Whether through slow travel or city escapes, we believe where you stay shapes how you experience a place. We’re obsessed with how design and space affect feeling and pace, and our mission is to curate a considered list of hotels that invite you to slow down, stay present, and connect more deeply with where you are.
Slow travel begins with where you stay. Hotels built with intention, rooted in place, and designed for unhurried days. Spaces where meals take time, mornings are quiet, and nothing pulls you away from being present and settling properly into where you are.
For us, city escapes begin with the hotel. The kind that anchors you to a place rather than pulling you away from it. Thoughtful design, a sense of craft, good food, and an atmosphere that reflects the city’s rhythm. When the hotel feels right, the rest of the city unfolds more easily.
Amsterdam – Natural Wine – Modern pops of colour – Bar Centraal & More
Farm to table hotels in Spain are shaped by proximity and restraint. Food comes from nearby fields, gardens, and coastlines, meals follow the season, and days unfold without urgency. These stays value land, craft, and the quiet satisfaction of eating well, naturally.
Farm to table hotels in Italy bring travel back to the essentials. Food starts close to the land, meals follow the season, and days shape themselves around what’s grown nearby. These stays value simplicity, patience, and the quiet pleasure of eating well, without performance.
Eco hotels in Europe feel different when sustainability shapes daily life, not just design choices. These are places where buildings sit lightly in the landscape, food follows the season, and quiet is respected. Staying here changes how you move, eat, and notice where you are.
Wellness in Europe often starts with landscape. These are hotels shaped by mountains, forests, vineyards, and water, where rest comes from space, quiet, and design rather than rigid routines. Our edit of the best wellness hotels in Europe focuses on places that let you slow down naturally.
Sleeping among the trees changes how you travel. These are stays shaped by forest light, quiet design, and a sense of distance from the everyday. Our edit of the best treehouse hotels in Europe focuses on places where architecture steps back and nature sets the pace.
Portugal’s wine regions are made for slowing down. Vineyards shape daily life, meals follow the land, and hospitality feels lived-in rather than staged. Our edit of the best wine hotels in Portugal focuses on places where wine leads quietly, and the pace takes care of itself.
France’s wine regions invite a different pace. Days shaped by vineyards, quiet villages, and meals that linger naturally. Our edit of the best wine hotels in France brings together stays rooted in land and craft, where good wine, honest food, and calm surroundings set the rhythm.
Here, wine hotels in Italy feel lived in rather than styled. Mornings start quietly, afternoons drift between vineyards and shade, and evenings gather around simple food and good bottles. These are places shaped by the land, where staying put often feels better than moving on.
Wine hotels in Spain invite a slower way of traveling. Days unfold between vineyards, cellars, and long tables shaped by the land. These are stays rooted in place, where wine is part of daily life, food follows the seasons, and the pace is quietly unhurried.
Brutalist hotels ask you to slow down and pay attention. Concrete, shadow, and structure shape the experience, not decoration. These are places where architecture sets the tone, where stillness feels intentional, and where staying inside the building is as meaningful as exploring beyond it.
Design-forward yet deeply comforting, the French Alps balance beauty with warmth. Think timbered interiors, long lunches after cold-air walks, and villages that feel lived in, not staged. Our edit highlights hotels where atmosphere matters as much as landscape, and time is something you keep.
The Austrian Alps are made for slowing down. Forest walks, warm saunas, and hotels built around comfort rather than spectacle. Our edit of the best hotels in the Austrian Alps focuses on places where natural materials, quiet rituals, and a strong sense of place invite rest, warmth, and reconnection with the landscape.
The Italian Alps invite a slower kind of mountain stay. Think quiet valleys, family-run kitchens, and hotels shaped by wood, stone, and tradition. Our edit of the best hotels in the Italian Alps focuses on places where warmth, landscape, and unhurried days come naturally.
Slow travel & City Escapes
