The Curation: Volume 10

The Hotel List for five US cities, a 2-week itinerary through Basque Country, the Summer '24 Italian cultural calendar, bucket list New Zealand, 3 Scandinavian islands for a Summer trip, and much more

On this week’s agenda: The US City Hotel List (Chicago, Philly, Baltimore, Austin, San Antonio). A 2-week roadtrip itinerary through Spanish and French Basque Country, with all the towns you have to see along the way. The Summer ‘24 Italian Culture Calendar (this is big). A very cool Caribbean boutique hotel with a very big sale. A spotlight on one of my favorite US-based hotel groups with a new hotel opening next month. 10 hidden gems in Italy (parks, palaces, museums, etc). Islands and archipelagos in Sweden and Denmark for a Scandinavian summer. And of course, my wants of the week.

Also, I got an email from Substack yesterday inviting me to an event for their most successful writers in the area. Success is absolutely subjective, but because of you they think I’m that, and I think I agree? Mostly, I love writing this. Thank you for reading it. If you know me IRL you know there is a very low likelihood that I will attend this event, but I’m incredibly honored.

Ok, let’s do it, you good people with good taste!

The American City Hotel List, Part 2

This week, we’re back in the American cities. Places you likely want to go, but may not know where to stay. As always, my personal top choices are marked with an asterisk (*) - but everything is either a like or a love. Today, we’ll be stopping first in Chicago, with 12 hotels. Then on to Baltimore, with 4 hotels (two really great). Next stop, Philly (Philadelphia) with 9 hotels (including one v cool one opening this year). Lastly, we arrive in Texas. Austin leads with 16 hotels, and our final destination is San Antonio, with 7 places that made the cut. Do you have a US city you’d like included next? Do let me know!