Sunyata Hotel Meili - The Beauty Of Restrain
Berlin - Carved from a former Tibetan home cradled in a remote hillside in Yunnan province, Sunyata Hotel Meili stands as the antithesis to the hyper-consumerism and materialism that drives the modern world. Deriving its name from the Sanskrit word for "emptiness", the 19-room hotel harks back to a more poetic way of life with an aesthetic informed both by traditional Tibetan architecture and Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy. Nestled among a cluster of 22 Shangri-La households in a centuries-old village, the hotel both honors and continues the cultural narrative of its exceptional setting. A restaurant serves authentic seasonal Yunnan cuisine, and the jagged beauty of the sacred Snow Meili Mountain is offered up to guests from the rooftop lounge Kawagebo, which also serves a neighborhood hub come nightfall.