LUNEVAR
Live by the light.
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A woman in a linen dress walking barefoot across the dunes at sunrise

Live by

the light.

A retreat of stone, shadow and silence. Twenty-four suites shaped around the path of the sun — and the rest you forgot you needed.

Sunrise
05:48

Sunset
18:42

Arrive

Thu, 12 Mar

Nights

5 nights

Guests

2 adults

Program

Restore

Live by

the light.

A retreat of stone, shadow and silence. Twenty-four suites shaped around the path of the sun — and the rest you forgot you needed.

Sunrise
05:48

Sunset
18:42

Arrive

Thu, 12 Mar

Nights

5 nights

Guests

2 adults

Program

Restore

We

built

Lunevar

Rammed-earth retreat reflected in a long pool

for

the

hours

between

—

when

the

Wind-rippled sand dunes

stone

still

holds

the

night’s

cool,

and

the

day

Guest in a striped robe on a shaded terrace

asks

nothing

of you yet.

We

built

Lunevar

Rammed-earth retreat reflected in a long pool

for

the

hours

between

—

when

the

Wind-rippled sand dunes

stone

still

holds

the

night’s

cool,

and

the

day

Guest in a striped robe on a shaded terrace

asks

nothing

of you yet.

We

built

Lunevar

Rammed-earth retreat reflected in a long pool

for

the

hours

between

—

when

the

Wind-rippled sand dunes

stone

still

holds

the

night’s

cool,

and

the

day

Guest in a striped robe on a shaded terrace

asks

nothing

of you yet.

We built Lunevar

The retreat and its reflecting pool

for the

hours between — when the

Wind-drawn ripples in the sand

stone still holds the night’s cool,

and the day

A guest in linen at dawn under the pergola

asks nothing

of you yet.

Suites & desert villas

Suites & desert villas

Hectares of protected land

Hectares of protected land

Above the sea, closer to the stars

Above the sea, closer to the stars

Screens after sunset

Screens after sunset

A day, measured

A day, measured

by the sun.

by the sun.

Nothing here runs on a clock. Every ritual is timed to the light, so your body remembers the rhythm it was built for.

Nothing here runs on a clock. Every ritual is timed to the light, so your body remembers the rhythm it was built for.

05:4807:3010:0013:0016:0018:42
Guest in a striped robe walking under a shaded pergola at sunrise

05:48

First-light walk

A silent walk to the east rim as the sun clears the mesa.

45 min

East rim

Guest in a striped robe walking under a shaded pergola at sunrise

05:48

First-light walk

A silent walk to the east rim as the sun clears the mesa.

45 min

East rim

Mineral breakfast of dates, figs, labneh and tonics

07:30

Mineral breakfast

Dates, figs, labneh and herbal tonics on the sun terrace.

Open morning

Sun terrace

Mineral breakfast of dates, figs, labneh and tonics

07:30

Mineral breakfast

Dates, figs, labneh and herbal tonics on the sun terrace.

Open morning

Sun terrace

Treatment bed in the longevity lab under a round skylight

10:00

Longevity lab

Your daily hour with the physician: numbers, then movement.

60 min

Longevity house

Treatment bed in the longevity lab under a round skylight

10:00

Longevity lab

Your daily hour with the physician: numbers, then movement.

60 min

Longevity house

Shaded suite with a clay fireplace and low daybed

13:00

Shade hours

The desert goes still. So do we — siesta, books, the cool of the kiva.

13:00–15:30

Your suite

Shaded suite with a clay fireplace and low daybed

13:00

Shade hours

The desert goes still. So do we — siesta, books, the cool of the kiva.

13:00–15:30

Your suite

Thermal pool under a beam of light from an oculus

16:00

Thermal circuit

Oculus pool, salt grotto, juniper sauna, cold plunge. Repeat.

90 min

Thermal house

Thermal pool under a beam of light from an oculus

16:00

Thermal circuit

Oculus pool, salt grotto, juniper sauna, cold plunge. Repeat.

90 min

Thermal house

Hands holding a bowl of water with olive sprigs

18:42

Golden-hour sound bath

Crystal bowls on the west terrace, as the stone turns copper.

45 min

West terrace

Hands holding a bowl of water with olive sprigs

18:42

Golden-hour sound bath

Crystal bowls on the west terrace, as the stone turns copper.

45 min

West terrace

Rooms that

Rooms that

keep the shade.

keep the shade.

Twenty-four suites and villas, each oriented to the sun: east to wake with it, west to watch it leave. Walls half a metre thick keep noon at bay.

Twenty-four suites and villas, each oriented to the sun: east to wake with it, west to watch it leave. Walls half a metre thick keep noon at bay.

  • Sunrise 05:48

  • Solar noon 12:15

  • Sunset 18:42

  • Moonrise 20:04

  • Stars visible 21:10

Domed thermal pool lit by a single oculus

Noon is for

Noon is for

water.

water.

When the desert is loudest, go under. A thermal house carved into the mesa, lit by a single circle of sky.

When the desert is loudest, go under. A thermal house carved into the mesa, lit by a single circle of sky.

34°

34°

Oculus pool

34°

Oculus pool

41°

41°

Salt & clay grotto

41°

Salt & clay grotto

9°

9°

Cold plunge

9°

Cold plunge

62°

62°

Juniper sauna

62°

Juniper sauna

∞

∞

Floating room

∞

Floating room

Stay longer.

Stay longer.

Age slower.

Age slower.

Our longevity house pairs physicians and sleep scientists with the oldest medicine there is: sun, heat, cold and silence. Every program begins with a full picture of you — and ends with a plan you take home.

Our longevity house pairs physicians and sleep scientists with the oldest medicine there is: sun, heat, cold and silence. Every program begins with a full picture of you — and ends with a plan you take home.

Treatment bed under an oval skylight in the longevity house
Treatment bed under an oval skylight in the longevity house

Medical director

Dr. Inès Morrow, MD

Longevity & sleep medicine

Treatment bed under an oval skylight in the longevity house

Medical director

Dr. Inès Morrow, MD

Longevity & sleep medicine

I

Reset

3 nights

From

$4,900

A nervous-system reset: sleep, heat, cold, and a clean slate.

Thermal pool under a beam of light from an oculus

01

Biomarker panel — 92 markers

02

Daily physician session

03

Thermal & cold circuit, twice daily

04

Sleep hygiene reset

05

Breathwork at first light

06

A one-page plan to take home

I

Reset

3 nights

From

$4,900

A nervous-system reset: sleep, heat, cold, and a clean slate.

01

Biomarker panel — 92 markers

02

Daily physician session

03

Thermal & cold circuit, twice daily

04

Sleep hygiene reset

05

Breathwork at first light

06

A one-page plan to take home

II

Restore

5 nights

From

$8,400

Our signature. A full biomarker picture, a rebuilt sleep, and a plan that follows you home.

II

Restore

5 nights

From

$8,400

Our signature. A full biomarker picture, a rebuilt sleep, and a plan that follows you home.

III

Renew

7 nights

From

$12,600

Deep diagnostics, metabolic and cardiovascular work, and a year of follow-up.

III

Renew

7 nights

From

$12,600

Deep diagnostics, metabolic and cardiovascular work, and a year of follow-up.

The land is

The land is

the program.

the program.

1,400 hectares of canyon, dune and mesa — walked with the people who have always lived here. Thirty-two guided experiences, none of them rushed.

1,400 hectares of canyon, dune and mesa — walked with the people who have always lived here. Thirty-two guided experiences, none of them rushed.

Sunlight falling into a narrow slot canyon

01

Slot-canyon walk

3 h

Dawn

Rider on horseback crossing the desert at golden hour

02

Riding the long shadow

2 h

Golden hour

Flatbread being pulled from a smoking earth oven

03

Earth-oven supper

4 h

Dusk

Wind-rippled sand dunes, close up

04

Dune breathwork

1 h

Sunrise

Potter shaping clay on a wheel in the Nahat workshop

05

Clay with the Nahat family

3 h

Morning

Desert garden of agaves and palms along a water channel

06

The desert garden walk

1 h

Midday

A long candle-lit table set in the desert at dusk
A long candle-lit table set in the desert at dusk

Supper, by

Supper, by

candle and

candle and

ember.

ember.

One long table under the first stars. Chef Tomás Areli cooks with what the desert allows — fire, smoke, dates, wild herbs — and never the same menu twice.

One long table under the first stars. Chef Tomás Areli cooks with what the desert allows — fire, smoke, dates, wild herbs — and never the same menu twice.

Tonight

19:30

I

Coal-roasted beets, sumac & labneh

II

Juniper-smoked lamb, desert herbs

III

Date & olive-oil cake, goat milk ice

The Milky Way arching over a rock outcrop and lit cabins
The Milky Way arching over a rock outcrop and lit cabins

After dark, the sky

After dark, the sky

is the ceiling.

is the ceiling.

Dim amber-lit bedroom with heavy wool drapes

Every suite

From 21:00

Sleep, engineered

Circadian amber light, 16° bedrooms, blackout wool and not one screen. Most guests sleep an hour longer by night three.

Dim amber-lit bedroom with heavy wool drapes

Every suite

From 21:00

Sleep, engineered

Circadian amber light, 16° bedrooms, blackout wool and not one screen. Most guests sleep an hour longer by night three.

Domed observatory under the Milky Way

Nightly

21:30

The observatory

A 24-inch telescope, an astronomer in residence and a chart of the sky above your birthplace — the night you were born.

Domed observatory under the Milky Way

Nightly

21:30

The observatory

A 24-inch telescope, an astronomer in residence and a chart of the sky above your birthplace — the night you were born.

Fire circle with cushions under a starry sky

Nightly

22:30

The fire circle

Juniper tea, low voices, and stories of the land told by the families who have kept it for nine generations.

Fire circle with cushions under a starry sky

Nightly

22:30

The fire circle

Juniper tea, low voices, and stories of the land told by the families who have kept it for nine generations.

“I came for the sleep study and left with my evenings back. It is the quietest place I have ever been.”

Guest portrait

Hanna L., Copenhagen

Restore

5 nights, Shadow House

“We stopped checking the time on day two. The sun told us when to eat, swim and sleep.”

Guest portrait

Marco & Elisa R., Milan

Reset

3 nights, Dune Suite

“The thermal circuit at noon, the fire circle at night. I have never slept so deeply.”

Guest portrait

James O., London

Restore

5 nights, Star Loft

“Every detail is quiet and nothing is missing. They knew what we needed before we did.”

Guest portrait

Aiko T., Kyoto

Renew

7 nights, Courtyard Villa

“We slid the roof hatch open and fell asleep under the Milky Way.”

Guest portrait

Sofia & Dan M., Lisbon

Reset

4 nights, Shadow House

“I came for the sleep study and left with my evenings back. It is the quietest place I have ever been.”

Guest portrait

Hanna L., Copenhagen

Restore

5 nights, Shadow House

“We stopped checking the time on day two. The sun told us when to eat, swim and sleep.”

Guest portrait

Marco & Elisa R., Milan

Reset

3 nights, Dune Suite

“The thermal circuit at noon, the fire circle at night. I have never slept so deeply.”

Guest portrait

James O., London

Restore

5 nights, Star Loft

“Every detail is quiet and nothing is missing. They knew what we needed before we did.”

Guest portrait

Aiko T., Kyoto

Renew

7 nights, Courtyard Villa

“We slid the roof hatch open and fell asleep under the Milky Way.”

Guest portrait

Sofia & Dan M., Lisbon

Reset

4 nights, Shadow House

As featured in

As featured in

Wanderlore

Wanderlore

Wanderlore

ATLAS QUARTERLY

ATLAS QUARTERLY

Maison

Maison

SLOW/JOURNAL

SLOW/JOURNAL

Noon Review

Noon Review

Your stay begins

Your stay begins

at sunrise.

at sunrise.

March 2027
M
T
W
T
F
S
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Greyed dates are fully booked. Full moon on the 22nd — stargazing is best either side.

Your stay

Arrive

Fri 12 Mar — from 14:00

Depart

Wed 17 Mar — by 11:00

Suite

Shadow House, north-facing

Program

Restore — 5 nights

Guests

2 adults

From

$18,100

No payment today. A host replies within the hour.

March 2027
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

Greyed dates are fully booked. Full moon on the 22nd — stargazing is best either side.

Your stay

Arrive

Fri 12 Mar — from 14:00

Depart

Wed 17 Mar — by 11:00

Suite

Shadow House, north-facing

Program

Restore — 5 nights

Guests

2 adults

From

$18,100

No payment today. A host replies within the hour.

Letters from

the desert.

One a season. Moon calendars, recipes from the fire, and first word on new dates.

© 2026 Lunevar Retreats

Tomorrow’s sunrise 05:49

LUNEVAR

Letters from

the desert.

One a season. Moon calendars, recipes from the fire, and first word on new dates.

Tomorrow’s sunrise 05:49

LUNEVAR

Letters from

the desert.

One a season. Moon calendars, recipes from the fire, and first word on new dates.

© 2027 Lunevar Retreats

Tomorrow’s sunrise 05:49

LUNEVAR

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