Little Houses on the Icelandic Prairie

About an hour and a half from Reykjavík, on Iceland’s southern coast, two glass-walled cabins with charred wood frames sit on 130 acres of prairie backed by mountains. Inside, each 226-square-foot cottage includes a kitchenette, a bathroom and a sauna. A hot tub is a few steps away.

The property, called Harmony, was founded by the Parisian fashion entrepreneur Djamel Cheboub, who says he gained a new perspective on life after traveling to Iceland. In 2015, he was seriously wounded during the terrorist attack on the Bataclan music hall in Paris.

It took several years of physical therapy before he regained mobility. “When I first came here, the natural grandeur of Iceland made me feel very small, and that was a good thing,” he says. With Harmony, he hopes to give guests the chance to experience that same awe (there are mineral springs, glaciers and volcanic lakes nearby), as well as some stillness.

Iceland, Reykjavík

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