Quiet Stays Around the World
Retreats, cabins, monasteries, and temples: noted for future stays
The 72 Hour Cabin
Sweden
Five glass cabins originally built for a study into stress reduction, by the beautiful Lake Ånimmen.
£££
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Eremito
Italy
A restored hermitage with minimalist luxury rooms and communal dinners by candlelight with Gregorian chant.
££
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Loggers Lodge
Sweden
This exclusive 5-star catered lodge in remote boreal forest, in the stillness of Swedish Lapland.
£££££
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Casa na Terra
Portugal
An architect designed house built into the surface of the earth, which creates a heavy, subterranean silence.
£££
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Eiheiji Temple
Japan
Full immersion at the mother temple of Soto Zen in the cedar forests of Echizen’s mountains:
£-££
Image Credit: Eiheiji Temple 
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Egypt
A sacred stay at the oldest Christian monastery in the world, built circa 500 at the foot of Mount Sinai, said to enclose the site of Moses’ burning bush.
£
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The NamibRand
Namibia
Africa’s first Wilderness Quiet Park in Namibia offers one bed per 3.9 square miles.
££££
Image Credit: The NamibRand 
Solesmes Abbey
France
An ancient Benedictine monastery on the Sarthe River where men can stay with the monks amid communal contemplation and Gregorian chant.
£
Image Credit: Solesmes Abbey All links are non‑affiliate.