As life gets ever busier, many of us are hunting for holidays where we can really get away from it all.

Research shows that searches for “quiet destinations” are up 1,268% year on year and the trend has even been given a name: “quietcation”.

Now, BookRetreats.com, a leading retreat booking site, has released its Unspoilt Index, which used insight from silence researcher, author and psychology professor Olga V. Lehmann as well as satellite and mapping data for 100 islands across the globe to find where is still quiet.

The index looked at the European Environment Agency’s benchmark for a quiet area, which is a pleasant soundscape, where unwanted…

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