"Theory that establishes pleasure as the end and foundation of life". "Ethical doctrine that identifies the good with pleasure, especially with sensory and immediate pleasure." "Vital attitude based on the pursuit of pleasure". All these are definitions of hedonism, a philosophy with which we have resolved to face the future, at least the holiday one. The six destinations that follow could very well be their temples.

Minos Beach Art Hotel (Greece)

If we talk about hedonism, we couldn't start somewhere other than Greece. Here, on the island of Crete, in the picturesque coves of Mirabello Bay, is the Minos Beach Art Hotel, a set of bungalows and villas conceived as an open-air art museum. The creations of local artists, inspired by the natural environment of the island and made for the hotel and its garden, coexist with a selection of works by international artists in a space whose elegant design is inspired by the houses of the fishing villages of the east of the island. The white blends with the brownish of the rocks and the green of the vegetation in contrast to the warmer and more neutral palette of the interiors. Hollows and windows frame the sea and become another work of art or the materialization of the Hellenic call to delight. Too metaphysical? It is only understood if it is experienced... Minos Beach Art Night from 250 euros (minosbeach.com).

Dar Ahlam (Morocco)

A traditional casbah in the Moroccan desert, near Ouarzazate, in the palm grove of Skoura. The mere description of this hotel is already evocative, isn't it? Here they usually say that when we are staying in it, in one of its exclusive 14 suites, we realize that there are moments more beautiful than the best of our dreams ... The House of Dreams, which is what Dar Ahlam means, has no reception, no room keys or telephones and, of course, no television... The idea of travel as discovery is what prevails in this establishment. So much so that twice a year they change all the decoration so that repeat customers find a different place. It is difficult to leave the site, we will not deny it. In the game, one last look under the breeze so that everything is stored well in the retina until we can return ... 3,809 euros/night for two adults. All inclusive. (darahlam.com).

Mashpi Lodge (Ecuador)

We do not leave the jungle: we go deeper into it. Because from the Caribbean we moved to the cloud forest of Chocó, in Quito, to a primeval forest that the former mayor of the city bought to safeguard it from logging companies. In the middle of the jungle this establishment was built, designed to make us feel part of it. That's why this pure avant-garde building has most of its glass walls. And let's not think that it is about any abuse of nature, no: it is designed to go unnoticed and with the guidance of sustainability as its axis. Because, remember, the important thing is the forest; A forest in which we can enter during the day and night to know the scientific research initiatives that are part of this project that takes care of detail both of the jungle and of those who come to spend a few days in it. From 1,200 euros hab. double. All inclusive (mashpilodge.com).

Azulik Tulum (Mexico)

Make us reconnect with nature. That is the objective of this hotel that seems to spring from the jungle and in the middle of the Mexican Caribbean coast. Its organic architecture and natural elements such as woods achieve it. Using materials from the area, Argentine artist Eduardo Neira designed the spaces of the 48 private villas with members of local Mayan communities. Luxurious and bohemian alike, it is difficult to find anything that resembles it, something where the telluric charge feels like here in each of these corners raised in the canopy of a jungle that is perceived infinite in front of an equally immeasurable turquoise sea. Art and creativity together with what they call ancestry here are the pillars on which the proposal of this establishment is based, which does not stop receiving awards. From 650 euros per night (azulik.com).

Azulik Tulum (Mexico)

Art is also the essence of this hotel located in a former farmhouse on a huge estate of olive trees and hills, the Herdade das Freiras, in the Portuguese Alentejo. In times it was one of the most important haciendas in the production of oil. Today it is a hotel in which Franck and Vitor wanted to bring together the substance of a landscape, a way of life, a way of working and creating that seems about to vanish. The old winery of 1904 has been transformed into an art gallery, a continuation of the project that Franck started in Paris, based on historical Norwegian and Finnish design. Thus, the mixture with another design, that of the Alentejo, with its sophisticated rusticity, now marks all the spaces of the hotel. Of course, white floods everything, especially outside, where light becomes another architectural element. White marble, stone, lime... Dazzling, but passionately discreet. From 500 euros per night (dalicenca.pt).

Azulik Tulum (Mexico)

Art is also the essence of this hotel located in a former farmhouse on a huge estate of olive trees and hills, the Herdade das Freiras, in the Portuguese Alentejo. In times it was one of the most important haciendas in the production of oil. Today it is a hotel in which Franck and Vitor wanted to bring together the substance of a landscape, a way of life, a way of working and creating that seems about to vanish. The old winery of 1904 has been transformed into an art gallery, a continuation of the project that Franck started in Paris, based on historical Norwegian and Finnish design. Thus, the mixture with another design, that of the Alentejo, with its sophisticated rusticity, now marks all the spaces of the hotel. Of course, white floods everything, especially outside, where light becomes another architectural element. White marble, stone, lime... Dazzling, but passionately discreet. From 500 euros per night (dalicenca.pt).

Azulik Tulum (Mexico)

Dá Licença (Portugal)

Art is also the essence of this hotel located in a former farmhouse on a huge estate of olive trees and hills, the Herdade das Freiras, in the Portuguese Alentejo. In times it was one of the most important haciendas in the production of oil. Today it is a hotel in which Franck and Vitor wanted to bring together the substance of a landscape, a way of life, a way of working and creating that seems about to vanish. The old winery of 1904 has been transformed into an art gallery, a continuation of the project that Franck started in Paris, based on historical Norwegian and Finnish design. Thus, the mixture with another design, that of the Alentejo, with its sophisticated rusticity, now marks all the spaces of the hotel. Of course, white floods everything, especially outside, where light becomes another architectural element. White marble, stone, lime... Dazzling, but passionately discreet. From 500 euros per night (dalicenca.pt).

Dá Licença (Portugal)

And we end up in Mauritius, north of this island lost in the Indian Ocean, on a background of beaches of fine white sand and emerald waters that is where the Royal Palm Beachcomber is. The way he spends time by the sea is different from what happens inland: here he has something ascetic, of moment suspended, of infinity ... Perhaps because of that feeling many have compared this island with paradise... And in this hotel all that seems to intensify, beyond the design, the tropical gardens that surround the rooms or its unique spa... Its exotic refinement has no other pretension than total disconnection. 3,609 euros per week in bed and breakfast in Junior Suite (beachcomber-hotels.com).

Royal Palm Beachcomber (Mauritius)

And we end up in Mauritius, north of this island lost in the Indian Ocean, on a background of beaches of fine white sand and emerald waters that is where the Royal Palm Beachcomber is. The way he spends time by the sea is different from what happens inland: here he has something ascetic, of moment suspended, of infinity ... Perhaps because of that feeling many have compared this island with paradise... And in this hotel all that seems to intensify, beyond the design, the tropical gardens that surround the rooms or its unique spa... Its exotic refinement has no other pretension than total disconnection. 3,609 euros per week in bed and breakfast in Junior Suite (beachcomber-hotels.com).

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