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30 miles east of the Libyan border in Egypt is the Siwa Oasis, home of the Adrere Amellal Hotel. The owners resorted abandon ancient homes to create this not-so-usual vacation spot. It doesn’t have many of the comforts you’re used to at an upscale resort—no WiFi, phone service, or electricity—but there’s real joy from unplugging and unwinding in a beautiful and natural space.

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Fashion icon Tom Ford, the ardent perfectionist credited with turning around a flagging Gucci and reinvigorating Yves Saint Laurent, is, unsurprisingly, just as exacting about his residences, but has largely kept them out of the limelight. That changed last year when he revealed his Santa Fe ranch in a guest-edited issue of French Vogue. Ford grew up in Austin, Texas, but would travel to New Mexico frequently to visit his grandmother. Evenutally, Ford’s father moved to Santa Fe, and the designer purchased a large tract of land south of town on which he constructed this dreamland of a ranch. Designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the equestrian facility lies amid a 24,000-acre private tract, where classic Westerns like Silverado, Wyatt Earp, and 3:10 to Yuma were once shot. Ford spends roughly a quarter of the year on the ranch.

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