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Places, people, and the slow art of being somewhere.

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Places
Places·10 min read·March 2025

The stunning restoration of a Girona masía

Over twelve years, one family rebuilt a crumbling 18th-century farmhouse not as a retreat from the world, but as an argument for how the world might be.

It started with a collapsed roof and a choice: walk away, or stay. Michèle and Julio chose to stay. What followed was twelve years of stone-by-stone restoration that never once mistook beauty for comfort.

Carla Lavoignat

Solwyn co-founder

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Places
↗ Can Buch8 min read

A living sanctuary built stone by stone

Can Buch isn't a place you simply book. It's a place that receives you.

People
↗ Mas Oms5 min read

The architect who chose the land over the city

Why does someone trained in Barcelona give it all up for a 15th-century farmhouse?

Slow Living
Essay7 min read

On the lost art of arriving slowly

We've optimized everything about travel except the part that actually matters.

Design
Essay9 min read

Why the best rural interiors never try to be rural

When does vernacular become costume? A visit to three properties that get it right.

Food & Land
Field Notes4 min read

The kitchen as manifesto

In every place we visit, we check the kitchen first. It tells you everything.

Travel Notes
Dispatch3 min read

Seven things we noticed on the road this spring

From a 6am walk through La Garrotxa to a dinner that lasted four hours.

Places
↗ Cabanyes·6 min read

The forest cabins that ask you to be quiet

There's a particular kind of quiet here that you don't find anywhere else.

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Travel Notes
Essay7 min read

The End of the Itinerary

Why over-planning kills the best parts of travel and what happens when you leave space for the unexpected.

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