15 People interested

Loving attention just for me—self-love seminar Discounted spontaneous participation

Wald-Michelbach, Germany

from $355 / 3 Days

4.7
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg
7 People interested

Stress relief, painting and drawing at Bernried Monastery on Lake Starnberg

Bernried, Germany

from $338 / 5 Days

5.0
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
  • (R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"
8 People interested

(R)TIME OUT WITH HORSES - self-awareness and "being conscious"

Wiesenburg/Mark, Germany

from $1,021 / 3 Days

5.0
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
  • RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU
5 People interested

RETREAT: TIME OUT WITH HORSES JUST FOR YOU

Wiesenburg/Mark, Germany

from $1,021 / 3 Days

5.0
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
  • Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive
9 People interested

Spring & Fall Yoga, Hiking & Fasting Retreat at Lehnin Monastery - All Inclusive

Kloster Lehnin, Germany

from $1,226 / 7 Days

  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
  • GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you
15 People interested

GET OUT OF THE THOUGHT CAROUSEL: How to leave stressful thoughts behind you

Wiesenburg/Mark, Germany

from $791 / 3 Days

5.0
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
  • All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu
8 People interested

All inclusive Meditations-Retreat im Stonehenge Allgäu

Kaufbeuren, Germany

from $344 / 3 Days

  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
  • Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness
14 People interested

Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness

Gerode, Germany

from $1,410 / 10 Days

  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
  • BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials
2 People interested

BenefitYoga® annual group - getting closer to the essentials

Gerode, Germany

from $475 / 3 Days

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What makes a monastery retreat in Germany special?
Germany has a centuries-old monastic tradition with over 900 active monasteries and religious houses. From Benedictine abbeys in Bavaria to northern German Cistercian monasteries, you'll experience authentic spirituality in historic settings. At Retreat Vacation you'll currently find 70 monastery retreats in Germany.
How much does a monastery retreat in Germany cost?
Monastery stays in Germany are often surprisingly affordable. Prices range from €98 to €1.880, with an average of €579. Many monasteries work with suggested rates and allow guests to adjust their contribution based on personal circumstances.
When is the best time for a monastery retreat in Germany?
Monasteries welcome guests year-round. Advent and Lent are particularly popular for spiritual reflection. In spring and autumn, you'll benefit from a quiet atmosphere and beautiful nature surrounding the often rurally located monasteries.
Which regions in Germany have particularly well-known monasteries for guests?
Bavaria is a focal point with monasteries like Andechs, Ettal, and Münsterschwarzach. But North Rhine-Westphalia (Maria Laach), Lower Saxony (Nütschau), and Baden-Württemberg (Beuron) also offer traditional houses with guest programs. In eastern Germany, monasteries like Helfta or Volkenroda are popular.
Do I need to be religious to visit a monastery in Germany?
No, the vast majority of German monasteries welcome people of all worldviews. The focus is on silence, structure, and inner retreat. All that's expected is respect for the monastic daily routine and house rules.
What does a typical day look like during a monastery retreat in Germany?
The day starts early – often at 6 AM with morning prayer (Lauds). This is followed by times of silence, communal meals, midday prayer, a free period for walks or reading, and evening prayer (Vespers). As a guest, depending on the house, you can participate in all or individual elements.
Can I participate in monastery work during a retreat in Germany?
Yes, many German monasteries offer 'Monastery for a Time' programs where you actively participate in daily life – for example in the kitchen, garden, or library. This is a particularly intensive form of experience and is found very enriching by many guests.