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Buchinger Wellness Fasting

Schmalkalden, Germany
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Summary

Fasting and Regeneration – Your 5-Day Wellness Program at the Aktiv & Vital Hotel Thüringen

Discover the cleansing and regenerative power of fasting in the idyllic surroundings of the Thuringian Forest. This program offers a holistic combination of proven fasting methods, relaxation, and professional guidance.

Your Stay
5 nights in comfortable rooms that offer peace and comfort.
Start your day with a fasting breakfast featuring specialty teas and freshly squeezed juices from a slow juicer.
In the evening, enjoy a light fasting meal with freshly prepared vegetable soups, broths, teas, and juices that are good for your body.
Professional Fasting Support
Start each morning with a morning session that incorporates breathing and relaxation exercises.
Benefit from a personal health consultation to clarify your individual needs and goals during the fast.
Fasting resources such as a folder, a fasting journal, and a fasting brochure support you throughout your experience.
A lecture introduces you to important techniques such as liver wraps, colon cleansing, and dry brushing.
The entire fasting experience is expertly guided by Gabi Todt, a certified fasting coach and medically certified nutritionist.
Active and Inspired Throughout the Day
Explore the Thuringian Forest on three guided hikes and experience the invigorating power of nature.
Inspiring health lectures and relaxing evening meditations help you find inner peace and learn something new.
Wellness Treatments and Spa
Treat yourself to a 25-minute detox massage that boosts your metabolism and supports your detoxification process.
Cozy bathrobes and sauna towels are available for your use.
Enjoy the hotel’s wide range of wellness offerings:

Take advantage of the indoor and outdoor pools (heated year-round) with a counter-current system.
Relax in the sauna area with sensory showers, a relaxation room, and an infrared deep-heat cabin.
The unique relaxation room with its own graduation tower and Physiotherm heated loungers invites you to take a deep breath.
Additional Amenities
A water and tea bar is available to you around the clock.
A bottle of mineral water awaits you in your room every day.
Take part in the daily changing activity program and enhance your well-being.
Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and parking directly at the hotel round out your stay.
Your path to greater lightness and health
This 5-day fasting program is ideal for cleansing body and mind, recharging your batteries, and finding inner balance. With professional guidance, inspiring activities, and a comprehensive wellness program, your retreat will be a special experience that will strengthen you for the long term.
Treat yourself to this journey of self-discovery!

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories
Detox Retreats, Wellness, Consciousness, soul, senses & spirit, Nutritional advice, Work Life Balance, Fasting hike, Relaxation
Date
2026-11-15 - 2026-11-20
Language(s)
German
Level
Expert, Advanced, Beginner
Group Size
15
Place
Schmalkalden, Germany
Accommodation
Overnight stay included
Catering
Full board
Types of food
Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Organic, Raw Vegan, Vegan, Vegetarian
Services
  • 1 cozy bathrobe (for rent) and sauna towel

  • 1 bottle of mineral water in the room every day

  • Parking right next to the hotel

  • Wi-Fi throughout the house

  • Participation in the daily activity program

  • Use of the indoor and outdoor sauna area with sensory showers

  • Relaxation room with an in-house graduation tower and Physiotherm heated loungers

  • Infrared Deep Heat Cabin

  • Use of the indoor pool with a counter-current system

  • Use of the year-round heated outdoor pool

  • 7 nights' accommodation in a comfortable room

  • 7 evening fasting meals featuring fresh vegetable soups and broths, tea, and juices

  • 7 morning meetings with breathing and relaxation exercises

  • 1 personal health consultation

  • 1 packet of Glauber's salt for a laxative

  • 1 set of fasting materials (folder, fasting journal, fasting brochure)

  • Water and the Ree Bar are always available

  • 3 guided hikes through the Thuringian Forest

  • 4 health talks / evening meditation sessions

  • Guidance throughout the fasting experience provided by Sven Pickl, a certified fasting coach and medically certified nutritionist

  • 1 25-minute detox massage

  • 7 fasting breakfasts, including specialty teas and fresh juices from the slow juicer

  • 1 lecture: Introduction to liver health, colon cleansing, and dry brushing

Accommodation

Echte Freude am Urlaub ist die Summe unendlich vieler magischer Momente. Im 4* Aktiv & Vital Hotel Thüringen von Familie Gerber steht für Sie als Gast das ganzheitliche Verwöhnen an erster Stelle.

Bereits die Lage des Hotels ist ein Paradies zum Energie-Tanken – mitten im Grünen des Thüringer Waldes, auf einem sonnigen Hochplateau über der Stadt Schmalkalden mit wunderschönem Blick über das Tal, sowie auf die Rhön und den Rennsteig. Ob Wanderer, Mountainbiker oder Naturliebhaber – im Aktiv & Vital Hotel Thüringen können Sie einfach entspannt loslassen, genießen und sich inmitten der wunderschönen Landschaft erholen.

Ein absoluter Wohlfühl(t)raum – großzügig und stilvoll, in frischer Moderne oder im gemütlichen Landhausstil laden 49 hochwertig und liebevoll eingerichtete Zimmer zum Zurückziehen und Träumen ein. Schlafkomfort auch bei offenem Fenster garantiert.

Im Zentrum des Hotels sind über 1000 qm dem Baden, dem Saunieren und Massieren, dem Ruhen und Verwöhnen gewidmet. Schwimmen Sie die Gedanken des Alltags im Aronia Vital SPA einfach weg. Tauchen Sie ein in eine beruhigende Atmosphäre für Körper und Geist und erleben Sie besondere Glücksmomente bei einem Saunagang im Innen- oder Außenbereich. Atmen Sie tief durch im hauseigenen Gradierwerk oder ziehen Sie Ihre Bahnen im Innenpool. Den Zauber und Duft des Thüringer Waldes können Sie zudem in Massagen und Beauty-Anwendungen erfühlen. Für unser SPA-Team ist Wellness kein Modetrend, sondern soll für ein gutes Körpergefühl sorgen.

Lassen Sie die Seele im beheizten Außenpool baumeln. Sonnenliegen im Sommer, umgeben vom erfrischenden Duft des Thüringer Waldes, glitzerndes Wasser im Pool und Vogelgezwitscher runden Ihren Entspannungsurlaub perfekt ab.

Darf es noch ein bisschen mehr sein? Nutzen Sie unser abwechslungsreiches Aktiv-Programm: Aquafitness im Hotelpool, geführte Wanderungen, Lagerfeuerabende, Bowlingnachmittage, Zumba oder E-Bike Leihe – hier ist für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei.

Air-conditioned public areas
Environmentally friendly
Free parking
Free Wi-Fi
Multilingual staff
Parking lot
Smoke-free property
Wireless internet
Conference room
Dining area
Lobby
Lounge
Meeting room
Garden
Terrace

Rooms

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Catering

Eating During the Buchinger Fast – Conscious Abstinence as a Source of New Energy

The Buchinger Fast is a proven method of therapeutic fasting in which abstinence is experienced not as deprivation, but as a soothing relief for body and mind. The goal is not traditional food intake, but rather the activation of the body’s self-healing powers, the promotion of inner balance, and a conscious focus on oneself.

During the fasting period, you do not consume any solid food. Instead, the body is gently nourished with clear liquids, valuable minerals, and soothing warmth.

This minimalist yet targeted nourishment supports the body’s natural cleansing and regeneration. At the same time, enough energy remains for movement, mindfulness, and light activities.

Fasting according to Buchinger is far more than mere abstinence—it is a mindful process of letting go that creates space for new clarity, vitality, and lightness.

sequence

Day 1 – Arrival and Preparation
Arrival at the hotel from 3:00 p.m., check-in, and room assignment
Welcome and distribution of your fasting materials (folder, journal, brochure)
Introductory lecture: Fasting methods, liver wraps, colon cleansing
Epsom salt treatment to prepare for fasting
Evening: Light broth and tea

Days 2–4 – Fasting and Experience
Morning:

Group morning session with breathing and relaxation exercises
Fasting breakfast with tea and freshly squeezed juices
During the day:

Participation in guided hikes through the Thuringian Forest (3 hikes on selected days)
Relaxation in the wellness area: indoor pool, outdoor pool, sauna area, graduation tower
Use of the tea and water bar during the day
Free time for relaxation, reading, or walks
Afternoon:

Fasting lunch with vegetable broths or soups (depending on the program)
Participation in health lectures or optional evening meditation
Evening:

Fasting meal: Fresh vegetable soups, broths, tea, and juices
Time for relaxation and reflection

Day 5 – Conclusion, Preparation for the Recovery Day
Morning:

Closing session: Reflection on the fasting week and tips for daily life
Enjoy the fasting breakfast
During the day:

Individual relaxation or walks
Full board on the recovery day with light and easily digestible meals
Evening:

Farewell evening with your new insights and experiences

Day 6 – Departure
Vitality breakfast buffet to fortify you for the journey home
Check-out by 11:00 a.m.
You’ll begin your journey home with new inspiration and a renewed sense of well-being

Notes:
The schedule may vary slightly depending on group dynamics and weather conditions. Our team and fasting guide Gabi Todt are available at any time to answer questions and make adjustments.

Arrival

Coming from the direction of Würzburg/Stuttgart via the A71
• Take the Zella-Mehlis exit onto the B62 toward Steinbach Hallenberg/Schmalkalden
• After the Zella-Mehlis train station, turn left onto the main road (B62) toward Schmalkalden
• Turn left at the second entrance to Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences (Blechhammer)
• After the railroad crossing, follow Notstraße; you will reach your destination after 2,400 meters
Coming from Dresden or Frankfurt am Main via the A4
• Coming from Dresden: At the Erfurter Kreuz, take the A71 toward Suhl
• Take the Zella-Mehlis exit onto the B62 toward Steinbach Hallenberg/Schmalkalden
• After the Zella-Mehlis train station, turn left onto the main road (B62) toward Schmalkalden
• Turn left at the second entrance to Schmalkalden University (Blechhammer)
• After the railroad crossing, follow Notstraße; after 2,400 meters, you have reached your destination
Coming from Frankfurt am Main via the A4
• Take the Eisenach Ost exit
• Follow the route toward Bad Salzungen, then take the B19 to Schmalkalden
• Follow the signs to Schmalkalden and the road toward Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences
• Turn right at the first entrance to Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences (Blechhammer)
• After the railroad crossing, follow Notstraße; you will reach your destination after 2,400 meters

Notstraße 33, 98574 Schmalkalden, Thüringen, Germany

Cancellation policy

Full refund up to 22 days before arrival.
If you cancel up to 15 days before arrival, you will receive a 70% refund of the booking price.
If you cancel up to 3 days before arrival, you will receive a 50% refund of the booking price.
After this, if you cancel up to the day of arrival, you will receive a 20% refund of the booking price.

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