The ultra-remote island retreat that only takes reservations through handwritten letters

Would you dare spend a week on a remote clifftop in the Canaries? (Picture: Derek Hernandez Pedros/URLAUBSARCHITEKTUR / HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE )

On the island of El Hierro, far from the crowds of Tenerife’s tourist strip, lies a secluded refuge with a rather unique booking system.

While most of us associate the Canary Islands with mass tourism, one remote resort is doing its best to sate the appetite of those seeking a more analogue approach to travel.

El Elevador is an austere and solitary accommodation perched on the edge of a volcanic cliff on the southernmost of t...