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. Inside, 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.

3hr 30min drive from Tel Aviv or 50min drive from Ramon airport (ETM)

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