In his 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, British novelist James Hilton transports the reader to a mystical, harmonious valley of serenity and simple pleasures, hidden away deep within the Himalayan mountains. It is a magical, utopian place centred on a magnificent monastery where the monks live simple self-sufficient lives in harmony with their idyllic surroundings under the benevolent and caring eye of the High Lama. Read the full post

It’s sometimes hard to put into words why we feel our holidays are so special. There are so many different elements to them – a hotel here, a great walk there, plus an exceptional meal, perhaps, or a sublime viewpoint – that it’s often hard to pick out the highlights. So sometimes it’s far better to let our customers do the talking for us... Read the full post

Sara Serrão, owner of Cerca do Sul on Portugal’s Costa Vicentina, tells us how she was first introduced to Inntravel:

One day, I was at my small B&B, Cerca do Sul, located on the captivating Costa Vicentina when a nice British couple – he looked like a distracted scientist and she with hippy-style long white hair – popped in asking if my house was a guesthouse... Read the full post

Julian Pitt-Rivers wound his way up to our sierra in the early 1950s. A welcome in the local bar and a round of drinks was all it took to persuade him to settle and begin his ground-breaking book, ‘People of the Sierra’.  Turning its pages today, somehow life doesn’t seem so different. Glistening white villages still ring the silver sierra linked by a lacework of intricate paths that remain the lifeblood of rural life. Read the full post

I'm woken by a cow. I don't mean a sloppy cow lick has woken me from my slumbers or anything, it's just that rush hour has started in the High Atlas Mountains and a bovine has announced quite forcefully that it is on its way to work... Read the full post