Fasting Retreat from Munich: One Hour to the Hideaway in the Mountains

Key points at a glance

• Perfectly reachable: the Tannerhof in Bayrischzell lies just around 75 kilometres and a good hour's drive from central Munich.
• Car-free ease: the Bayerische Regiobahn brings you in about 80 minutes directly from Munich to the mountain village of Bayrischzell.
• Real distance: the deliberate absence of Wi-Fi and TV in the huts creates mental distance from the first second.
• Gentle start: Sunday arrival allows a soft transition from working life into the Body Detox Heilfasten programme.

Close enough for the decision: why real distance doesn't need kilometres

Munich residents know the dilemma: the wish for deep regeneration grows, yet scarce time shouldn't be spent on long journeys. Anyone who spends half a day in the car or on a train first to reach a sustainable Body Detox Heilfasten already loses precious recovery energy on the way there. At Naturhotel Tannerhof in Bayrischzell we meet this hurdle with a healing balance of nearness and distance. We are close enough for a spontaneous decision and yet far enough away for everyday life to fall behind at once.

What makes this real distance beyond geographical mileage:

• Absence of stimuli: in our huts and hut towers we deliberately do without Wi-Fi and LAN, and TVs are not part of the standard room setup, to make switching off easier.
• A valley without through traffic: the sheltered valley in Bayrischzell beneath the Wendelstein gives you the chance to come to rest undisturbed in nature.
• Efficient journey: the short travel time lets you glide gently out of the working week on Sunday, without losing valuable recovery time on the road.

How healing this digital relief is is underlined by a recent study from the University for Continuing Education Krems: a noticeable reduction in daily smartphone use already lowers perceived stress by 16 percent after three weeks and raises general well-being by 14 percent. At the Tannerhof you don't have to bring this discipline up from your own strength. The seclusion of the house, in the spirit of our guiding thought My hideaway in the mountains, works like a sheltering space. So the retreat around the corner becomes an experience that often creates deeper distance than a long-haul flight.

By car: a good hour along the A8 into the Leitzach valley

Anyone setting off from Munich often still carries the tight rhythm of the working week in their head, the hum of the city in their ears. Yet after just a few kilometres south on the A8, the tension gives way to a quiet anticipation as soon as the view opens onto the chain of the foothills. It's a short, flowing journey: only about 75 kilometres separate the state capital from our retreat, a drive of hardly a good hour whose exact route leads simply via Weyarn or Irschenberg. Behind the motorway exit you glide down into the idyllic, gently rising Leitzach valley, where the meadows widen and the soft green tunes the mind to what matters.

• The departure: leave the city limit behind without the pressure of a long journey.
• The Leitzach valley: a landscape like a deep breath, marked by quiet hamlets and wooded slopes.
• The arrival: park the car, feel the clear mountain air and immediately experience a sense of openness.

This closeness is a deliberate luxury of simplicity — though we avoid the word luxury in its classical sense, because what remains in the end is precious time. Anyone choosing the Body Detox Heilfasten programme, designed as an eight- or ten-day path for controlled metabolic adaptation, loses no valuable holiday day in tough transit. The break begins the moment the engine falls silent at Naturhotel Tannerhof. Here, at the foot of the Bavarian mountains, geography becomes secondary: the feeling of being infinitely far away doesn't come from distance but from the radical reduction that has shaped the Tannerhof concept for generations.

By train to Bayrischzell: the journey as a considered opening

For Munich residents, distance from everyday life doesn't begin only on entering Naturhotel Tannerhof but already on the platform at the main station. The train journey leads in around 80 minutes without a change directly into the alpine Leitzach valley. As the urban noise recedes behind you, the ride turns into a considered transition. The eye glides over the softening landscape up to the peaks. This form of travel is the most relaxed variant for a completely car-free fasting week, in which regeneration starts already with the view from the train window.

Arrived at the upper Bavarian terminus in Bayrischzell, only 1.2 kilometres separate you from your hideaway in the mountains. You have the choice: a short, clearing walk in the fresh air leads you directly to the Tannerhof, nestled harmoniously into the mountain slope. Alternatively, the in-house Tannerhof taxi meets you on the platform and brings you with your luggage straight to reception. Your own car stays unused in the city, so the mind is noticeably relieved and can turn fully to the coming Body Detox Heilfasten.

• Direct connection: from Munich main station without a change in a good hour to Bayrischzell.
• Last mile: a short walk as a first considered stroll, or the comfortable transfer with the Tannerhof taxi.
• Car-free from the start: no parking search, no motorway traffic, and maximum relief for mind and nature.

This deliberate choice for the rails sets the rhythm for the whole week. Anyone leaving the city without car keys also says goodbye to the familiar dynamic of constant reaction. The geographical closeness to Munich turns out to be a fine illusion: as soon as you cross the threshold of the Tannerhof, the near gives way to a deep sense of sheltering distance.

Sunday as the bridge: how fasting and the working week harmonise

The transition from a dense calendar into considered reduction succeeds best when it costs no extra strength. At Naturhotel Tannerhof, Sunday is therefore the classic arrival day for the Body Detox Heilfasten. Anyone coming from Munich needn't sacrifice a valuable working day for the start and avoids the typical travel strain. After check-in from 3 pm there is plenty of time to arrive in the room. In the huts and hut towers there is deliberately no Wi-Fi and no standard TV, so your own hideaway in the mountains is immediately palpable.

The first afternoon serves the gentle attunement entirely. Without deadline pressure, the wide-open Tannerhof can be explored in peace. A walk across the sixteen-hectare grounds leads past the historic Lufthütten up towards the edge of the forest, where the mind can slowly settle. Later the spa area invites you to take in the warmth. In particular the historic sauna hut from 1936, built entirely traditionally from kelo wood, and the striking BadeHarpfe offer rooms for physical retreat. Here the relief for muscles and nerves begins even before the fast itself starts.

• Check-in from 3 pm and moving into the room as a personal retreat.
• Exploring the wide natural grounds and the historic kelo-wood sauna hut.
• First relaxation in the warm bath or in the BadeHarpfe with a view of the mountains.
• Shared attunement and mental preparation for the fasting week ahead.

On Monday, the programme then starts under medical supervision, entirely at ease. The morning begins with the medical initial consultation and the first bioimpedance analysis, to create a safe, clear foundation for the fasting metabolism. Only after this thorough check does the body begin the actual process, with the support of the supervising doctors. Through this soft, structured transition, the working week is harmoniously closed on Sunday evening, while on Monday, without the hectic of everyday life, a phase of deep regeneration begins.