15 Days Ayurveda Panchakarma Detox Retreat in Počátky, Czech Republic

St. Katerina Resort

Slow down, put down your notebook, and turn off the mobile phone. Leave your car keys deep in the bottom of your bag. Stop. You are at the Saint Kateřina, in the countryside, where harmony found its name. No cars, peace, and quiet, just the murmur of trees, undulating in the wind. Forget everyday worries and relax. Healthy food, clean air, and a lot of movement will help you to lose weight, increase energy, and add joy to life. The Saint Kateřina Resort has 79 double bedrooms in three buildings: the Saint Kateřina Hotel, the Garnison Hotel, and the Gymnasium Hotel.

Gymnasium Hotel

There are Shiraz Superior standard rooms. These accommodation are suitable for your pets. You may get as slender as an antelope, flexible as a gazelle, and as fast as an impala in the Gymnasion fitness center. Sure enough, your silhouette has amazing lines. The InBody 720 dietary lab is located on the ground floor and solar meadow radiation on the second floor. In the gyms, there are impala, gazela, linie, silueta, and antilopa. Berenike cosmetics exclusively use the luxury products of the French brand 'Thalgo'. In Dalila salon, you may let yourself pamper with manicure and pedicure of American brand 'Orly'. The salon is located on the ground floor. Here, you will also find the dietary laboratory with Inbody 720 equipment, a cardio fitness center, indoor cycling hall, four gyms, beauty salon, manicure and pedicure, and solar meadow radiation.

Shiraz

This is a double bedroom on the first floor of the Gymnasion Hotel 150 meters away from the Saint Katerina hotel. It is furnished with modern, tasteful furniture and large, comfortable beds which can be ordered either as a queen sized bed for couples or separate beds. The bathroom with WC is equipped with washbasin, shower, and hairdryer. Bathrobes and terry cloth slippers are standard amenities.

Hotel Garnison

There is accommodation in the Chardonnay standard rooms. This is suitable for accommodation with your pets. In addition to toiletries and hygienic products, you will find everything you need for leisure and sport in Sport Republic shop. Rooms of category standard (Chardonnay) are located at the Garnison Hotel where you will also find the Sport Republic shop with sportswear, golf equipment, hygienic goods, and cosmetics.

Chardonnay

This is a very large double bedroom with bathroom and dressing room. You will find it at Garrison Hotel 70 meters away from the Saint Katerina Hotel. It is furnished with modern, tasteful furniture and large, comfortable beds which can be ordered either as a queen sized bed for couples or separate beds. The bathroom with WC has its own window and is equipped with washbasin, shower, and hairdryer. Bathrobes and terry cloth slippers are standard amenities. The room has a beautiful view of the little Saint Katerina Church and the forest.

Hotel Svata Katerina

The Viva bar and Etceteras gift shop are in the lobby located next to the reception. The Voda restaurant has a selection of excellent and healthy cuisine and in the Orangerie Cafe, there is more to try than just a great cappuccino. The Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot and Carmenere rooms are located in the first, second, and third floor. This accommodation has some facilities such as veranda, lounge, Etceteras gift shop, yoga gyms, Yin, Yang, wellness and spa, saunas - Jasmin, Pinie, steam bath - Levanda, Santal, massage cabins - Oheň (Fire), Země (Earth), Voda (Water), Vzduch (Air), Karma, Prána, Akasha, relaxation places - Mantra, Samadi, Nirvana, aqua euforica - hydro massage bathtubs under the sky. The rooms of category superior (Cabernet and Merlot), category deluxe (Sauvignon, Pinot), and deluxe junior suite (Carmenere) are located in the Saint Katerina hotel where you will also find the restaurant Voda (Water), Café Orangerie, the wellness centre and spa, and four hydro-massage, bathtubs, and Jacuzzi under the sky. All rooms are very comfortable and are furnished with tasteful and stylish furniture.

Cabernet

The double bedroom in the attic of the St. Katerina Hotel is located on the third floor. It is furnished with modern, tasteful furniture and large, comfortable beds which can be ordered either as a queen sized bed for couples or separate beds. The bathroom with toilet has its own window and is equipped with washbasin, shower, and hairdryer. Bathrobes and terry cloth slippers are standard amenities. The room has a beautiful view of the neighboring forest or on the lakes and Saint Katerina spring.

Sauvignon

This is a spacious double bedroom with large terrace. It is located on the first floor of the Saint Katerina hotel. It is furnished with modern, tasteful furniture and large, comfortable beds which can be ordered either as a queen sized bed for couples or separate beds. The bathroom with WC has its own window and it is equipped with bath, shower, ladder radiators, and hairdryer. Heating is located on the floor. Bathrobes and terry cloth slippers are standard amenities. The room and especially the terrace, have a beautiful view of the upper and lower lake, the little church, the St. Kateřina spring, and the forest.

Merlot

This is a spacious double bedroom furnished with modern, tasteful furniture and large, comfortable beds which can be ordered either as a queen sized bed for couples or separate beds. The bathroom with WC has its own window and is equipped with bath, shower, ladder radiators, and hairdryer. Heating is located on the floor. Bathrobes and terry cloth slippers are standard amenities. The room has a beautiful view of the neighboring forest, or the lakes and the St. Katerina spring and the forest.

Panchakarma is a unique Ayurvedic system of cleansing therapies that is very intense and transformative. Special curative oils, herbs, and herbal remedies combined with cleansing techniques, steam therapy, Ayurvedic therapies, and special cleansing food are used. It all leads to the removal of toxins and restoring the balance of the Ayurvedic doshas in your body. Calm and quiet nature all around the Saint Kateřina Resort makes a very positive contribution to the cleansing of the body, spirit, and mind. Due to the season, this program is only suitable for the summer months.

This retreat takes place at Katerina Resort in Počátky, Czech Republic. Svata Katerina Resort is located on the border between Bohemia and Moravia with coniferous forests just 730 meters away, about half an hour walk from Počátky. It is one of the most beautiful and most cozy places of the Czech-Moravian Highlands. The resort is located in a clearing surrounded by forests, far from civilization. Instead of the sound of engines, here you can hear birds singing, the wind blowing through the grass, and the whisper of the trees.

Nearby places

• Coniferous forests, 730 meters
• Počátky - 30 minutes

You will be served Ayurvedic Panchakarma full board which consists of 14 breakfasts, 14 lunches, and 14 dinners.

• Badminton
• Belly dance
• Bicycling
• Boot camp
• BOSU cardio
• BOSU mix
• Cardio dance
• Circle training
• Cross-country skiing
• Dance aerobic
• Dog sled
• Fit kickbox
• Fitball
• Floorball
• Football
• Frisbee
• Golf
• Hockey
• Horse riding
• Indoor cycling
• Nordic walking
• Perfect belly with a combination of aerobic and strengthening activities focused on the strengthening the problematic parts of the abdomen and back
• Perfect body exercise with a combination of aerobic and strengthening activities focused on the strengthening the problematic parts of the body
• Perfect hips exercise with a combination of aerobic and strengthening activities focused on the strengthening the problematic parts of the thighs, hips, and buttocks
• Petanque pitch
• Pilates
• Power shape
• Rope skipping
• Running
• Salsa
• Skating and ice hockey
• Table tennis
• Tae Bo
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Walking with snowshoes
• Zumba

• 3 Ayurvedic therapy Kadikizhi (30 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic therapy Pizhichil (60 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic therapy of lower limbs Pada Abhyanga (30 minutes)
• 1 Ayurvedic therapy Navara Kizhi (60 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic therapy Shiro Abhyanga and Nasayam therapy (45 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic massage Abhyanga (60 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic massage Shirodhara (60 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic massage Podikizhi (60 minutes)
• 3 Ayurvedic massage Mukha Abhyanga and Navara Mukha Lepam (30 minutes)
• 45-minute initial consultation with the Ayurvedic doctor
• 30-minute controlling consultation with the Ayurvedic doctor
• 30-minute final consultation with the Ayurvedic doctor
• Water program (natural spring water from the Saint Kateřina (cold or hot) during the day)
• Free access to wellness, spa (sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and relaxation room), and fitness
• Transfer from Počátky (fenced unattended parking) to the resort and back
• 14 Ayurvedic Panchakarma breakfasts, lunches, and dinners
• 14 nights' accommodation

Driving directions from Brno

• Take the D1 motorway towards Praha, exit Jihlava / Pávov.
• Continue through Jihlava towards Pelhřimov. About five kilometers after Jihlava, turn left towards Telč, Kostelecké.
• After the village of Kostelecké, behind the meat processing plant Kostelecké uzeniny a.s., turn right towards Horní Cerekev.
• At the entrance to the square in Horní Cerekev, take the first left turn to Počátky.

Driving directions from Jihlava or Pelhřimov

• Go in the direction of Kamenice Lipou along the main road.
• Turn left towards the village Stojčín.
• Continue further where leaving Počátky. There, on the left, you will find the parking lot of the Katerina Resort. The parking spot is clearly marked.

From Jindřichův Hradec or Kamenice nad Lipou

• Turn right towards the village Stojčín.
• Continue further where leaving Počátky. There, on the left, you will find the parking lot of the Katerina Resort. The parking spot is clearly marked.

Driving directions from Prague

• Take the D1 motorway towards Brno, exit #90 to Humpolec / Pelhřimov.
• Continue through Pelhřimov along the main direction to Jindřichův Hradec.
• After the third traffic light by the petrol station Benzina, turn left in the direction of Tel. At the end of the first village Rynárec (after Pelhřimov), turn right at the outset to Počátky.

From Telč

• Go along the main road.
• Turn left towards Kamenice nad Lipou.
• Turn left towards the village Stojčín.
• Continue further where leaving Počátky. There, on the left, you will find the parking lot of the Katerina Resort. The parking spot is clearly marked.

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request.

Katerina Resort now can offer you the possibility of private transfer from Prague to Katerina Resort or back. The price for one car for one to two persons is 3,700 CZK and the price for one car for three to seven persons is 4,000 CZK for one direction. In the car that you will stay at your disposal, there are Wi-Fi internet, still water, and sweets available. You can also take a taxi service that costs approximately 100 EUR one way from the Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG). The journey by car takes about two hours driving. Please note that the cost of transfer with taxi is not included in your package.

Furthermore, you can also book your flight to Brno -Tuřany Airport (BRQ). From Prague or Brno to Počátky, the journey by public transport takes about two to three hours and costs 200 to 300 CZK (8 to 12 EUR per person). Katerina Resort will gladly help you to find the best connection depending on landing time of your plane. Transfer from Počátky (fenced unattended parking) to the resort and back is included in your retreat package.

• A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.