Price & Booking

Accommodation is in the luxury rooms of Maharishi Peace Palace, build according to the ancient Vedic principles of Perfect Vastu. There is a choice of single, twin, and double rooms – in standard, superior, and executive – all en suite. A small number of executive suites is also available.

Rooms are limited in number, and bookings will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

The costs listed below generally include all elements of a Retreat/Course, including group or personal meetings, group TM Meditation and TM-Sidhi practice, as well as full-board accommodation. They also include VAT at 20%.

For a small number of courses, there are, in addition, course fees – for example, the TM-Sidhi Course, Advanced Techniques of Transcendental Meditation, and the TM-Sidhi Refresher Course. For details of course fees, please refer to the relevant course.

Members of the neighbouring Maharishi Garden Village (MGV) Vastu Community are able to select a non-residential option.

Standard Single (£173 per night, inc VAT)
Superior Single (£203 per night, inc VAT)
Executive Single (£231 per night, inc VAT)
Superior Twin Shared (£145 per person, per night, inc VAT)
Executive Twin Shared (£173 per person, per night, inc VAT)
Executive Suite (£519 per night, max 2 ppl, inc VAT)
MGV Resident (£109 per day, inc VAT)

BOOKING

Bookings for all Retreats/Courses are via the Peace Palace website booking system only. Please follow the prompts within the Retreat/Course in which you are interested and you will be led to a blue button with the words BOOK NOW. This will take you to the page where you can choose your Room Type and number of Retreat/Course nights. Only when you have made those choices will you be asked to book and pay.

Please note that, before making a booking, you will need to open an account (if you have not already done so). If you already have an account, you may proceed immediately to book your Retreat/Course.

Your Retreat/Course Booking Confirmation will be sent to you automatically via email at the moment you place your booking. If you do not promptly see the Booking Confirmation in your email inbox, please check your spam and junk folders. The Booking Confirmation will definitely be somewhere in your system unless you have entered an incorrect email address when booking.

Bookings for one Retreat/Course are not transferable to another, although refunds can be arranged under suitable circumstances (please see General Terms and Conditions).

The Peace Palace is unable to accept bookings for additional night/s before or after a Retreat/Course.

Arrival & Departure

The Peace Palace will be open for Registration and Welcome between 3.00 – 4.30 pm on the day of arrival.

Departure will be after lunch on the last day of your Retreat/Course, unless otherwise specified. Lunch starts at 12.30pm.

Please do not arrange to leave earlier since the last morning's meeting is an integral part of the Retreat/Course and, amongst other things, may contain important post-Retreat/Course information and instructions.

Travel Directions

TRAVEL BY CAR Please enter IP12 2GX in your SATNAV, Apple Maps, or Google Maps.

CAR PARKING Please use the designated car parking area directly behind the Peace Palace. Please be aware that the kerbs in the parking area are somewhat high.

There are two restricted spaces at the front of the Peace Palace that may be used for unloading or for picking-up only please.

TRAVEL BY TRAIN The Peace Palace is just over one and a half hours from London Liverpool Street Station. Please take the Norwich train and alight at Ipswich. At Ipswich, change onto the Lowestoft Line for Melton. To avoid a wait at Ipswich, be sure to book a train from London Liverpool Street that connects with the Lowestoft train to Melton. When booking your train through to Melton, please take care to specify Melton Suffolk since there is another Melton elsewhere in the country.

TAXI FROM MELTON TO RENDLESHAM Please ask the taxi driver to take you to the Peace Palace in Rendlesham. It is a short ride.

Please note that it is important to book a taxi in advance since taxis are not based in Melton itself but generally in nearby Woodbridge; they are, therefore, not always promptly available. Furthermore, your arrival times at Melton can sometimes coincide with the School Run, at which times taxi companies tend to be heavily booked.

We can recommend M&R Cars on 01394 386661, CarsSmart on 01394 461 461, and Base Cars on 01394 420716, but there are also others.

Please be sure to have enough cash in Pounds Sterling for your taxi, although most will take credit cards. The Peace Palace is unable to pay taxi fares.

We apologise but the Peace Palace does not have the ability to collect Retreat/Course participants from Melton Station or arrange taxi bookings on your behalf.

TRAVEL BY AIR

STANSTED AIRPORT

The closest international airport to the Peace Palace is Stansted Airport. From Stansted, one can travel to the Peace Palace by:

• Taxi (about £122). (Please see recommendations regarding taxi companies above.)
• Coach to Ipswich (about £28); then taxi to Rendlesham (about £28)

LONDON HEATHROW & GATWICK AIRPORTS

One can also fly into either London Heathrow Airport or London Gatwick Airport.

In the case of Heathrow Airport, please take taxi, London Underground (the Tube), or train into London. If by train, please then take either taxi or the Tube to London Liverpool Street Train Station; and then follow guidance as above.

In the case of Gatwick Airport, please take either a taxi to London Liverpool Street Station or train to London Victoria. If by train to Victoria, then take either the Tube or a taxi to London Liverpool Street Station, and then follow guidance as above.