When I first went on holiday, I was 18 years old and on the lookout for the perfect beach. You know the sort: powdery white sand and clear turquoise water set against a blazing blue sky. In those early years of travel, I saw beautiful beaches in Barbados, Tunisia, Thailand, Mexico and Dubai, but none were quite the same as the brochures and billboards. The post The best beaches we’ve ever seen appeared first on Atlas & Boots.
As humans, our need for connection is primal. But sometimes we have to travel to the edges of the Earth to find it. We recently crossed the Pacific for Your Paradise, an idyllic destination music festival on the remote Fijian island of Malolo Lailai, or “The Island of the Resting Sun.” 6,000 miles away from the influencer-infested covens of Los Angeles, we discovered a community as vibrant as the island’s crystalline waters. Roughly 500 people converged on Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands for the 2022 edition of Your Paradise, the first since the return of live music in the wake of the pandemic. Nestled in a halcyon shoreline, the festival is what happens when daydreams shed their idealistic layers and become reality. “If you come to Your Paradise once, you’ll com...
This weekend, roughly 600 people are flying to Fiji’s dreamlike Mamanuca Islands for Your Paradise, one of the world’s best destination music festivals. They’ll be partying off the coast of Nadi for a week of once-in-a-lifetime festival experiences soundtracked by a group of elite DJs, including Brazilian superstar Vintage Culture. The chart-topping house music producer, who has performed at a number of the world’s biggest dance music festivals this year, tops a stellar Your Paradise lineup that also includes Ben Böhmer, Lee Foss, Kito and Getter, among others. The music is just one of many reasons why the attendees of Your Paradise leave Fiji with “feelings they can’t quite articulate” every year. c/o Your Paradise Scroll to Continue Rec...
Whether it’s to a faraway beach or your couch for a weeklong Netflix bender, we all take vacations. But when was the last time you went somewhere that actually changed your life? This year will see the eighth edition of the dance music festival Your Paradise on Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean typically frequented by digital nomads and affluent honeymooners. One of the world’s top destination fests, it’s more akin to a scene out of Nearest to Heaven than a rave. Your Paradise, which returns December 10-16, is what happens when daydreams shed their quixotic layers and become reality. Just a few of the sights and sounds you’ll experience at the festival include breezy beach yoga sessions, sun-kissed Catamaran rides ...
There’s nothing quite like Your Paradise, a fantasy-like music festival in the heart of the Mamanuca Islands. The breathtaking Fiji fest encapsulates dance music culture in its own unique way at the intersection of wellness and hedonism. One of the world’s most intimate music events, Your Paradise is offering only 600 passes to revel in its sublime festival experience this year, which will provide sensory overload with its iconic oceanfront mainstage, beach yoga sessions, private island club and breezy Catamaran rides, among other idyllic experiential activations. Your Paradise has now announced a massive lineup for this year’s edition, which is scheduled for December 10-16. Set for performances are Sub Focus, Vintage Culture, Kito, Ben Böhme...