Red rock canyon stretching toward Zion National Park at dusk

Landscape hotel & retreat · Opening soon

A place
to belong.

A landscape hotel and retreat center taking shape on the red rock edge of Zion National Park.

Zion National Park · Utah, USA 37.2692° N, 113.1242° W

Paréa

/pa·ˈre·a/  ·  from the Greek παρέα

  • A group of friends coming together to share their life experiences, philosophies, values, and ideas.
  • A landscape hotel and retreat center coming soon to Zion, Utah.
Golden-hour light across the canyons of Zion National Park, seen from the Paréa land
Zion canyon at golden hour

The Place

Two hundred and forty acres of quiet, held by the canyon.

Paréa sits where the high desert meets the red rock — Zion National Park to the northeast, an open valley to the south, sandstone cliffs rising to the west. The land does the talking here. Light moves across the rock through the day; the weather writes itself over the canyon at dusk.

We have shaped almost nothing. The buildings are set low into the hillsides, turned to the view, and placed so that no house can see another. You arrive, and the landscape is the first thing — and the last.

  • 01 Minutes from the gates of Zion National Park
  • 02 Crossed on foot, by bicycle, or by cart — never in a hurry
  • 03 Dark skies, red rock, and the kind of silence you can hear
Close detail of weathered red Zion sandstone strata

“The park is everything. Every house and every space is set to meet the view.”

Studio Andrew Trotter
A low monolithic house resting in the raw desert landscape
A single dwelling, set into the hill

Architecture

Buildings that belong to the place they are built.

Designed by Studio Andrew Trotter, the retreat is a collection of monolithic dwellings finished in rough lime plaster — Martian red and earthen tones drawn straight from the soil and rock around them. Low, horizontal, and quiet, they read more as outcrops than as architecture.

A handful of houses are one-of-a-kind commissions, including a first built work by digital artist Charlotte Taylor. The essence, in the architect’s words, is balance — between nature and design, between solitude and company.

240 ac
Of red rock
~50
Dwellings, studio to three-bed
5
One-off commissioned houses
1
Adults-only bathhouse

The Bathhouse

An adults-only retreat for water, heat, and stillness.

Set high on the property, the bathhouse is built around an open-air courtyard — a slow circuit of hot and cold, sound and silence, with the canyon held in the frame.

The Sound Dome — a shaft of light falls through an oculus onto a pale stone basin set in concentric rings of earthen plaster
The Sound Dome

“Tuned to the fundamental frequency of the Earth’s electromagnetic field — amplifying higher harmonics through a spatial sound system and the natural resonance of the voice.”

Studio Andrew Trotter × 4DSOUND

Soaking courtyard

Saunas, steam rooms, and hot and cold plunge pools, open to the sky.

Sound dome

An acoustically tuned chamber for listening, breathing, and doing nothing at all.

Treatment rooms

Quiet rooms for bodywork, drawn from the land and its rhythms.

Pool & lounge

An indoor spa pool and lounge for the hours between.

Café terrace

An upper-floor café and patio above the pool, facing the cliffs.

Movement studio

A light-filled studio for yoga, breath, and gathering.

Stays

The seclusion of a private home, with the service of a hotel.

An Indian paintbrush flower rising from red rock

The Studios

Single-room dwellings for one or two, with a kitchenette and a view that fills the window.

Sleeps 2Kitchenette
A single weathered stone on red desert sand

The Houses

One- to three-bedroom houses set apart across the hills, each turned away from the next.

Sleeps 2–6Private terrace
Two pale stones resting on Martian-red soil

The Commissions

Five singular houses, each by a different hand — including a first built work by Charlotte Taylor.

One of a kindBy request

Stay close

Paréa opens soon.
Be among the first to arrive.

Join the list for openings, early stays, and word from the canyon. No noise — only what matters.

Get in touch

For questions,
stays, or collaborations.

We would love to hear from you — whether you are planning a stay, a gathering, or a project together.

Instagram@pareazion
LocationZion National Park, Utah, USA
Coordinates37.2692° N, 113.1242° W