About Retreat Grounds

Retreat Grounds is a directory of venues you can hire to run a retreat: yoga, meditation, writing, wellbeing or team retreats. It starts with France and Portugal.

It is operated by Marloes Motta, entrepreneur individuel, based in France. Questions or corrections: contact us.

Why this site exists

Retreat leaders need a few practical facts before they can shortlist a venue: does it sleep the group and in what beds, is the practice room big enough, is it catered, can you hire it exclusively, how many nights minimum, what it costs and how people get there. Those facts are often hard to find. We put them side by side.

How we collect and check data

• Public sources. Facts come from what each venue publishes, mostly its own website. Every venue page lists its sources.
• Each fact is sourced and dated. Every venue page shows when we last checked it. The current data was last checked on 2026-10-29.
• We never invent data. If a venue hasn't published something, the page says "Not published yet". We don't estimate capacity, distances or prices.
• Prices as published. We show prices in the venue's own currency and unit (per person per night, per week, whole venue). We don't convert them.
• Caveats are shown. When a fact comes from a third-party listing or needs confirming, we say so next to it.
• Venues confirm or correct. Venue owners can claim their listing or send a correction at any time, for free.

Independence

Venues can't pay to change their facts. In future, venues may be able to pay for a featured position; featured venues will always be clearly labelled, and their facts follow the same rules as everyone else's. There are no ads on this site.

Always confirm details and prices directly with the venue before you book.