10 remote hotels to switch off in
If you're looking to take a holiday off the beaten track, Dezeen has picked 10 remote hotels ? including a secluded guest lodge in the sands of the Sharjah desert and a three-room Greek retreat that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.
Tainaron Blue Retreat, Greece, by Kostas Zouvelos and Kassiani Theodorakakou
A 19th-century defence tower is host to this three-room hotel on Cape Tainaron ? the southernmost point of mainland Greece.
Looking out over the Mediterranean Sea, the thick stone building has been carefully restored so that it appears to "emerge from the rock upon which it was founded".
Shipwreck Lodge, Namibia, by Nina Maritz Architects
The hundreds of eerie shipwrecks scattered along Namibia's Skeleton Coast informed the design of this group of guest cabins. Each of the 10 bedrooms feature a large horizontal window where guests can look out across the surrounding sand dunes and spot wildlife including brown hyenas and desert lions.
Barefoot Luxury, Cape Verde, by Polo Architects and Going East
Barefoot Luxury's 12 stone-clad villas are meant to blend into the "strange moon landscape" of Cape Verde's Baia de João d'Evora.
Interiors throughout the hotel have aptly been completed in neutral tones and dressed with furnishings sourced from local markets. Floor-to-ceiling windows provide views across the Atlantic Ocean.
Alila Yangshuo, China, by Vector Architects
Nestled between two jagged mountains in China's Guangxi region, Alila Yangshuo occu...
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