A 19th-century finca with authentic decor in Menorca
Menorca is undoubtedly the most unassuming of the Balearic Islands. It has long resisted mass tourism thanks to its designation as a UNESCO “Biosphere Reserve” in 1993. This is particularly evident in the villages of the interior. Llucmaçanes is the perfect example, with its few hundred residents, cobblestone streets, and whitewashed houses set behind dry-stone walls. It is there, just ten…
A renovated 1960s cabin on the water’s edge in Tasmania
Bruny Island, in Tasmania, is accessible by ferry from Kettering, south of Hobart, crossing the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, a waterway named by 18th-century French explorers. It runs along these wild coasts and arrives at this protected and sparsely populated island, which has remained completely authentic. It is there, on the edge of the channel, that The Songbird is located. This 1960s cabin,…