![]() ![]() That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.Ĭulture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special. (The work will remain up longer than the exhibition, until 31 October.Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.Ĭulture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful - and this is still in our DNA today. Visitors can walk around the mirrored interior of the house, which has roughly the dimensions and floor plan of a typical California ranch-style home, such as a space about the size of a bedroom and an eight-foot hallway that is “a kaleidoscope of mirrors”. Commissioned in 1962 by Samuel and Luella Maslon, their Rancho Mirage house featured an open floor plan. 'Mirage,' the mirror-covered house installed in. A (mid-century) modern mystery: Destroyed Maslon House haunts preservationists, architects. ![]() There is “something very organic about, because you have the immediacy of the earth… and there’s a wind that’s constantly blowing across it”, Aitken says. Desert Xs popular mirror house could be demolished after outrage from Palm Springs neighbors. Mirage has no doors or windows where you would typically find them, and there are open areas in the roof to let in the light and the elements. That turned out to be a perch on a rocky hillside above Palm Springs, a perspective that allows visitors to view the suburban grid below them, but where such man-made environs “disappear into the desert landscape”. “I wanted the form to have a dialogue with the surrounding environment.” The artist has been working on the project for about two years, “trying to find the perfect location”. “I wanted to take the vernacular of a West Coast suburban home… and reduce it of any human contact or belongings so it became pure form,” Aitken explains. The work, a facsimile of a suburban ranch-style house with mirrored surfaces, is part of the exhibition of site-specific works, Desert X, founded by Susan Davis and curated by artistic director Neville Wakefield, which opens to the public this weekend (25 February-20 April). Mirage, a new work by the artist Doug Aitken, has popped up in the California desert. ![]() The artist has created a mirrored ranch-style ‘house’ for the exhibition Desert X. Confronting the landscape: Doug Aitken’s Mirage in the California desert ![]()
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