Edits / Health
Revitalising retreats
Be it yoga in Brazil or hot springs in Japan, these destinations won’t recharge your batteries – they’ll replace them with hybrid engines.
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Design / Interior design
Cabin Fever
Unlike the usual identikit winter lodge, this remastered getaway in the French Alps is inventive – but its unique sense of style doesn’t detract from its homely charm.
Design / Interior design
Isolated state
On a trip to the northern Swedish archipelago, with just a few essentials, Monocle discovers an island bolthole perfect for recharging depleted batteries.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 33
Culture editor Rob Bound plays host on this week's edition, standing in for editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, who instead joins us on the line from his mountain retreat in St Moritz.
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocle travel guide
This month our selection of destinations includes a French countryside retreat, a Norwegian bakery on the Med, a New York-style café in Paris and an egg-obsessed restaurant in Singapore.
Design / Architecture
Nature's teachings
Dai Nippon Printing’s new training centre, by architect Kenya Ishihara, was designed to inspire its employees. With a spa and views of Mount Fuji, it seems more like a retreat than a place of work but with this incentive…
Edits / Travel
Five urban escapes
Cities from Tokyo to Turin work because when you you really need to get away, they have rural, beach or mountain retreats on the doorstep. Here are five urbanite playgrounds.
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
This issue we’re excited about the openings of cosy hotels in Japan and Taipei, a Thai island retreat, a Swedish eco-lodge and a unique retail store in Antwerp. We also profile an airline, Susi Air, in Java.
Design / Architecture
Sand castle
Brazil’s beachside resort Santos used to be the retreat that São Paulo residents escaped to. Its flamboyant apartment complex from mid-century master Artacho Jurado, is now a haven for elderly architectural fans.
End Point / Travel
Observation
What would win your heart – an alluring first impression or a tempting parting glance? For Tyler Brûlé it was the latter that had him dreaming of relocating the Monocle team to Berlin and bagging a summer retreat.
The Monocle Daily, episode 353
Dr Barry Cannon explains the allure of Latin-American political rebels in the West, Monocle’s correspondent in Bamako discusses North Africa’s two most notorious Al-Qaeda leaders, and we ask the author of “Democracy in…
Design / Architecture
Bombay mix
India’s new elite is investing in architecture that eases gently into its surroundings by using local building traditions and even a bit of ancient science. A weekend retreat from Mumbai, by Bijoy Jain, shows the trend at…
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
Our favourites from around the world this month include a sushi spot in London, a lovers’ retreat in Greece and a Taipei hotel full of Warhol and Dalí originals. We also profile Norwegian airline Widerøe.
Edits / Travel
Hoshinoya Karuizawa Resort
In our search for places to soothe the soul, Japan delivers with holistic spas and rural retreats. For centuries the Japanese have travelled to Karuizawa to benefit from the healing hot springs and mineral waters found in…
Design / Travel
Arcana Hotel
The Arcana Hotel is a new favourite for Tokyoites in search of weekend retreats. Located on the Izu Peninsula, this old ryokan has been refurbished with the help of Osaka furniture design company Graf. Monocle's Asia Bureau…
Design / Property
Shore thing
If you drive an hour and a half north of São Paulo and turn off the coast road at Guarujá, you will find the beachfront retreat designed by SP-based architect Isay Weinfeld for an Arab family, who wanted a modernist haven…
Design / Architecture
The jungle look
A Belgian couple living on Sri Lanka’s southern coast commissioned Japanese architect Tadao Ando to build them a weekend retreat. The concrete edifice he designed is a picture-perfect set-up for the artist and her husband…