Destination Guides

3 min read There’s an Italian word for something most travel itineraries have forgotten how to offer: villeggiatura. The term originated in Renaissance Venice, where patrician families used it to describe leaving the city each summer to spend an extended stretch of time at their country villas. It wasn’t a trip in the way we…

3 min read Every listing talks about “sense of place.” It’s become one of those phrases that sounds meaningful until you stop and ask what it’s actually describing. Too often, it means a photo of a local market, a line about “authentic culture,” and little else. We think a sense of place means something more…