Holiday Type / Digital Detox Holidays in Europe & North Africa

Found within the charming artists’ village of Deià at the foot of UNESCO listed mountains, this intimate resort is more atmospheric than you’d ever thought possible. Deià has long attracted artists, writers, musicians and poets to escape the daily grind and settle here. And sitting in the sage-shuttered buildings and rose-scented gardens that house over 800 art pieces (including 33 original Míro paintings in the café of the same name), it’s obvious that La Residencia, too, is the place to let inspiration flow. Even the artistically challenged ...

With a name that means ‘soft breeze’ in Berber, Sir Richard Branson’s Moroccan retreat in the Atlas foothills transcends the merely luxurious. Journeying up from Marrakech, passing Berber villages and people working the land that gets greener the higher you go, you’ll be forgiven for thinking the view couldn’t get any better. But then you arrive at Kasbah Tamadot and realise that this property has been perfectly positioned to take in the absolute splendour of its lush, undulating landscape and snow-capped mountains. A tapestry of hidden stair...