Eve's Garden - Experiments In Organic Living

On a remote Iranian island where smugglers once outnumbered tourists, 200 colorful earth domes now dot the landscape like oversized Skittles scattered across the desert. Majara Residence, which opened in 2020 on Hormuz Island, represents something far more ambitious than your typical eco-hotel - it's an experiment in whether architecture …

In Tokyo's historic Asakusa district, where centuries-old temples meet modern tourist crowds, a new hotel is making check-in considerably more interesting. At the SAKE Bar Hotel ASAKUSA, you don't just get handed a plastic key card - you receive a traditional wooden masu cup, which you can fill up to …

Thao Bui, the founder of Sep'on Heartfulness Centre, comes from an unlikely place. Most people in the industry who open a hotel have a business, architecture, or interior design background, but not her. Thao is an avid traveler and a mindfulness and meditation teacher. Her passion for mindfulness and her …

This exclusive find in Tokyo boasts only two private rooms, perched above a mysterious bar that hides on the first floor of a contemporary concrete building. Boutique Sauna Arch overlooks the cobblestone streets of Kagurazaka in the heart of Japan's megalopolis. Just as a pub is to the Irish, a …

Shusaku Arakawa was an emblematic figure of the Japanese neo-dadaism and conceptualism movements. His close relationship with writer and artist Madeline Gins led to various collaborations between creative minds. The two have worked together on paintings, experimental filmmaking, performance art, and architectural projects. The Reversible Destiny Lofts is one of …

Somewhere in western Belize, a waterfall is tumbling into a turquoise pool that almost nobody sees. It isn't on a popular trail or a backpacker's bucket list. It's just sitting there, doing its thing, above the jungle canopy of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, which stretches across 107,000 acres …

Wake to manta rays gliding through turquoise water 150 meters below your bamboo bed. This is glamping at its most audacious – a sustainable bungalow perched on Nusa Penida's dramatic eastern cliffs, where you can shower with ocean views, lounge in a net suspended over the void, and watch nature's …

There's a certain magic to staying somewhere without electricity or running water, somewhere a five-minute hike takes you to views of the Colorado River and Lake Powell, and where the night sky is so unmarred by light pollution that the stars seem to multiply the longer you stare at them. …

The first clue that Lost Lindenberg isn't your typical Balinese retreat comes at the entrance - a playful art installation by German artist Tobias Rehberger that deliberately contrasts with the serene world beyond. Step through the hidden door, and suddenly you're Alice tumbling down a very zen rabbit hole. What …

In the heart of Tennessee, just an hour south of Nashville, lies a hidden gem that transports you into a world similar to Middle-earth (Tolkien's imagined mythological past). Forest Gully Farms, in Santa Fe (Tennessee, not New Mexico!), offers an enchanting escape where nature and fantasy intertwine for an unforgettable …