Monastery interior

12th century dining table at Saint Antonius monastery in the Sahara Desert where no dishes were used for eating Miguel Flores Vianna

With smart planning (think: low-cost accommodations, plenty of free outdoor activities, and traveling during low seasons), far-flung destinations don’t have to be a thing of daydreams. Here, we rollout 8 cost-effective trips that don't skimp on experience.

On the Croatian island of Lopud, master restorer Toto Bergamo Rossi has created an Edenic retreat.

Open-Air Museum at the Pleterje Carthusian Monastery - Open-air museum or Pleterje Skansen is situated in village Vratno, in the parking place for the Monastery Pleterje. Open-air museum is spread out across a lovely green field. Skansen represents a typical farmyard from this region in the 19 th century ...

Photo about Cloister of the old monastery. Image of ages, construction, belief - 3194175

Situated on Lopud Island in Croatia, Lopud 1483 is a 15th century Franciscan monastery turned into a grand and luxurious accommodation.

In a former monastery on a hilltop in southern Tuscany, the residence and studio of British sculptor Emily Young is the ideal setting for her stone carved heads and figures.

お店は、往来のある通りから路地へ入った民家の中にお店があります。 緑で覆われていて、遠目から見るとここですか？と 言いたくなる外観。 普通の住宅街を通り抜けた所にあるので、店頭には、周辺に迷惑がかからないように待つ時は、お店の小庭でお待ちくださいとの案内が。 わたしが着いた時はお昼を過ぎた時間だったので、スムーズに入れました。 レトロな雰囲気を醸し出すインテリア 店内の雰囲気がまさしくレトロで、醸し出す雰囲気が落ち着きます。 メニューブ...

From the ruins of a 12th-century monastery arose a modernist tour de force by the internationally acclaimed French architect, Roger Anger. In 1985 he embarked on the renovation of this historic pro…