A curated travel publication
Places worth travelling for.
We stay before we write. We turn most places down, and we say why. Price is not part of the decision.
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Featured stay
MUSA Lago di Como, Lake Como – Twelve rooms at the water’s edge
HOTEL REVIEW · SALA COMACINA, LAKE COMO Twelve rooms on the western shore of Lake Como, a restaurant facing the water and a private jetty just steps away. MUSA offers a smaller, more contemporary alternative to…
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Six addresses kept out of twenty-nine visited this quarter.
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BUAHAN, Bali – Four nights without walls
Read the review →: BUAHAN, Bali – Four nights without wallsHOTEL REVIEW · BUAHAN KAJA, BALI Sixteen open-air bales above the Balinese rainforest, each with a private pool and almost…
Where we go
Three regions.
A deeper perspective.
Alentejo
Fortified farmhouses inland, where a night sometimes costs less than €120.
Beaujolais & Bugey
Working wine estates that take guests, an hour from Lyon.
Seto Inland Sea
Merchant houses and harbour inns between Onomichi and Takamatsu.
Our principles
A more thoughtful way to travel.
No hotel buys its way in
We pay for our stays. When one is offered to us, it is stated at the top of the review, not buried in a footnote.
What we leave out
Chain resorts, conference hotels dressed up as country houses, and anything competent but interchangeable.
Price is not a criterion
A €90 inn can be rare. A generic five-star never is. Read how we choose
The notebook
One address, twice a month.
What we have just seen, what we turned down, and why. Nothing else.
No spam. Just good places.