Monastic hospitality is an important part of monastery life. Saint Benedict, in the seventh century, said that “guests are never missing from the monastery” (RB53:16), and that “all must be received like Christ” (RB53:1).
At Vallbona , the tradition that says that monks always have their hearts and their doors open to the brothers that knock, has always been kept, even during the times when the cloister was at its strictest. Hospitality has always been very dear to the community.
At present, the nuns run a hostelry where all people, young and old, students, priests, lay people, couples, anyone who wants to spend a few days of prayer, meditation, and tranquility, will find the right atmosphere to find themselves and God.
The hostelry offers the following:
· 20 single or double rooms
· chapel
· meeting rooms
· Saint Bernard’s Refuge for groups of young people (24 beds)