Katharine Sohn

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Formerly at Condé Nast Traveller, Katharine has a knack for the kinds of stays you want to keep to yourself – off-radar hotels with soul and a great hotel bar (ideally one that serves a proper Negroni and has a bowl of fun matchsticks). Based in the Cotswolds but often plotting the next escape, she’s built an arsenal of low-key travel intel (think locals-only beaches in Greece, where to find real cowboys in Wyoming) and a serious Google Maps archive of stocked delis, espresso bars, and cool souvenir shops. A branding obsessive and avid film photographer, she captures her travels through the little things – swirling spaghetti, signage, linen labels – and always leaves room in her bag for the merch.

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Casa Cedo

Porto

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Set on Rua de Cedofeita – one of Porto’s more independent, design-leaning streets – Casa Cedo takes over a restored 19th-century townhouse reworked in a beautiful way to preserve its original bones. At street level, it opens as a working flower shop, where arrangements shift with the seasons and spill into the windows. The house itself is small – just eight rooms, each named after aflower, with bespoke pieces made locally and a focus on details and objects that feel collected over time.

Jonojé

Bruges

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Created by Belgian design studio LOHO, Jonojé turned a former brush factory into something that sits somewhere in between a boutique B&B, a gallery and a creative laboratory. Six generously sized rooms act as experimental showpieces for the studio’s work – clay bathtubs sculpted from a single block, organically plastered walls and custom ceramic fixtures. The building also houses LOHO’s studio, showroom and a surprisingly large garden just outside the city centre.

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