Monastery Retreats in Germany

Here are exciting retreats from the Monastery Retreats area that you can attend in Germany. To help you decide when to travel, here are a few brief facts about the weather. In summer, Germany can reach maximum temperatures of up to 31 degrees. The warmest month is usually the August. On average, it is 10 degrees throughout the year. In winter, it can drop to -8 degrees. The coldest month is usually the Februar.

64 curated retreats 4.9 (295 reviews) from €98
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
  • Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!
9 People interested

Qigong and Taiji at the monastery Partial reimbursement by statutory health insurance!

Jüchen, Germany

$350 / 3 Days

  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
  • Experience the lightness of being
13 People interested

Experience the lightness of being

Hünfeld, Germany

$245 / 3 Days

5.0
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
  • Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery
7 People interested

Distance and peace while painting and drawing at Marienstatt Monastery

Streithausen, Germany

$461 / 5 Days

5.0
  • Meditative Archery
  • Meditative Archery
  • Meditative Archery
  • Meditative Archery
  • Meditative Archery
10 People interested

Meditative Archery

Sonnenstein, Germany

$227 / 4 Days

  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
  • Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness
10 People interested

Meditation retreat at Gerode Monastery - Finding Stillness

Gerode, Germany

$838 / 5 Days

  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
  • Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery
13 People interested

Acidosis detox treatments at Gerode Monastery

Gerode, Germany

$2,195 / 11 Days

  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
  • New Year's Eve - Inner reflection
16 People interested

New Year's Eve - Inner reflection

Gerode, Germany

$908 / 5 Days

  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
  • KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!
7 People interested

KRAFT-QUELLE-NATUR as a weekend retreat in a monastery—the path to yourself!

Wald-Michelbach, Germany

$362 / 3 Days

  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
  • Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg
3 People interested

Yoga retreat at the monastery on Lake Starnberg

Bernried am Starnberger See, Germany

$758 / 3 Days

  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
  • 🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy
8 People interested

🧘🏻Stress-free in a monastery – 3-day mindfulness retreat with health insurance subsidy

Altheim, Germany

$346 / 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
16 People interested

Geroder Fasting Days - Experience fullness in emptiness

Gerode, Germany

$1,435 / 10 Days

  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
  • Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey
9 People interested

Peace and quiet while painting and drawing at Niederaltaich Abbey

Niederalteich, Germany

$344 / 5 Days

  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
  • Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda
10 People interested

Yoga weekend at Hünfeld Monastery near Fulda

Hünfeld, Germany

$694 / 3 Days

  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
  • Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage
5 People interested

Painting and drawing in the Alterode vicarage

Alterode, Germany

$344 / 5 Days

  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
  • Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness
7 People interested

Powerful Woman Yoga Retreat - Your time out in a monastery for more joy, fulfillment and lightness

Jüchen, Germany

$642 / 3 Days

  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
  • Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery
12 People interested

Soulful Retreat 2026, with Clara Morgenthau at Donndorf Monastery

Kloster Donndorf, Germany

$989 / 8 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 64 monastery retreats in Germany.
How much does a monastery retreat in Germany cost?
Monastery stays in Germany are often surprisingly affordable. Prices range from €115 to €2.200, with an average of €508. 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.