Table of content
1. AUSTRIA
1.1 Superbude Hotel (Vienna)
2. BULGARIA
2.1 Harmony Suites (Sunny Beach)
3. CROATIA
3.1 Ana’s Paradise Home (Mlini/Dubrovnik)
4. GREECE
4.1 Verde Blue Apartment (Kavala)
5. ITALY
5.1 Apartments Oberhollenzen (Praies/Dolomites)
6. MONTENEGRO
6.1 Loft in Old Town Kotor (Kotor)
7. ROMANIA
7.1 Edenland Treehouse (Otopeni/Bucharest)
7.2 Vila Ramona (Otopeni/Bucharest)
7.3 Victoria Central Apartment (Bucharest)
7.4 Conacul Caterinei (Polovragi)
8. SPAIN
8.1 Villa Jose 2 (Comares/Andalusia)
8.2 Cave House (Granada)
8.3 Rubens Center Penthouse (Sevilla)
In our years of travel, we have stayed in more than 100 different accommodations around the world, from hotels to cave and tree houses, from apartments to cabins and tents. Most of them ranged from decent to very good, with a handful of complete disasters and a dozen of amazing ones.
In this post, I will list all of the accommodations that awed us in Europe and the reasons why we loved them.
They were all booked via Booking.com, Hotels.com or Airbnb.com
I am not an affiliate of any of those search engines and I do not receive any commission from them.
These are my honest reviews of the places we loved.
1. AUSTRIA
- the whole building is like an art exhibit and in every corner you can find interesting or quirky things
- very stylish and clean
- themed hotel – each room had a different theme, like ”Cinema”, ”Bird’s Nest”, ”Disco”, ”Glamping” etc
- you could choose different songs or voices to play in the elevator
- good food at the rooftop restaurant
- our room had ”hidden beds” for children and a secret stairway to get to them. Our kids had a blast playing hide and seek there.
2. BULGARIA
2.1 Harmony Suites (Sunny Beach)
Why we loved it:
- very clean, bright and elegant
- luxurious feel at an affordable price
- very polite staff, who walked us to our room and made sure everything was to our liking
- several pools and playgrounds in the complex
- delicious food at the restaurant on site
3. CROATIA
3.1 Holiday Home Ana’s paradise (Mlini/Dubrovnik)
What makes it one of our favorite accommodations:
- one of the best houses we’ve ever stayed in (it truly felt like a home)
- clean, spacious, beautifully decorated, fully stocked with everything one might need, from spices to coffee
- orchard with fruit trees
- hot tub and BBQ
- patio in the back of the house with toys and trampoline for the kids
- friendly owners, who live next door
- a short, 10 minute bus ride from Dubrovnik
4. GREECE
4.1 Verde Blue Apartment (Kavala)
Why we loved it:
- stunning views over the city and the sea
- huge balcony, ideal for eating or doing yoga
- modern, sleek, clean and spacious
- very comfortable beds
5. ITALY
5.1 Apartments Oberhollenzer (Praies/Dolomites)
What makes it one of our favorite accommodations:
- impressive cleanliness and organization of the apartment (even the forks and spoons were lined up perfectly in drawers)
- very homey, we really enjoyed the layout of the apartment (we stayed in the three bedroom apartment)
- comfortable beds and pillows
- fully stocked kitchen
- responsive and friendly host
- welcome gift and a daily email sharing the local newspaper
- trampoline and a table tennis
- great location with beautiful view over the mountains
- remote and quiet, but very close to Lago di Braies and withing half an hour from Brunico and San Candido
6. MONTENEGRO
6.1 Loft inside Kotor Old Town (Kotor)
Why we loved it:
- bright apartment with lots of natural light
- beautiful style and architecture
- toys for the kids
- awesome location, right in Old Town, in front of the ”cat park” – a square filled with cats that are taken care of by the locals. Our kids spent many hours playing with the cats
- very close to where the Kotor Old Fortress trail starts
- lots of restaurants, bars and souvenir stores around
7. ROMANIA
7.1 Edenland Park Treehouses (Bucharest)
Why we loved it:
- newly built tree houses in a really cool, natural park in a forest on the outskirts of Bucharest
- petting zoo
- playground with maze, wooden climbing pyramid, wooden castle
- paintball
- a few different restaurants
- adventure park
7.2 Vila Ramona (Otopeni/Bucharest)
Why we loved it:
- sparkling clean, spacious and elegant
- nice kitchen
- it has an elevated, walled-in area with an extra bed that my kids loved to play and hide in
- modern bathroom with washer/dryer
- close to the airport
7.3 Victoria Central Apartments (Bucharest)
Why it’s one of our favorite accommodations:
- clean and elegant
- we really liked the style of the exposed brick and wood in the living room
- good location, within walking distance to Old Town
7.4 Conacul Caterinei (Polovragi, Gorj County)
Why we loved it:
- very friendly owners who live on site, invited us to dine with them and their friends, they bought watermelon and shared it with our kids and even offered to do our laundry for free
- beautiful, well cared for property with good quality furniture and pretty Romanian decor
- fenced in year, safe for the kids to play around
- swings, playground and trampoline
- free bicycles
- outside shared kitchen
- located in a small village, at the base of a mountain where you can explore caves and go on hikes
- within driving distance to Horezu, one of the biggest pottery centers in Romania
8. SPAIN
8.1 Villa Jose 2 (Comares/Andalusia)
What makes it one of our favorite accommodations:
- stunning Spanish style villa with gorgeous views over the Andaluz mountains
- pool (that can be heated for an extra fee)
- spacious, with lots of sitting areas and balconies
- close to Comares, one of the white villages of Andalusia
- withing half an hour driving to the beach
- clean, with a good size kitchen and pantry
- it has an extra apartment underneath the main villa
8.2 Cave house (Granada)
Why we loved it:
- unique and unforgettable experience in an eclectic cave house – our kids LOVED it
- clean and bigger than expected (although the kitchen and shower are tiny, keeping its traditional, authentic feel)
- gorgeous sunsets from the terrace
- stunning views over the Alhambra and Granada
- in a historic neighborhood
- you can hear the flamenco shows at night
8.3 Rubens Center Penthouse (Sevilla)
Why we loved it:
- clean and nicely decorated
- a very nice rooftop terrace
- convenient location, close to one of the Hop on – Hop off bus stations
- within walking distance (half an hour – 40 min) to the Cathedral and Plaza de Espana
- it had a historical feel about it
I hope these places have inspired you to travel and check them out for yourself. If you do, please drop a comment and let me know how your experience was. Also, if you have some amazing accommodations to recommend, please do so in the comments. Let’s keep this list going.
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