Travel calendar No. 04
April
Southern Europe, before it is discovered.
In April the Mediterranean is green. The landscape is just short of its peak, the temperatures allow long walks, and the houses have only recently opened — with full attention and few guests.
It is the month for travellers who want less swimming and more looking: Tuscany on foot, northern Mallorca without traffic, the Amalfi Coast with lemons rather than crowds.
Why this month
Why this month is special
After winter a house needs two weeks to find its form — after that, April is the kindest time of year to stay in one. You are offered rooms that have been taken since winter for July.
Easter is the exception. For ten days around it, Italy behaves as it does in high summer; if you can, travel before or after.
Where is April rewarding?
Japan, Tuscany and the Greek islands before the season. Days are long enough, temperatures comfortable, and houses have just reopened — service and attention are noticeably better than in high summer. The Indian Ocean sits in one of its calmest phases. Easter is the exception: plan it early.
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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.
Related Houses
Within These Collections
Discovery Paths
Where to go now
Recommended destinations
Mediterranean places that give more in spring than in high summer.
Balearics, Spain
Mallorca
An island with a mountain range that makes summer bearable.
- Best time to visit:
- May, June and September to early October
- Suggested length:
- Five to seven nights
Italy
Tuscany
Landscape one does not tour, but inhabits.
- Best time to visit:
- Mid-May to late June, mid-September to late October
- Suggested length:
- Five to seven nights
Campania, Italy
Amalfi Coast
A road hung on the rock, and terraces full of lemons.
- Best time to visit:
- May, June and late September to October
- Suggested length:
- Four to five nights
Where we stay
Addresses that suit it
Houses with a garden, a terrace and enough around them to be explored on foot.
Four Seasons — 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
Rosewood — 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
Six Senses — Cala Xarraca, Ibiza
Six Senses Ibiza
The quiet north of the island: one bay, a longevity programme and dinner without a door policy.
- Suits:
- Travellers who like Ibiza, but not the Ibiza of clubs
- Suggested length:
- Four to five nights
On the move
Journeys this month
The approach as part of the journey — Europe in spring suits this well.
Through the month
Seasonal highlights
01
Green Tuscany
The short phase when the hills are not yet golden but full.
02
Northern Mallorca without traffic
The Serra de Tramuntana at fifteen degrees — the best weeks for long days outdoors.
03
Lemon blossom on the Amalfi Coast
Warm middays, cool evenings, terraces that still have room.
Related collections
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From the Journal
An Invitation
Once a month: hotels, new openings and travel ideas
One hotel that convinced us, with our advice on suite and season. The openings that actually matter. And a destination at its best right now. No offers, no advertising.