Fasting Holidays in Bavaria: A Week That Truly Sets You Free

Key points at a glance

• In the ÄGHE study on Buchinger fasting with 1,422 participants, 93% reported feeling no hunger at all during the fasting days.
• Research by the Charité-BIH shows that after three days of fasting, one in three measured blood proteins changes systematically.
• Fasting holidays pair abstinence with vacation: relief for the digestive system, movement in the mountains and time to breathe.
• At Tannerhof, a fasting holiday works well as a trip for two – non-fasting companions eat from the Schlanke Tanne Low Carb menu.

Why fasting and holidays are not a contradiction

Many people associate holidays with rich meals and late evenings. Yet going without solid food does not take the lightness out of a vacation – it gives the body a profound rest. When everyday digestion pauses, the body switches over quickly: it draws on its own reserves, relieves the organs and releases a surprising amount of energy. At Naturhotel Tannerhof, generations of experience have shown that precisely this kind of reduction opens the way to genuine recovery. Guests who choose a structured break such as Body Detox Heilfasten notice within a few days how mental clarity and physical lightness replace the weight of everyday life.

What happens in the body during the first fasting days

The scientific record confirms what fasting medicine observes in daily practice. A study by the Berlin Institute of Health found that after roughly three days of fasting, one in three measured blood proteins changes. The entire metabolism reorganises systematically while cellular adaptation processes get under way. And contrary to the common fear of constant hunger without solid food, practice paints a different picture: in a study of 1,422 fasting participants, around 93% reported feeling no hunger while fasting.

• Relief for stomach and gut: digestion gets a pause while the energy metabolism realigns.
• A freer head: after the first days of adjustment, a noticeable mental clarity often sets in.
• Time for what matters: the day is no longer structured around meals and gains room for nature, movement and stillness.

In this way, abstinence turns into an unexpected sense of freedom. The days at Tannerhof take on a light, unhurried order through a clear rhythm of fine vegetable broths, herbal teas and fresh juices – recovery that comes not from outward consumption but from settling inwardly.

What fills a fasting holiday at Tannerhof: mountains, natural pool and farm culture

First-time fasters sometimes worry about empty hours without meals. Guests at Naturhotel Tannerhof experience the opposite: going without solid food creates no emptiness but room for sharpened perception. The days on the 16-hectare grounds above Bayrischzell follow a calm rhythm shaped not by treatment schedules but by the surrounding landscape.

Alpine movement and clear rhythms

The mountain air and the varied peaks between the Wendelstein at 1,838 metres and the Sonnwendjoch invite moderate daily exercise. On hikes through the Leitzachtal mountains, the circulation gently comes up to speed while the fasting metabolism works undisturbed. The experience of landscape, light and wind takes the place of the usual meal rhythm.

• Dew walks and morning sun on the alpine meadows around the main house
• Refreshing laps in the biologically filtered natural pool
• Resting on the open decks of the BadeHarpfe with a view of the peaks
• Hours of reading, art and culture in the historic farm buildings

The hotel's own warmth area supports deep regeneration. The historic sauna hut from 1936, built of traditional kelo wood, offers space to breathe and gently warm the body after exercise. It is joined by the new BadeHarpfe, whose clear timber architecture by Florian Nagler draws on the historic hay-harp structures of Upper Bavaria. When the body comes to rest in the afternoon, it becomes clear why a fasting holiday at Tannerhof is not deprivation but real recovery.

Freedom instead of clinic corridors: how this differs from a spa cure

Anyone deciding to go a week without solid food is usually seeking renewal – and often dreads the strict atmosphere of classic cure facilities. At Naturhotel Tannerhof, a fasting holiday means neither prescription nor clinical sobriety. Instead of rigid schedules and sterile corridors, the day is shaped by freely chosen rhythms, wide views of the Upper Bavarian mountains and plenty of room for your own pace. Going without meals is felt here not as a lack but as a liberation – for the mind as well.

Medical reassurance without the sanatorium feel

Medical safety is beyond question: voluntary fasting always requires sound supervision, which the medical team at Tannerhof provides quietly in the background. At the admission examination, the doctors assess your state of health and tailor the programme individually. During the Body Detox Heilfasten programme, you have the reassurance of thorough medical care without the day feeling like a treatment marathon.

• Your own pace: you decide how much exercise, sauna time or rest your day needs.
• A cultivated setting: a house full of wood, art and views instead of white coats and treatment rooms.
• Discreet support: the attending doctors are available for conversations without dictating your holiday rhythm.
• A real break: room for thoughts, reading and walks at the foot of the Wendelstein.

A fasting week thus combines the full medical substance of Buchinger therapeutic fasting with the ease of a real holiday. You gain distance from everyday life, take in fresh air and return home lighter.

Seasons and companions: experiencing a fasting holiday together

Blossoming spring, summer days at the natural pool, fasting hikes in autumn or a winter retreat by the fire: a fasting holiday at Naturhotel Tannerhof has its own qualities in every season. A preparatory relief day of around 1,000 kilocalories eases the body in, so the transition to the liquid Buchinger fasting diet happens without an abrupt switch. This gentle reduction creates room to breathe deeply on hikes, in the sauna and during rest – and to find your own pace again.

Culinary variety for companions

Holidays are rarely planned alone, and at Tannerhof a shared break by no means requires both guests to fast. Non-fasting partners enjoy their own culinary programme that balances lightness and pleasure:

• 3/4-Takt cuisine: the classic restaurant board combines fresh, regional organic ingredients into balanced daily menus.
• Schlanke Tanne Low Carb: the house's own low-carb menu – vegetable- and protein-focused, regional and largely organic.
• Free arrangement: both guests share the daily rhythm, the landscape above Bayrischzell and the calm of the BadeHarpfe, while meals stay tailored to each person's needs.

Individual health and shared holiday days thus come together in a relaxed stay below the Wendelstein – without a rigid cure routine, and with room for deliberate recovery.