Featured Films

From 100-Year-Old Wine Tanks to Award-Winning Hotel

Abandoned wine tanks became Greece's coolest hotel rooms. Owner Nikos Karaflos saw beauty where others saw ruins, transforming concrete cylinders into stunning beachfront suites.

Inside a Forgotten Greek Sanatorium Reborn as a Mountain Retreat

Hidden in Arcadia's mountains, this isn't your typical Greek getaway. Owner Stratis Batagias transformed ancient stone walls into something magical, where every detail tells a story.

Inside the Retreat Born from a Woman’s Journey of Healing

Si Booke's family turned crisis into healing. After cancer and a fractured neck nearly destroyed them, they discovered breathwork and cold therapy that completely saved their lives.

The Visionaries

Stratis Batagias

Manna

Siddhartha Booke

The Asa Maia
Stratis Batagias
Manna

I have a photograph of me standing in the old entrance. I was 12 years old. When I came to the building as an owner after 30 years, I found my initials engraved on a wall in the back entrance. I signed the building 30 years ago.

Meet the Visinoariey
Siddhartha Booke
The Asa Maia

"You're leaving this place as a better version of yourself. This happens through inspiration, through clarity, through connection."

Meet the Visinoariey

From The Journal

Why Castello di Reschio Proves Real Italian Luxury Takes 1,000 Years to Perfect

An aristocratic refugee bought 50 crumbling Umbrian farmhouses and created Castello di Reschio where flooded wine cellars, estate chickens, and 28 years of restoration earned Three Michelin Keys.

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Castello di Reschio

Why Castello di Reschio Proves Real Italian Luxury Takes 1,000 Years to Perfect

An aristocratic refugee bought 50 crumbling Umbrian farmhouses and created Castello di Reschio where flooded wine cellars, estate chickens, and 28 years of restoration earned Three Michelin Keys.
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Where Wine Tanks Become Hotel Rooms

Nikos Karaflos with Dexemenes Seaside Hotel

At thirteen, a Greek engineer interviewed former winery workers for a school essay about an abandoned industrial site. Decades later, he transformed those 1920s concrete wine tanks into raw luxury suites on a forgotten Peloponnese beach.

Singita Milele's Architectural Masterclass in How to Build Luxury That Honors the Serengeti Landscape

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Singita Milele's Architectural Masterclass in How to Build Luxury That Honors the Serengeti Landscape

Tanzania

Manna Arcadia the mountain retreat redefining how Greece does luxury

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Manna Arcadia the mountain retreat redefining how Greece does luxury

Greece

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The Seed

Hotel Reviews

The Asa Maia Review:

At thirteen, a Greek engineer interviewed former winery workers for a school essay about an abandoned industrial site. Decades later, he transformed those 1920s concrete wine tanks into raw luxury suites on a forgotten Peloponnese beach.

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The Newman Hotel Review: London's Newest Hotel, Built for the People Who Already Belong to Fitzrovia

London's newest hotel built for neighbors first. Redefined luxury as memory not spectacle, chose belonging over exclusivity, and proved that familiarity matters more than first sight.

Anthology of Athens Review: A Hotel That Remembers Greece Is 2,000 Years Old

Manna Review: Why Greece’s Elite Disappear to Manna, Arcadia’s Hidden Mountain Retreat

Arcadian mountains replace coastal predictability at this restored sanatorium where stone masons carved walls, breakfast lasts until noon, and luxury means stripping everything away.

Films
The Newman
Set in the heart of Fitzrovia, The Newman is a new London hotel built for locals. Rooted in neighbourhood stories, it feels familiar, grounded, and quietly different today.
Inside the Retreat Born from a Woman’s Journey of Healing
Si Booke's family turned crisis into healing. After cancer and a fractured neck nearly destroyed them, they discovered breathwork and cold therapy that completely saved their lives.
The Revolutionary Resort That Convinced Luxury Travelers Tents Are Better Than Hotel Suites
Resort executives reveal how they convinced ultra-wealthy guests to choose luxury canvas cabanas over traditional suites on the glamorous Athens coast.
Inside a Forgotten Greek Sanatorium Reborn as a Mountain Retreat
Hidden in Arcadia's mountains, this isn't your typical Greek getaway. Owner Stratis Batagias transformed ancient stone walls into something magical, where every detail tells a story.
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