The tradition of monastic hospitality is as old as the history of the Benedictine way of life itself. St Benedict (c480-550) in his Rule for monks, encourages his followers to be hospitable in the strongest of terms: ‘All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me’.
Each monastery across the world aspires in different ways and according to their means and circumstances, to live to this lofty ideal. From the vast guest halls of the great European Abbeys to the simple wayside hostels of humbler monasteries, monks and nuns have welcomed travellers for 1500 years. They still do today at Buckfast. The great Guest Hall – the remains of which can be seen in and around the bookshop – bear witness to our predecessors’ commitment to this duty in the past.
King Edward I stayed here in Buckfast during March 1297, as did countless others, great and small. That tradition is alive and well today at Buckfast in a number of ways: apart from the welcome extended every day to visitors, we also provide facilities for people who want to stay longer and use the beautiful surroundings and the ordered, balanced rhythms of monastic life for particular purposes – such as education and training or study.

The tradition of monastic hospitality is as old as the history of the Benedictine way of life itself. St Benedict (c480-550) in his Rule for monks, encourages his followers to be hospitable in the strongest of terms: ‘All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me’.
Each monastery across the world aspires in different ways and according to their means and circumstances, to live to this lofty ideal. From the vast guest halls of the great European Abbeys to the simple wayside hostels of humbler monasteries, monks and nuns have welcomed travellers for 1500 years. They still do today at Buckfast. The great Guest Hall – the remains of which can be seen in and around the bookshop – bear witness to our predecessors’ commitment to this duty in the past.
King Edward I stayed here in Buckfast during March 1297, as did countless others, great and small. That tradition is alive and well today at Buckfast in a number of ways: apart from the welcome extended every day to visitors, we also provide facilities for people who want to stay longer and use the beautiful surroundings and the ordered, balanced rhythms of monastic life for particular purposes – such as education and training or study.

The tradition of monastic hospitality is as old as the history of the Benedictine way of life itself. St Benedict (c480-550) in his Rule for monks, encourages his followers to be hospitable in the strongest of terms: ‘All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me’.
Each monastery across the world aspires in different ways and according to their means and circumstances, to live to this lofty ideal. From the vast guest halls of the great European Abbeys to the simple wayside hostels of humbler monasteries, monks and nuns have welcomed travellers for 1500 years. They still do today at Buckfast. The great Guest Hall – the remains of which can be seen in and around the bookshop – bear witness to our predecessors’ commitment to this duty in the past.
King Edward I stayed here in Buckfast during March 1297, as did countless others, great and small. That tradition is alive and well today at Buckfast in a number of ways: apart from the welcome extended every day to visitors, we also provide facilities for people who want to stay longer and use the beautiful surroundings and the ordered, balanced rhythms of monastic life for particular purposes – such as education and training or study.

The tradition of monastic hospitality is as old as the history of the Benedictine way of life itself. St Benedict (c480-550) in his Rule for monks, encourages his followers to be hospitable in the strongest of terms: ‘All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me’.
Each monastery across the world aspires in different ways and according to their means and circumstances, to live to this lofty ideal. From the vast guest halls of the great European Abbeys to the simple wayside hostels of humbler monasteries, monks and nuns have welcomed travellers for 1500 years. They still do today at Buckfast. The great Guest Hall – the remains of which can be seen in and around the bookshop – bear witness to our predecessors’ commitment to this duty in the past.
King Edward I stayed here in Buckfast during March 1297, as did countless others, great and small. That tradition is alive and well today at Buckfast in a number of ways: apart from the welcome extended every day to visitors, we also provide facilities for people who want to stay longer and use the beautiful surroundings and the ordered, balanced rhythms of monastic life for particular purposes – such as education and training or study.

The tradition of monastic hospitality is as old as the history of the Benedictine way of life itself. St Benedict (c480-550) in his Rule for monks, encourages his followers to be hospitable in the strongest of terms: ‘All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me’.
Each monastery across the world aspires in different ways and according to their means and circumstances, to live to this lofty ideal. From the vast guest halls of the great European Abbeys to the simple wayside hostels of humbler monasteries, monks and nuns have welcomed travellers for 1500 years. They still do today at Buckfast. The great Guest Hall – the remains of which can be seen in and around the bookshop – bear witness to our predecessors’ commitment to this duty in the past.
King Edward I stayed here in Buckfast during March 1297, as did countless others, great and small. That tradition is alive and well today at Buckfast in a number of ways: apart from the welcome extended every day to visitors, we also provide facilities for people who want to stay longer and use the beautiful surroundings and the ordered, balanced rhythms of monastic life for particular purposes – such as education and training or study.

The tradition of monastic hospitality is as old as the history of the Benedictine way of life itself. St Benedict (c480-550) in his Rule for monks, encourages his followers to be hospitable in the strongest of terms: ‘All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me’.
Each monastery across the world aspires in different ways and according to their means and circumstances, to live to this lofty ideal. From the vast guest halls of the great European Abbeys to the simple wayside hostels of humbler monasteries, monks and nuns have welcomed travellers for 1500 years. They still do today at Buckfast. The great Guest Hall – the remains of which can be seen in and around the bookshop – bear witness to our predecessors’ commitment to this duty in the past.
King Edward I stayed here in Buckfast during March 1297, as did countless others, great and small. That tradition is alive and well today at Buckfast in a number of ways: apart from the welcome extended every day to visitors, we also provide facilities for people who want to stay longer and use the beautiful surroundings and the ordered, balanced rhythms of monastic life for particular purposes – such as education and training or study.