Why pilgrims come
Enter a place shaped by prayer, community, and pilgrimage
A Camaldolese Benedictine hermitage above the Big Sur coast offering silent retreat rooms and private hermitages with meals.
New Camaldoli is built for silence and contemplation rather than coastal sightseeing; rooms, meals, prayer, and the Big Sur landscape serve a self-directed retreat.
What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
Choose the right lodging
Retreat-house rooms, private hermitages, and men-only cloister cottages have different rules and rates.
Check Highway 1
Big Sur road conditions can alter or prevent access even after a room is reserved.
Retreat-house rooms and private hermitages welcome silent retreatants for two to fourteen nights; cloister cottages are a separate men-only option.
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Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.