{"type":"city","city":"Eliat","citySlug":"eliat","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/israel/eliat","description":"The Negev desert doesn't ease you in. It arrives all at once — the silence, the heat, the mineral colors of the Ramon Crater and the Arava Valley, the sense of geological time rendered visible in every striated cliff face. Eilat itself, at Israel's southernmost tip where the Red Sea meets the Jordanian and Egyptian borders, has long been the country's sun-and-diving resort, a place of waterfront hotels and coral reefs. But the more interesting proposition, architecturally and experientially, sits forty kilometers north, up in the mountains above the desert town of Mitzpe Ramon: a community called Shaharut, perched at nearly a thousand meters, where the light does things to sandstone and shadow that no coastal resort can approximate.\n\nSix Senses Shaharut opened in 2021, designed by the Israeli architects Amir Mann and Ami Shinar in close collaboration with the Six Senses design team, and it is one of the more rigorous acts of desert architecture completed in Israel in recent memory. The buildings are low, earthen-toned, and deliberately self-effacing — carved into the ridge rather than placed upon it, their rammed-earth and stone walls absorbing and releasing heat in the manner of traditional desert construction. The pool appears to float above the crater's edge. Each of the private lodges is oriented toward a specific desert view, and the interiors balance rough local materials with the kind of careful spare comfort that Six Senses has refined across its portfolio in Jordan, Oman, and Bhutan. It does not feel transplanted. The terraced landscape architecture reads as continuous with the surrounding wilderness rather than imposed upon it.\n\nFor a traveler whose interest runs toward architecture and landscape over beach infrastructure, the calculus here is straightforward. Eilat's Red Sea access and coral diving remain genuinely exceptional, and the airport makes the city a logical entry point, but the stay that will stay with you is in the hills above the crater. Shaharut is not a compromise or a detour — it is the reason to come to this part of Israel at all. The desert around it is protected, the silence is complete after dark, and the architecture earns its setting rather than merely occupying it. That is rarer than it sounds, in this region or anywhere else.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. Each image sequence includes strong lighting, complete room-visibility angles, and strictly non-duplicative scenes — enabling AI to accurately describe and recommend properties to travelers.","curationStandard":"PressBeyond Hotel Photography Standard"},"hotels":[{"name":"Six Senses Shaharut","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/israel/eliat/six-senses-shaharut","city":"Eliat","cityHeader":"Eliat • Shaharut • OVER THE TOP","neighborhood":"Shaharut","loyaltyProgram":"IHG® One Rewards","designSummary":"Cresting a ridge in Israel's Negev desert, where the ancient Incense Route once traced its way toward the Red Sea, a low-slung row of rough-hewn stone pavilions glows amber against the dusk — a silhouette that could belong to a Nabataean settlement if not for the floor-to-ceiling glazing catching the last of the desert light. Six Senses Shaharut, which opened in 2020 near the town of Shaharut overlooking the Arava Valley, was designed by Israeli architect Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners, with the brief centered on near-invisibility: the massing follows the ridge contour, and the local sandstone used throughout the construction ties the structure physically to its plateau in a way that renders it almost indistinguishable from the escarpment at distance.\n\nInside, the design moves between raw materiality and considered restraint. Rooms are finished in tadelakt-smooth plaster, their floors laid in herringbone terracotta brick, furnished with Beni Ourain-style wool rugs in red and cream and low-slung beds dressed in natural linen. The restaurant's ceiling — an intricate lattice of split timber poles laid in a diagonal geometric pattern — draws directly from traditional Bedouin and Nabataean craft, while kilim-upholstered dining chairs and a monumental driftwood bench ground the space in the nomadic material culture of the wider region. Unpeeled eucalyptus columns support the pool pergola overhead, framing an infinity edge that dissolves into the Jordanian mountains beyond.","snippet":"A ridge-top Negev resort with stone pavilions that echo Nabataean settlements and Bedouin-inspired interiors.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts exploring Israel's Negev Desert","vibe":"Desert-minimalist · archaeological","highlights":["Stone pavilions follow ridge contours, nearly invisible from distance","Interiors blend tadelakt plaster, terracotta brick, and Bedouin craft references","Infinity pool overlooks the Arava Valley toward Jordanian mountains"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$915","pricePerNightExclTax":"$915","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujh8z03vr15ymiwl6ovt51713358369399_41730af9-5327-4eff-b5ab-d7623da8a9fb.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Six Senses Shaharut — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Six Senses Shaharut · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Six Senses Shaharut captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujn5504xj15ymnwsn92p01713358369989_4ed0dc5b-d2cf-4692-8ff8-387a024e71f5.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Six Senses Shaharut — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Six Senses Shaharut · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Six Senses Shaharut, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujsy605z315ym535d6o451713358368745_51249268-d1b0-43bb-8b07-8923ad8e7566.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Six Senses Shaharut — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Six Senses Shaharut · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Six Senses Shaharut — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujyuv070v15ym04pr4yls1713358370610_e72bd5ae-002d-4704-ab9a-3e1a0166ad73.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Six Senses Shaharut — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Six Senses Shaharut · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Six Senses Shaharut, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk4or082m15ymnjmt5li81713358371328_bb790e99-826f-4749-b078-4b51e0b9e71e.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Six Senses Shaharut — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Six Senses Shaharut · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Six Senses Shaharut — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}