Notes from the road, and from the hotels.
Pieces by the editor and the people we stay with. Written between visits, not for SEO.
Why the Founding Collection opens in 2027
Crew Portfolio has a launch date in 2027. People sometimes ask why. It is a fair question. The site exists. The first hotel is in the collection. We could open the doors…
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Staying somewhere the owners cook lunch
There is a category of hotel, mostly small, mostly rural, where the owners cook lunch. They do not always advertise this. You arrive on a weekday at one o'clock, sit down, and…
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Two days in the Sierra de Cádiz
You can land in Jerez at lunchtime and be on a terrace in Vejer by four. We have done it twice. Here is what we would do with the two days that…
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How we choose a hotel
We are often asked. The shortest answer is that we stay there first. The longer answer takes more telling. We started Crew Portfolio because we kept finding the same kind of small…
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