The Curation: Volume 34
The coolest new hotel in Palma, Mallorca, the It Hotels in the Caribbean, where to stay for a bucket list trip to the Bolivian Salt Flat, a new Forestis style hotel in Austria, villa rentals in Umbria
Months ago, I planned to take this week off. When I first went freelance, I decided that I was never again going to have a deadline on the days surrounding my birthday. When I was a kid, I thought if I were a Principal, I would allow everyone to skip school on their birthday. Working in New York, one of my bosses in mentors told me that in Australia it’s typical to not work on your birthday. So I had planned to do that. But then, a few days ago, I snapped to reality and realized that you all do not care that it’s my birthday and you deserve a Substack every week. I’ve been working on a big master update to all the hotel lists, but I didn’t have enough time to get it up to par. I’ve been working on itineraries for a series of the Great American Roadtrip, but same. So instead, I also realized that I don’t have to go pedal to the metal every single week, maybe sometimes it’s ok to share a handful of particularly special places. Close to the heart, and front of the mind. I’m headed on a little roadtrip down the California coast this weekend, and I’ll share all about it next week.
Today’s agenda:
A new Must Stay hotel in the town of Palma on the Balearic island of Mallorca.
The first of a new series called “Where to Stay in Bucket List Destinations,” this first edition focused on the Salar de Uyuni or Bolivian Salt Flat, which is on my bucket list.
The new era of It Hotels in the Caribbean – one in the Bahamas, one in the British Virgin Islands.
A bucket list chateau rental in France, from the people behind one of the coolest hotels in Mexico.
A brand new very cool hotel that will be the Forestis of Austria, if I were to guess.
Four very cool, mostly not wildly expensive, villa rentals in Umbria, and a source for more.
On the near horizon:
Late-fall, The Japan Hotel List.
The Colombia Hotel List.
The Seychelles & Maldives Hotel List.
The Germany Hotel List.
The Canada Hotel List.
Updates to existting Hotel Lists.
20 dream European Summer itineraries to book now, for ‘25, before rates rise.
A spotlight on multiple wonderful and under-the-radar hotel portfolios and groups.
Full hotel reviews for the Martine Inn and Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn.
A series of fall foliage roadtrips.
The Great American Road Trip, a series.
Under-the-radar Italian towns to know.
And all the things in between that make the magic.
The Coolest New Hotel in Palma, Mallorca
You might have noticed that I’ve gradually started to like more minimalist properties as well. This is a hotel that I would have shared as a cool new boutique option two years ago, but now I feel like it’s somewhere I truly may consider staying at myself. Whenever I finally get to Mallorca, my plan is to have three legs – Palma, the west side, and the east side of the island. This could very well be The Hotel for the Palma portion.
It’s been open since spring, and I thoroughly apologize for not writing about it until now.