If you travel often, then you are familiar with the pleasant luxury of large, professionally run hotels—spacious lobbies, room service, and efficient anonymity. Do you sometimes long for a place where people greet you by name? A place where the same friendly host family welcomes…

Hiking offers relaxation, exercise, and a connection with nature. It allows you to enjoy sweeping views of the landscape and discover plants and wildlife up close. But how do we protect nature from ourselves? Litter and careless behavior by hikers are causing problems in many…

With heatwaves in Germany and temperatures reaching 50 degrees in Sicily, not to mention the first heat-related deaths in Turkey, it’s no surprise that ‘coolcation’ is the summer buzzword of 2025 once again. But what does it mean? And does it really have to be…

„The greatest sight to see is the world—take a look.“ The words of Kurt Tucholsky inspire us to travel to distant lands. However, we are far from being the first people to set foot in these places. While traveling, we encounter historical treasures—impressive testaments to…

“All of our rooms are beautiful.” That’s what many of our hotel partners said when I asked them about their “best room.” But it turns out that there really is such a thing: that special room where you can arrive, marvel, and immediately feel at…