Stay lengths
- 2-night Rheingau wine and wellness break
- 3–5 night Rhine valley monastery retreat
- Week-long Frankfurt–Rhine–Mosel wine circuit base
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Klosterhotel Marienthal
800-year-old Augustinian monastery in the Rheingau: cloister wellness, Rhine valley Riesling, and a contemplative spa with medieval roots
Geisenheim, Hesse (Rheingau)
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From ~€130/night — confirm on klosterhotel-marienthal.de
At a glance
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Included
- Monastery room or suite with cloister or vineyard views
- Pool and sauna access
- Breakfast with Rheingau regional products
- Cloister garden access
- Rhine riverside and vineyard cycling and walking
Ideal for
- Wellness travellers seeking a genuinely historic monastery spa retreat in Germany
- Wine lovers exploring the Rheingau Riesling region from an exceptional base
- Couples wanting a romantic, historically layered Rhine valley stay
- North American travellers on a Germany circuit combining Frankfurt, the Rhine, and spa
Seasons
- September–October for grape harvest, Rheingau wine festivals, and autumn vineyard colour
- May–June for Rhine valley spring, flowering vine rows, and good cycling weather
- Year-round: the monastery and Rhine valley are compelling in every season
Getting there
Klosterhotel Marienthal, Im Kloster 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Hesse. By car from Frankfurt: A66 west to Wiesbaden, then B42 along the Rhine to Geisenheim (~60 km, ~50 min). Train: Frankfurt → Wiesbaden → Geisenheim (regional train, ~60 min). Frankfurt Airport: ~70 km / ~55 min.
From
From ~€130/night — confirm on klosterhotel-marienthal.de
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Experience highlights
What a stay here actually feels like.
01
13th-century Augustinian cloister
One of the Rheingau's oldest monastery complexes — the cloister garden and vaulted architecture are the centrepiece of the stay experience.
02
Rheingau Riesling vineyards
Germany's finest Riesling terroir surrounds the monastery — cycle or walk among the vines to the Rhine riverbank.
03
Rhine valley panorama
The Rhine between Geisenheim and Rüdesheim is one of Germany's most celebrated landscapes — UNESCO World Heritage, medieval castles, and barge-traffic river life.
04
Monastery wellness centre
Pool and sauna in a building that has practiced contemplative wellness for centuries longer than the spa industry existed.
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The setting
Spaces, views, and surroundings at Klosterhotel Marienthal.
Your journey
Arrive via the Rhine
Drive the B42 Rhine road from Wiesbaden — medieval castles on hillsides, barge traffic on the river, and vineyard terraces announcing the Rheingau.
Cloister arrival
Pass through the monastery gatehouse, find the courtyard and cloister garden — 800 years of architecture registers as a measurable reduction in urgency.
Monastery spa
Pool, sauna, and treatment rooms within the monastery walls — contemporary wellness in a genuinely medieval setting.
Rheingau Riesling cycle
The wine route cycle path runs directly along the Rhine — pedal through Rüdesheim, Johannisberg, Eltville, and the great estate villages of the Rheingau.
Kloster Eberbach
10 km into the forest: the Cistercian monastery where the German wine trade was systematised in the 12th century. Also the setting for Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose film adaptation.
Rheingau wine dinner
The monastery restaurant with estate Riesling — Spätlese, Auslese, and the extraordinary Trockenbeerenauslese of the Rheingau terroir.
About
About this getaway
Klosterhotel Marienthal is a wellness and retreat hotel set within a former Augustinian monastery complex in Geisenheim-Marienthal in the Rheingau, the celebrated Rhine wine region of Hesse, Germany. The monastery's history dates to the 13th century; the current hotel preserves the cloister architecture, the monastic garden, and the contemplative atmosphere that centuries of religious community life built into the site.
The hotel offers wellness facilities including a pool, sauna, and treatment rooms alongside the monastery's distinctive architectural features: the Romanesque cloister garden, vaulted passageways, a chapel, and guest rooms occupying the former monastic cells and wings. The Rheingau landscape surrounding the hotel — terraced Riesling vineyards descending to the Rhine river, the forested Taunus hills behind — provides a concentrated experience of one of Germany's finest wine and landscape corridors.
For North American wellness travellers, Klosterhotel Marienthal offers something rare: a genuine monastic wellness retreat — not a hotel that uses monastery language as marketing, but a working former religious site with 800 years of architecture and contemplative tradition built into the stones. The Rheingau Riesling wine route, the Rhine gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the cultural triangle of Wiesbaden, Mainz, and Frankfurt are all within easy reach.
The Marienthal monastery was founded in 1222 by Augustinian nuns — a community of contemplative women who cultivated vineyards, tended orchards, and practised the Benedictine rhythm of ora et labora (prayer and work) within the Rheingau landscape for centuries. The monastery building survived the upheavals of the Reformation and later secularisation to become, eventually, a hotel that retains the essential character of the place: quiet, ordered, and surrounded by vines.
Packages & pricing
Rates and availability from the property's official booking page.
Monastery Room Stay
From ~€130/night — confirm on klosterhotel-marienthal.de
Cloister-view room in the historic monastery with pool and sauna access.
Check dates & bookRheingau Wine & Wellness Break
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Stay with Riesling wine tasting, spa treatments, and Rhine valley cycling.
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Availability notes
- • Harvest season (September–October) is peak — book ahead for the Rheingau wine festival period.
- • Pentecost and summer bank holidays in Germany bring Rhine valley visitors — plan ahead.
- • Mid-week and spring stays offer the most atmospheric and available options.
Accommodation
- Classic monastery room
- Superior cloister or vineyard view room
- Suite in the monastery main building
Location & travel
- Getting there
- Klosterhotel Marienthal, Im Kloster 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Hesse. By car from Frankfurt: A66 west to Wiesbaden, then B42 along the Rhine to Geisenheim (~60 km, ~50 min). Train: Frankfurt → Wiesbaden → Geisenheim (regional train, ~60 min). Frankfurt Airport: ~70 km / ~55 min.
Policies
- Minimum stay
- Confirm minimum stay for packages on klosterhotel-marienthal.de.
- Cancellation
- See klosterhotel-marienthal.de or your booking confirmation for cancellation and deposit terms.
- Children
- Confirm family welcome policies when booking — monastery setting may have quiet-hour expectations.
Contact & book
Reach the retreat directly or reserve online
FAQ
Good to know
What order founded the Marienthal monastery?
The Marienthal monastery was founded in 1222 by Augustinian nuns. The monastery community cultivated the surrounding Rheingau vineyards and maintained continuous occupancy through much of the medieval and early modern period.
Where is Klosterhotel Marienthal?
The hotel is at Im Kloster 1, Geisenheim (65366), in the Rheingau district of Hesse. Geisenheim sits on the Rhine between RĂĽdesheim and Wiesbaden, approximately 60 km west of Frankfurt.
Is the cloister accessible to guests?
Yes. The monastic cloister garden and courtyard are accessible to hotel guests as part of the property's grounds — the architectural heart of the monastery experience.
What wine is made at Klosterhotel Marienthal?
The monastery has a vineyard producing Rheingau Riesling in the tradition of the surrounding wine estates. The hotel's restaurant and wine tastings feature the estate's wines alongside regional Rheingau producers. See klosterhotel-marienthal.de for tasting events.
What is the Rheingau wine region?
The Rheingau is Germany's most prestigious Riesling region — terraced south-facing vineyards above the Rhine between Wiesbaden and Rüdesheim, producing wines that have defined German viticulture for centuries. Kloster Eberbach, 10 km away, was the medieval centre of the German wine trade.
How far is Klosterhotel Marienthal from Frankfurt?
Approximately 60 km from Frankfurt city centre, about 45–55 minutes by car via the A66 motorway. Frankfurt Airport is ~70 km / ~55 min — excellent for arrival-night stays.
Is there cycling from the hotel?
Yes. The Rheingau Riesling wine route is a flat, dedicated cycle path along the Rhine riverbank and through the vineyard villages. Bike hire is available in Geisenheim and RĂĽdesheim.