By interest
Meditation & mindfulness retreats
Retreats where meditation plays a meaningful role: mindfulness, Vipassana, daily practice, from Rishikesh ashrams to French countryside centres.
27 handpicked retreats, spread between France, India, Canary Islands · Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Georgia, Bali · Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
✓ Information checked at source Anâkhyashram Noyers-sur-Jabron (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) · France Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram Rishikesh · India ✓ Information checked at source Casa el Riego Güímar, Tenerife · Canary Islands · Spain Casa Lotus Azul Póvoa de Lanhoso (Minho) · Portugal Centre de méditation de Beatenberg Beatenberg · Canton of Berne · Switzerland Centre Tripoura Bessay, Vendée · France Colline et Cyprès Dieulefit (Drôme) · France Dhamma Sumeru Mont-Soleil · Bernese Jura · Switzerland ✓ Information checked at source Domaine de Maynard Upper Aude Valley · France ✓ Information checked at source Domaine de Mournac Antugnac · France ✓ Information checked at source Embody Your Yoga Lakhushdi, Upper Svaneti · Georgia ✓ Information checked at source Finca Argayall Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera · Canary Islands · Spain Finca La Paz El Hierro · Canary Islands · Spain Kalari Kovilakom Kollengode, Palakkad · India ✓ Information checked at source La Lune en Bouche Saint-Andéol (Drôme) · France ✓ Information checked at source La Sauvagine Glandage (Drôme) · France Le Centre de Remise en Joie Vernines (Puy-de-Dôme) · France Le Gîte du Soi Le Buisson-de-Cadouin (Dordogne) · France ✓ Information checked at source Le Moulin de Chaves Cubjac (Dordogne) · France Maison Mudita Abländschen · Canton of Berne · Switzerland Mandala de Masca Masca Valley, Tenerife · Canary Islands · Spain ✓ Information checked at source Monte Velho Retreat Centre Carrapateira, Algarve · Portugal OneWorld Retreats Ubud · Bali · Indonesia ✓ Information checked at source Phool Chatti Ashram Rishikesh (on the Ganges) · India Samahita Retreat Laem Sor, Koh Samui · Thailand Santani Wellness Werapitiya, near Kandy · Sri Lanka Suan Sati Mae Wang, Chiang Mai · Thailand
Meditation & mindfulness retreats, how it works
These venues mention meditation among their practices: guided sessions, mindfulness, Vipassana, or walking meditation. The duration of the sessions, the place of silence, and the secular or traditional setting vary. Consult the programme and the expected experience.