The Querido Journal— a journey through the worlds of experience, food, culture, and incredibly fine hotels.
Mariella Avino, Owner of Palazzo Avino, on vintage Valentino, the eternal appeal of polka dots, and building a boutique with deep love for beauty. Tucked inside Palazzo Avino, the legendary...
The Hotel That Wants You to Live Longer SHA Spain has been on every “world’s best wellness hotel” list since it opened in 2008, but something has shifted. The recent...
Rome has always attracted artists. Casa Monti just gave one the keys. Casa Monti is one of those hotels that already feels like stepping into someone’s creative world. 36 keys...
Comporta Has Always Been Europe’s Best-Kept Secret. Sublime Just Made It Harder to Keep. When people ask us where to go in Europe and they want something that feels genuinely...
Where to stay, eat, and explore in Porto Cervo Sardinia doesn’t feel like the rest of Italy. The landscape is older and wilder with granite cliffs, maquis scrub, water that...
Where to Stay, Eat, and Experience the best of Tuscany’s best kept secret There’s a particular kind of Italian that summers in Forte dei Marmi. They’ve been coming since childhood,...
The Stay That Has It All You booked the beautiful villa, you had the private pool, the garden, the mornings to yourself — and it was lovely. But something was...
There are places that don’t need to introduce themselves. CASABIANCA is one of them. CASABIANCA is a passion project of Paolo and Antonella De Santis, the family behind Grand Hotel...
The year is coming to an end, and after all the indulging that magically becomes part of everyone’s “holiday tradition,” the New Year, New You energy starts creeping in. That...
Some gifts are beautiful. Others tell a story. These do both. This season, we’ve curated a few of our favorite objects from the Querido collection. Eau de Parfum Aqua Como...
There’s something really special about the way hoteliers think about gifting. For many of them, hospitality isn’t just a profession, it’s personal. It’s rooted in family traditions, meaningful memories, and...
New York in December is a whole mood…and not the subtle kind. The city goes full sparkle mode. Tucked away on a quiet on the Upper East Side sits The...