RetreatCenterGuide.com, the guide to retreat venues
My accountSign upPost a listing

Find my venue: describe your retreat and suitable venues get back to you

A guide to retreat venues for wellbeing practices and personal development

Function rooms, group gîtes and training centres for hire

These venues host groups for wellbeing and personal development workshops, and for spiritual retreats. Among them are group gîtes with a practice room, estates, residential centres and plain rooms for day hire. Each venue writes its own listing, with its capacity, rooms, board options and photos.

You can search by town, by radius or by facilities (pool, sauna, vegetarian food…). You can also browse venues by region further down the page. When you find a venue you like, you write to it directly. There's no middleman and no commission.

Showing 1-40 out of 139 results

Choose a region

Two hours from major cities

Choose a department

Abroad

Renting a group gîte with a practice room for a retreat

For a yoga, meditation or qi gong retreat, you first need a practice room that is big enough and quiet, plus accommodation that fits the size of your group. The setting matters too, because it helps participants switch off from everyday life. Allow roughly 4 to 5 m² per participant for floor-based practice. Check how many bedrooms and bathrooms there are, and ask whether meals are provided (full board, half board) or whether the group cooks for itself (self-catering).

Send your enquiry with your dates, the number of participants and your activity, and the venue will reply with its availability and a price for your group. The most popular venues get booked several months ahead for spring and for September.

Hiring a gîte for a yoga retreat

About forty gîtes in the guide host yoga retreats. Before booking, measure the room: at 4 to 5 m² per mat, you need 60 to 75 m² for 15 participants. Also ask whether the floor suits barefoot practice and whether the room is heated out of season.

Self-catering costs less, but someone has to deal with shopping and meals during the retreat. With full board, the teacher keeps their time for the group. You will find yoga retreat venues and all group gîtes by region.

Information

The group gîtes and places to recharge featured on the site are listed by their owners. It's up to retreat organisers to contact the venues directly and arrange their stay.

The site puts organisers in touch with venues but plays no part in bookings. Each venue applies its own booking conditions; the organiser, for their part, agrees to respect the venue's rules.

The retreat venue newsletter

Two newsletters a month at most, with the venues that have just joined the guide, ideas for retreats and places where groups are well looked after.

Your email is only used to send you this newsletter. Every email includes an unsubscribe link. Your data

Get new venues by email

Tell us where and for how many people. As soon as a suitable venue is listed, we’ll email you.

Where are you looking for a venue?

Choose one or more regions, the whole of France or a country.