Notes from the road, host portraits, the things we wish we had read before our first visit.
Digital detox in Romania — remote stays, mountain silence and slow travel
Switch off the noise. Wake up in the mountains, villages and forests of Romania.
A roadtrip through the Saxon villages — Viscri, Biertan, Saschiz and more
A slow journey through fortified churches, pastel houses, rolling hills and one of Europe's most atmospheric cultural landscapes.
The most beautiful remote stays in Romania — cabins, guesthouses and mountain hideaways
For travellers who want silence, views, firewood, old houses and mornings without notifications.
Transylvania beyond Dracula — villages, design stays, food and slow travel
Forget the cliché. The real Transylvania is warmer, quieter and far more beautiful than the legend.
Hidden Romania — curated stays, villages and roadtrips beyond the obvious
Discover the Romania most travellers never reach — quiet villages, mountain roads, restored houses and landscapes that still feel untouched.
Places nobody talks about in Romania — quiet villages, roads and landscapes
Not every beautiful place needs a crowd. Some of Romania's best moments are still found in the margins.
The Transfăgărășan, by bicycle, in early September
A two-day route from Bâlea Lake down to the Saxon villages — written for cyclists, but useful for anyone curious about Romania's most famous road.
Where the bears are — what to know before you go looking
Romania has more brown bears than any country in Europe. Most guests will never see one. The few who do had a guide who knew the slope.
Why we chose the Carpathians, and not somewhere easier
Tuscany is finished. The Cotswolds are finished. The Provence is finished. What is left, and why we think it might be the last quiet corner of Europe worth a careful look.
Three days in Viscri — the slowest weekend we know
A village of 400 people, one fortified church, one bakery, one road. Here is exactly how to spend a weekend so that nothing happens, in the best possible way.
A week in the Saxon Triangle — our standard itinerary, with the small detours
Sibiu, Sighișoara, Viscri, Biertan, Mălâncrav — and the half-day detours most guidebooks miss. This is the route we send to first-timers.
How we choose a house — the unromantic part of curation
A check-list. Mattress age, mains gas pressure, kitchen knife sharpness, Wi-Fi speed at 7am — fifty boring things we measure before adding a home.
A house and a person: Anna of Casa Saxonia
Twelve years of lime plaster, oak beams, and patience. We sat with Anna for a morning to ask why.
The honest cost of a curated trip — what you pay for, and what you do not
We are sometimes more expensive than Booking. Sometimes we are cheaper. Here is the actual maths.