April 2026

Villa Dagmar, Stockholm: when a beautiful luxury hotel is one layout away from becoming exceptional There are hotels you enjoy, and then there are hotels that stay with you because they are so close to something even greater. Villa Dagmar in Stockholm belongs to that second category. Its location is almost impossible to improve upon. Set in Östermalm, on one of the district’s most

The Modernist Athens: one of the clearest lessons in how a boutique hotel should feel There are hotels you admire once, and there are hotels you keep returning to because they continue to prove a point. The Modernist Athens is that kind of hotel. Since its opening, it has been one of my homes in Athens, but also one of the most convincing examples of