From the collection
Spring Journeys
April and May — Europe before it fills.
Spring is the brief season when southern Europe is green, the retreats have only just opened, and rooms are available that have been taken since winter for the summer.
This collection gathers addresses that give more in spring than in high summer: gardens, terraces and surroundings best explored on foot.
The addresses
Houses in this collection
Val d'Orcia, Toskana
Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco
A medieval borgo on 1,100 hectares of the Val d'Orcia, with its own Brunello and suites in the old farmhouses.
- Suits:
- Families and couples who want one place for a whole week
- Suggested length:
- Five to seven nights
- Season:
- May to June, September to October for the harvest
Formentor, Mallorca
Four Seasons Mallorca at Formentor
The 1929 grand hotel on Formentor bay, carefully brought back rather than reinvented.
- Suits:
- Families and couples who want the Mediterranean with history and pine forest
- Suggested length:
- Five nights
- Season:
- May to June, September
Florenz, Toskana
Four Seasons Firenze
A Renaissance palazzo with eleven hectares of garden behind it — Florence on foot, silence at breakfast.
- Suits:
- Families and cultural travellers who want city and garden together
- Suggested length:
- Three to four nights
- Season:
- April to June, September to October
Otemachi, Tokio
Aman Tokyo
A Japanese hotel lifted to the 33rd floor: washi, stone, cedar and a lobby thirty metres high.
- Suits:
- First-time and returning Japan travellers who want calm above the city
- Suggested length:
- Four nights, ideally combined with Kyoto
- Season:
- Late March to May, October to November
Chianti, Toskana
COMO Castello Del Nero
A 12th-century castle in Chianti, with a kitchen and spa that genuinely structure the day.
- Suits:
- Couples combining Tuscany with wellness and serious cooking
- Suggested length:
- Four to five nights
- Season:
- May to June, September
Our perspective
Spring journeys should include walking. Five to seven nights at one address with day trips works better than a route with four stops.
Easter behaves like high season. If you are flexible, travel in the weeks before or after.
Journeys alongside
Routes that belong here
Pure Voyage Atlas
Where this leads
The Atlas connects what belongs together: the region, the collections, the right season and the houses that sit within the same story.
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An Invitation
Once a month: hotels, new openings and travel ideas
One hotel that convinced us. One new opening we are watching. And one travel idea for the right season. Carefully selected and reduced to the essentials.