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18th - 25th July 2026

Fasting Hiking Week | Buchinger Therapeutic Fasting

Fasting and hiking – you might wonder if that fits together? Yes, indeed, it is very well possible.

Fasting hiking according to the Buchinger method is suitable for all healthy people. Anyone who enjoys hiking and wants to actively do something for their health, who wants to enjoy despite fasting and take good care of themselves, is exactly right with this fasting hiking week. You will be on the way with like-minded people.

Here is some information about therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger:
Dr. Otto Buchinger did not invent fasting; he experienced it. He was ill and nothing else helped him except fasting. During the First World War, he was a military doctor and was discharged from service because of his illness. He healed himself from a severe tonsillitis and joint rheumatism by fasting. Afterwards, he developed the Buchinger method, which achieves much more than mere weight reduction.

"When I ended fasting on the 19th day, I was thin, but – I could move all joints like a healthy recruit. This cure with the Freiburg fasting doctor Gustav Riedlin (1862-1949) truly saved my existence/life."

For additional information about the effects of Buchinger therapeutic fasting, please click on the link below.

Buchinger Therapeutic Fasting

Woman at hiking trail sign

Our inclusive services:

  • Overnight stay in the selected room category
  • Accompaniment and guidance by hiking and fasting leader Patrizia Wechsler
  • Meals within the fasting framework (approx. 250 calories per day) with juices, vegetable broth, honey, lemon, tea, and plenty of water
  • Hikes according to the program
  • Each morning a short Shibashi Qi Gong session to greet the day
  • Evening short lectures on fasting, nutrition, and vital substances
  • Free use of our wellness & spa
  • Free outdoor parking space

Price from CHF 1015 plus tourist tax (CHF 5.90 per person and night) course fee of CHF 720

Please book your stay directly with the course leader Patrizia Wechsler.

Here is the experience report. It is written by journalist Sabine Ludwig, who participated in and experienced the fasting hiking week.

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