Places catching our eye this week
Grace Hotel, Auberge Resorts Collection
Santorini's caldera views need no introduction, yet Grace manages to frame them with such understated elegance that every sunset feels like your own private screening.
Santorini · Caldera views · Auberge Resorts
€616.33
Portrait Roma
Above the Via Condotti, this intimate townhouse feels more like staying with a well-travelled friend who happens to own a palazzo on the Tiber.
Rome · Via Condotti · Townhouse
€611.11
Sublime Comporta
The cork forests and rice paddies of Comporta stretch for miles, and this low-slung retreat lets you sink into the landscape with rooms that open straight onto the sand.
Comporta · Cork forest · Beach rooms
€535.14
Finca Cortesin
An Andalusian estate where the courtyards are shaded by jasmine, the golf course melts into the hills, and time slows to the pace of a long lunch on the terrace.
Andalusia · Jasmine courtyard · Golf estate
€467.81
Elivi Skiathos
We love how the breeze carries the scent of pine straight down to the turquoise bay below, and the suites feel quietly luxurious without ever shouting about it.
Skiathos · Pine-clad bay · Suites
€940.17
Borgo Egnazia
It is a village within a village, built from local limestone and surrounded by ancient olive groves, where the Roman baths become your afternoon ritual.
Puglia · Limestone village · Roman baths
€622.98
A private mountain retreat
Space to breathe in the Sierra de las Nieves
We discovered this villa on a hazy afternoon when the only sound was goat bells drifting across the valley. It sits above Ronda with a pool that seems to float between the mountains, and interiors that mix Moorish tiles with crisp contemporary linen. You come here to do very little, and to do it beautifully.
€427.35
We visit every place we recommend
Over a cup of tea in the lounge, or a wander through the garden at dawn, this is how we choose.
The best journeys are the ones that leave you slightly changed.