Architecture

Glamping in the Cambodian rainforest: the floating tents of Canvas & Orchids Retreat

Glamping in the Cambodian rainforest: the floating tents of Canvas & Orchids Retreat

Have you ever been to Cambodia? If not, then you’ve really been missing out. We’ll show you exactly what you’ve been missing with our new-old partner, the Canvas & Orchids Retreat! Tucked away in the heart of the Botum Sakor Wildlife Sanctuary and surrounded by…

Green & Gorgeous: The most beautiful rooms in sustainable hotels worldwide

Green & Gorgeous: The most beautiful rooms in sustainable hotels worldwide

“All of our rooms are beautiful.” That’s what many of our hotel partners said when I asked them about their “best room.” But it turns out that there really is such a thing: that special room where you can arrive, marvel, and immediately feel at…

Sustainably furnished: Hotels with handmade wooden furniture

Sustainably furnished: Hotels with handmade wooden furniture

Do you enjoy sustainable travel and have a passion for design and wooden furniture? Then you’re just like me! Before I moved to the Middle East, two of my favorite pieces of furniture were a beautiful 19th-century wooden cabinet and a desk that was once…

Monastery hotels – Preservation of cultural heritage or pure business?

Monastery hotels – Preservation of cultural heritage or pure business?

The European monastic movement has come to an end. This may be regretted, but it cannot be denied. The question is – what will happen to the properties? Leaving them empty and dilapidated should not be an option. Interestingly, monastic hotels are considered one of…

The Crystal Garden of Gut Guntrams – Collector Stefan M. Gergely on the importance (and exploitation) of minerals

The Crystal Garden of Gut Guntrams – Collector Stefan M. Gergely on the importance (and exploitation) of minerals

In the crystal garden at Gut Guntrams you will find about three dozen large exhibits. There is a 5.40 meter amethyst from Uruguay, a 1.40 meter rock crystal point from Zimbabwe, massive rose quartz (both rough and polished), fuchsite, petrified wood and a large fossilized…