“Travel, for me, is not an escape from home — it’s a search for its echo”
- Martina Mondadori
The hotels we love most are not the ones trying hardest to impress. They are the ones that feel, from the moment you walk in, like someone with extraordinary taste actually lives there, and has generously left the door open for you. Rooms that are warm rather than grand. Gardens you want to sit in all day. Hosts who seem genuinely happy you came. That quality is harder to design than a dramatic lobby, and rarer than any amenity list.
This summer, we’ve pulled together places across Europe that have it. From a cliffside above the Amalfi Coast to a manor lost in the Irish hills, a family-run inn in the Dolomites to a singular house on a Greek island almost no one has found yet, these are the places we keep coming back to, and keep telling our closest friends about.
Before we reveal the full list, begin planning the journey. For those with Greece on their mind, our Weekend in Greece travel guide gathers the places, addresses and summer rituals worth travelling for.
And because every great summer hotel deserves an equally thoughtful suitcase, Martina has shared what she's packing this season, from dresses and swimwear to the small luxuries that make a trip feel complete.
Continue reading this article for a tight edit of the European hotels we’ll be dreaming of all summer…
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