In The Independent’s travel trends column, Trendwatch, we dig into the types of trip, modes of transport and top buzzwords to watch out for.
There is something so romantic about a tented camp. Last month I sat outside my smart canvas-wrapped suite at new Moroccan retreat Caravan Agafay, barefoot on locally sourced leather cushions and woven rugs, as the sun set over the rock desert in front of me. After dark, I would follow lantern-lit paths through pitch-black grounds to the communal log fire pit, to eat delicious tagine of the day at the al fresco restaurant, or to gaze up at crystalline constellations with the house astronomer, under the most jet-black, hyperreal night sky I’ve ever seen.
