Unique Stays
Hotels that are reasons to travel by themselves.
Restored monasteries, off-grid eco lodges, lighthouse keepers' cottages, castle towers leased by the night. The accommodations gathered here are not photographic backdrops. They are places where the building, the host and the setting do at least half the storytelling.
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Castle Hotels Worth the Trip
Twelve castles, château and fortresses across Europe where you sleep inside the history rather than visit it.
Unique Eco Lodges Around the World
Treehouses, off-grid cabins and rainforest lodges where the architecture and the operation are part of the same conservation story.
Historic Villas for Memorable Stays
Aristocratic country houses, Palladian estates and Sicilian baglii where you book the whole thing and live in it for a week.
Boutique Hotels in Hidden Destinations
Eight small hotels in places you have never quite booked. Each chosen as a reason to go in itself.
Remote Places to Spend the Night
Eight properties at the end of the road, where the closest grocery store is a long story.