It is not that easy to trace the first foundation of the nuns in Europe. As has been said, since the thirteenth century, when the Carmelites left Palestine and began to spread to all European countries, many women decided to join with them by living Carmelite spirituality. In 1263 there was Sr. Frisia, a penitent Carmelite in Messina who obtained an opportunity to bring together "religiosas sorores poenitentes". But not only in Messina, this same reality was also present in Florence (in the last decade of the thirteenth century), in Venice (1300), Bologna (1304). Outside of Italy there were also women who wanted to live Carmelite spirituality such as those from Valencia (1308), Louvain (1390), Barcelona (1346), Cologne and Ten Elsen.

There are currently several monasteries in Europe. In Germany, there is a monastery in Erlangen (1969) which is now affiliated with the monastery of Burgos. In Italy, there are 16 monasteries: Firenze (1450), Sutri (1515), Jesi (1684), Vetralla (1669), Fisciano (1691), Ostuni (1730), Ravenna (1840), Montegnacco di Casacco (1965), Montiglio (1971), Carpineto Romano (1979), Impruneta (1987), Sogliano al Rubicone (1992), Camerino (1996), Cerreto (2000), Biella (2005), Montagano (2009). In Holland, there are: Boxmeer (1672), Heerlen (1968), and Nuland (2001). In Portugal, we have just one monastery in Moncorvo (1947).  

In Spain, there are 21 monasteries: Fontiveros (1500), Valencia (1502), Granada (1508), Antequera (1520), Aracena (1536), Osuna (1564), Onteniente (1575), Utrera (1580), Sevilla (1594), Madrid (1612), Zaragosa (1615), Vilalba del Alcor (1619), Vilafranca del Penedés (1634), Barcelona (1649), Huesca-Asunción (1656), Cañete la Real (1662), Huesca-S.Miguel (1662), Caudete (1914), Banyoles (1951), Tàrrega (1953), Córdoba (1987).