Samhain/ Halloween - Self-Led Stay (flexible dates)

4.6712 reviews

Up to 8 in group

Flexible Dates

About this Retreat

Details of this retreat

Come stay at Ecovillage Findhorn for our Samhain Celtic Festival (31 Oct - 3 Nov). You are welcome to stay for a minimum of three nights or more... Self organise your stay and join the Celtic Festival of Samhain, the beauty of nature and all our wonderful community has to offer.

Please find more information about the Samhain Festival here: https://tinyurl.com/Samhain-Festival

Minimum 3 nights or stay the full 7 nights or more (flexible booking option)
Self-catering only in an vegetarian kitchen
Food is not included in the price of the accommodation

The Phoenix Cafe is open for coffee and lunch, and the Phoenix shop is nearby, for organic grocery needs.

The Guest Lodge sits in the heart of the ecovillage with a choice of single, double or twin rooms. Please note that the booking price is per room - not per person.

Full Week: Mon - Mon (7 nights) - Check in Monday 1-2pm; check out Monday 10am

Three Days or more: Check in Mon - Wed 1-2; check out time on the day you leave 10am
Please contact bookings@ecovillagefindhorn.uk for individual and group bookings.

Your stay will be self-tailored, with spaciousness to explore our Ecovillage and community offerings - especially the Samhain Festival - as well as going within for deeper contemplation and rest.

During the Samhain Festival you are invited to join the community's rituals and celebrations.

It will be a weekend of celebrating and honouring our ancestors. With dance, ritual, food, healing, guising, music, film, storytelling. Samhain is an ancient Celtic Festival that marks the end of the harvest season. It is also a time to honour and celebrate our ancestors. The veil between the human world and the spirit world is thin, giving us a precious time to commune, connect and celebrate.

Let's gather together for this powerful time.

If you are coming for a longer self-led stay you can join our community's events, offerings and the beautiful nature surrounding us. Typical elements of a self-led stay are:

Daily meditations
Devotional singing, and interfaith prayer
Deep nature immersion in woods, dunes and sea

Getting Here

Ecovillage Findhorn

Directions

IV36 3TZ

Accommodation

Vegetarian Guest Lodge. Self-catering. Shared kitchen and shared bathrooms. Bedroom options, single, double, twin,

Guest Lodge Single Room

The Guestlodge is located in the heart of our Ecovillage and Spiritual Community, it has 8 bedrooms (a mixture of single, double & twin), 4 toilets/3 shower rooms and an open plan kitchen/living space, with a fully equipped kitchen.

Guest Lodge Double Room

The Guest Lodge is located in the heart of our Ecovillage and Spiritual Community, it has 8 bedrooms (a mixture of single, double & twin), 4 toilets/3 shower rooms and an open plan vegetarian kitchen/living space, with an equipped kitchen. (One night can be booked, if there is availability, £80/ night, per room.)

Guest Lodge Triple Room

Price listed is for the whole room, not per person. Sleeps 3 people - 3 x single bed. The Guest Lodge is located in the heart of our Ecovillage and Spiritual Community, it has 8 bedrooms (a mixture of single, double, twin, triple, family), 4 toilets/3 shower rooms and an open plan vegetarian kitchen/living space, with an equipped kitchen. (One night can be book, if there is availability, £80/room)

Guest Lodge Family Room

Price listed is for the whole room, not per person. Sleeps 3 people - 1 x double bed, 1 x single bed. The Guest Lodge is located in the heart of our Ecovillage and Spiritual Community, it has 8 bedrooms (a mixture of single, double, twin, triple, family), 4 toilets/3 shower rooms and an open plan vegetarian kitchen/living space, with an equipped kitchen. (One night can be booked, if there is availability, £80/per room)

Guest Lodge Twin Room

Price listed includes both beds in the twin room, share with a friend for half the price! The Guestlodge is located in the heart of our Ecovillage and Spiritual Community, it has 8 bedrooms (a mixture of single, double & twin), 4 toilets/3 shower rooms and an open plan kitchen/living space, with a fully equipped kitchen. (One night can be booked, if there is availability, £80/night, per room)

Venue & Amenities

A/C in Rooms

Free Wifi

Spa

Sauna

Pool

Towels

Free Parking

Kitchen

Tour Assistance

Hot Tub

Coffee/Tea

Cafe

Restaurant

Fitness Center

Yoga Studio

Housekeeping

Bicycles For Rent

Meals

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Pescetarian

Ayurvedic

Includes Meat

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Nut Free

What's Included

Shared vegetarian kitchen for food prep. NO FOOD PRVIDED - Self-catering only.
Lightly-held - Hosted by a community member who can sign-post guests to the various activities.
Guests choose from a selection of community offerings and organise their own stay

What's Not Included

Food is not included. Some activities have an additional costs.

Customer Reviews

4.67 out of 5.0 average rating

Georg • Aug 04, 2025

3.0

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George in Findhorn

I booked a 28 day retreat, but because I started a new job I had to change it into a 14 day retreat. My accomodation was the bunk house. I thought I would be together with other people doing the retreat or workshops, but there was a permanent change: a man who was hiking stayed only one night. Two women came to have a party- so it was a permanent coming and going. Next time I'll stay in a B&B. And: nearby was a soccer field and a boxing sack with a permanent "boom boom". - The first week I had a wonderful workshop with Barbara Svetina. Without this week I'd have been lost. In the second week the electronic calendar was wrong: I went to Forres, but there was no circle dance. Wonderful was the Taize singing every morning! I loved the circle dances! There should be more events like this, may be a get together in the evening. Thank you for everything and all the people who make it possible to be in Findhorn! One thing: there are definitly to many cars in a öko-village!!! Blessings and light! Georg Link, Berlin/Germany

Laura • Jul 30, 2025

5.0

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Excellent venue

The location was ideal for our 10-day programme. Rooms are spacious and comfortable. Kitchen is well equipped to prepare breakfast and warm
up the food brought in by the caterer. Beautiful space for socialise around the table. Efficient and friendly staff. Definitely recommended!

Claudia • Jul 28, 2025

5.0

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Great stay wonderful place

The room was everything I needed.
The bunkhouse had a lovely spacious open plan kitchen, dining space and living room and two bathrooms with showers. Everyone I met was friendly and respectful.
I would definitely stay again and would recommend to family and friends.
The area is beautiful to explore the sea near for a swim - great stay thank you.

Dani • Jul 22, 2025

5.0

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Great experience

We stayed a week in the guest lodge. Loved it! Community is welcoming and really friendly, they shared their experiences from the heart. Lots of chances to sing, meditate, dance (which I didn’t think I’d enjoy). I was so busy I didn’t get time to go on any tours or yoga. I made space for going to the beach for a walk and swim every day. Cafe and shop are mind blowing. Buildings are fascinating. A little confusing at the start of the week, with so much going on in different places and no centralized place like a reception for visitors, it would have been good to have had an official welcome with better explanation and a visitors survival leaflet.

Ruri • Jul 17, 2025

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on th road

It was blessing to be Findforn for a month at the beginning of this journey.
Meet, talk and dance with lots of people. speciality Bio danza , Festival of sacred dance , music and songs. and walk a lot from bay to the sea with the water bird song and beautiful stones.

It i nice to have comport system from kitchen, Sad to throw kitchen waste in the rubbish boxes. and need 4 rubbish boxes in a house, We have only 2 of them now.

Nice to have rent a cycle. or we can go to shop in Elgin by city bus …?

The journey will continue, for the South France to Greece (Kalikalos) to Armenia to Turkey (Universal dance for peace caravan) .