Japanese stays for switching off completely, from a ryokan tower hidden inside a Tokyo skyscraper to private volcanic baths in Hokkaido, a cabin terrace under Mount Fuji, and a cedar-forest hideaway on Yakushima.
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Places built where there is nothing else: a valley lodge in northern Iceland, a concrete house in the Utah desert, a canyon camp in Arabia, a boat-only bay in Vietnam, ten tents in the Namib. Chosen for how little you can hear.
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Five places where the bath is the reason to go, not a facility on the list: a Zumthor quartzite temple in the Alps, an Aman onsen over a Japanese bay, a lava-set lagoon in Iceland, a ryokan of private volcanic baths in Hokkaido, and a 150-year-old inn in a hot-spring town.
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Open country where the whole point is to slow down: structured recovery retreats, spa estates and a tiny adults-only farmhouse, all with room to breathe.
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