Dome-Chalets Dome-chalets are springing up everywhere. We’ve made great progress with the building over this last month or so. We started building our first single Dome-chalet in August with a team of five men. Glamping out Our single dome-chalets can easily accommodate two people comfortably . So much so, that they take ‘glamping’ to new high. For…
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Recycle, Re-purpose, Reuse – Building Update
Recycle, Re-purpose, Reuse Recycle, re-purpose and reuse. These three R’s are core values of our sustainable, eco build. Marsa Alam Desert Retreat, is committed to these principles. There’s so much waste generated everyday, some that we can see and a lot of less obvious hidden stuff. We’re all familiar with recycling but re-purposing and up-cycling…
A Busy Building Week – Update
Building Update Continued Here’s a further update, building is moving at a very fast pace, we aim to complete all the buildings by December. We’re making significant progress, with the test dome completed minus a few minor details. Moreover, we have started our first single dome chalet which is growing nicely. As well as another…
A Busy Building Week Have a Look at Our Progress
Building Update – Things coming together nicely. Building has really ramped up this week. We’re now working on two aspects of the build; The service buildings – that’s reception, restaurant, massage, salt rooms, and body care etc. As well as the earthbag domes. After building a successful test dome – We’re now confident to move…
Building Update-We’ve Started Our first Earthbag Dome!
Dome test alert! It’s so exciting, working on our first dome! Dome buildings are growing in popularity so much so that there’s actually been an article in Vogue Magazine about them. But the Earthbag for me, is the most superior of them all. So I am elated that finally we’ve started this part of the build….
The First Eco-Domes Are Being Built in Egypt at Marsa Alam Desert Retreat
Follow Us On This Amazing Journey! Over the coming weeks, we will be starting to build our Earthbag Domes. They are the piéce de résistence of our Spiritual Healing Retreat. We’re not only building Earthbag Domes for our unique Healing Centre, our guests will also be able to enjoy staying in one of these hand sculpted…
Guess What Came Today?
If you’ve been following our building progress the last update back in April showed how far we’ve come with the service buildings . It’s just the roofs to go now,