Editor’s Choice

Our Top 20 Remote Places to Stay Worldwide

27 July 2020

As the world starts to open up, albeit slowly and tentatively, we can at least start to aspire to travel and embrace the idea of planning holidays again.

So when the time comes, if you’re not ready to face the beach crowds, you want to spirit a loved one away for some unencumbered ‘us’ time, or you feel like losing yourself to creative daydreams, then we’ve got you.

We’ve chosen these incredible global locations not only for their beauty, but for their blissful remoteness. So, you can relax in perfect isolation…

…not because you’ve been told to, but because you want to, letting your mind run free and easy before your re-entry into ‘normal’ life.
Author: Nina Jervis
Main image: Kagga Kamma | South Africa

Tainaron Blue

Mani, Peloponnese, Greece

Experience elaborate architectural design in a piece of history at Tainaron blue - a fabulous hotel in a converted Tower of Mani set by azure shores on the southernmost tip of mainland Greece.

Bedrooms: 4

Sleeps:

From

£200 / night

Bubbletent Australia

Nr Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

The Australian outback, star-studded skies, and just you and your loved one to enjoy them all from the luxury of a fabulous inflatable bubble...it can only be Bubbletent Australia!

Bedrooms: Studio

Sleeps: 2 per bubble

From

£140 / night

Shobac

Upper Kingsburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Minimalist designer luxury at the "end of the Earth", in a circle of unique cabins set along the rugged Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia.

Bedrooms: Varies

Sleeps: Varies

From

£1015 / week

Canopy Tower

Soberanía National Park, Colón, Panama

Get up close and personal with the natural world, from the comfort of a treetop bedroom in Panamá's tropical paradise.

Bedrooms: Rooms/suites

Sleeps: 1-2 per room

From

£101 pppn

El Coyol Private Island

Lake Nicaragua, Granada

A breathtaking and beautifully refined private Nicaraguan oasis that's just for you and your favourite people.

Bedrooms: 4

Sleeps: 8

From

£600 / night

Shipwreck Lodge

Skeleton Coast, Kunene, Namibia

Discover Namibia's raw and rugged Skeleton Coast, from a unique ‘shipwreck' cabin set amongst remote desert dunes.

Bedrooms: 1 per cabin

Sleeps: 2 per cabin

From

£1,800 /nt

Kagga Kamma

Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Escape the din of city life, in a culture-rich South African nature reserve and spa surrounded by vast, unspoilt wilderness.

Bedrooms: Open plan

Sleeps: Up to 2 (+2)

From

£134 / night

Qii House

Lorne, Victoria, Australia

A bold and quirky architectural gem, superbly nestled within the lush rainforest ferns of Australia's Great Otway National Park.

Bedrooms: 4

Sleeps: 8

From

£369 /night

Sal Salis

Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Explore the outback in an exclusive beachside safari camp, remotely set within the dunes of Australia's Cape Range National Park.

Bedrooms: Open plan

Sleeps: Up to 3 per tent

From

£982/night

Hunza Ecolodge

Bodolyaber, Baranya, Hungary

Get back to nature amongst the lush hills of Southern Hungary, where community, comfort, wine and good food reign supreme.

Bedrooms: Varies

Sleeps: 4-5 per unit

From

£46 / night

Reefsuites

Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the magical Great Barrier Reef in all its glory, with a jaw-dropping stay in Australia's first underwater suites.

Bedrooms: 2 suites

Sleeps: 2 per suite

From

£410pp /nt