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Slow mornings, quiet coasts, and the houses that keep them that way.

Upper gallery of Riad Tizou in Marrakesh, wrought-iron balustrades and carved screens around the patio, green-tiled roofline open to the sky
2026-08-21 · 3 min

An adults only riad in Marrakech: behind the plain door of Riad Tizou

Six rooms around one patio in the Dar El Bacha quarter. What Riad Tizou is like, why it takes adults only, and where that rule is written. Read on.

The evening lounge at Pleta de Mar under its reed pergola, with olive trees and a dry-stone wall beyond
2026-08-12 · 6 min

A pine wood, a dry-stone wall, and the sea at the end of the garden

Pleta de Mar is an adults-only hotel above Canyamel on Mallorca's quiet east coast: suites in a pine wood, a chlorine-free natural pool and Sa Pleta.

The reed-thatched houses of Strandhotel Dünenmeer from above, with the Baltic Sea and the dune forest running north
2026-08-12 · 6 min

Thatched houses in the dunes: an adults-only hotel on the German Baltic

Strandhotel Dünenmeer is an adults-only hotel on the Fischland-Darss spit: reed-thatched houses in the dunes, a garden sauna and the Baltic behind the grass.

The infinity pool at Royal Marmin Bay level with Mirabello Bay and the hills of Elounda beyond
2026-08-11 · 6 min

The adults-only hotel stepped into a headland above Mirabello Bay

Royal Marmin Bay is an adults-only hotel on a headland above Mirabello Bay in Elounda, Crete: rooms with private pools, a vaulted spa and its own jetty.

Curtained day-bed cabanas facing each other across the pool at Rascals in Kuta, Lombok, at sunset
2026-08-11 · 6 min

Three pools, no crowd: an adults-only base in Kuta Lombok

Rascals is an adults-only base in Kuta, Lombok: three guest-only pools, open-air showers, a sauna and ice-bath wellness room, and tours the house runs itself.

The mosaic infinity pool at Makanda by the Sea on the hillside, the Pacific visible through the trees
2026-08-11 · 6 min

The adults-only hotel built into the canopy above Manuel Antonio

Makanda by the Sea is an adults-only hotel above Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica: 33 suites tiered into the rainforest, two pools, and a wild beach below.