LIFESTYLE ESCAPADE LA MISE EN SCÈNE REPOSE Travelers take note: this children, who can learn about SUR DES ENCADREMENTS idyllic 11-room resort is a moviemaking, music pro- country house, not a hotel. duction… Julien Labrousse, DE PAYSAGES MARINS. The name is derived from the man behind it all, “eto,” an acronym for “Earth created Etosoto after years To Orbit,” to evoke an of searching for the ideal existence outside of time, hotel—and finally deciding to and soto in reference to build it himself. His vision: to the leading school of Zen offer guests complete liberty Buddhism—the promise of to enjoy themselves in a an alchemy between man preserved, self-sustaining and nature. Indeed, the natural environment. visitor feels in self-sufficient The Formentera country harmony with the planet house is actually, in a sense, in this minimalist, all-white the prototype for an even hideaway overlooking the larger project: a 60-hectare Mediterranean on the island (150-acre) ecological reserve of Formentera. Other than in Portugal, to open in about a few furnishings in wood, a year. More than 8,000 fruit ceramic or wicker, the interi- trees have already been ors at Etosoto are conceived planted on the site in Cabo to focus attention outward, Espichel, just south of Lis- with carefully placed open- bon. Etosoto II will comprise ings framing panoramas of an eco-responsible hotel, the marine landscape. bungalows, an organic farm All year long, naturo- and land art sites. It will even A l’Etosoto de Formentera, dix chambres s’accompagnent de patios paths, yoga instructors and have workshops on how to et terrasses avec hamacs, daybeds, fauteuils, tables basses en bois flotté… specialists in fasting and use medicinal plants and La décoration de l’architecte d’intérieur Elsa Kïkoine met à l’honneur permaculture come here to make one’s own essential le minimalisme des intérieurs méditerranéens et mallorquins avec une touche de modernité nordique. Un mélange d’objets artisanaux chinés et de mobilier lead seminars and retreats. oils and cosmetics. The Broste Copenhagen ou Tine K Home se détache sur fond blanc. There are also programs for dream is only beginning. AIR FRANCE MADAME / 171