NOTED. STAYS

Quiet Stays Around the World

Retreats, Cabins, Monasteries, and Temples: noted for curiosity or future stays

  • Calm water reflecting sunlight near a wooded shoreline with a small wooden cabin on a rocky ledge.

    The 72 Hour Cabin — Sweden

    Five glass cabins originally built for a study into stress reduction, by the beautiful Lake Ånimmen.

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  • A stone wall with a religious sculpture of a saint, surrounded by ornate carvings, and small lit candles in wall niches.

    Eremito — Italy

    A restored hermitage with minimalist luxury rooms and communal dinners by candlelight with Gregorian chant.

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  • Snow-covered forest with a small red house amidst trees, under a pastel sky at sunset or sunrise.

    Loggers Lodge — Sweden

    This exclusive 5-star catered lodge in remote boreal forest, in the stillness of Swedish Lapland.

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  • Minimalist living room with large floor-to-ceiling window showing a river and a grassy landscape outside, beige couch, woven pouf, and open book on the floor.

    Casa na Terra — Portugal

    An architect designed house built into the surface of the earth, which creates a heavy, subterranean silence.

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  • Traditional Japanese interior with tatami mats, shoji screens, hanging lantern lights, and a central flower arrangement on a raised platform.

    Eiheiji Temple — Japan

    Full immersion at the mother temple of Soto Zen in the cedar forests of Echizen’s mountains:

    £-££

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  • A barren desert landscape with rugged mountains and a small valley containing a cluster of buildings, trees, and dirt roads.

    Saint Catherine's Monastery — Egypt

    A sacred stay at the oldest Christian monastery in the world, built circa 500 at the foot of Mount Sinai, supposedly to enclose the site of Moses’ burning bush.

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  • A small settlement with several buildings in a desert landscape, with numerous animal footprints in the reddish-orange sand and a mountain range in the background under a clear sky.

    The NamibRand — Namibia

    Africa’s first Wilderness Quiet Park in Namibia offers one bed per 3.9 square miles.

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  • Solesmes Abbey — France

    An ancient Benedictine monastery on the Sarthe River where men can stay with the monks amid communal contemplation and Gregorian chant.

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