Hidden Villages
Discover extraordinary hidden villages across Europe
Monsanto
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Village built among and under giant boulders
Giethoorn
Overijssel, Netherlands
Car-free village with canals and 180+ bridges
Setenil de las Bodegas
Andalusia, Cádiz, Spain
White village with houses built directly under overhanging rocks
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Bavaria, Germany
Perfectly preserved medieval town that inspired Disney's Pinocchio
Rupit
Catalonia, Spain
Medieval village perched on volcanic basalt with hanging bridge
Altea
Costa Blanca, Alicante, Spain
Completely white-painted village on hill with car-free center
Berat
Central Albania, Albania
Ottoman houses climbing fortress-crowned hill
Swinbrook
Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England
English village pared down to its essence in honey-stone Cotswolds
Erice
Sicily, Italy
Medieval village often lost in clouds, known as 'Kiss of Venus'
Lofou
Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
Stone-built village preserving traditional Cypriot way of life
Hallstatt
Salzkammergut, Austria
Postcard-perfect village between lake and mountains
Zermatt
Valais, Switzerland
Car-free village beneath the iconic Matterhorn peak
Featured Hotels
Château du Fey
Burgundy, France
Intimate 18th-century château in Burgundy wine country
18th-century Burgundy château
The Drake Devonshire
Prince Edward County, England
Contemporary art-focused lakefront boutique hotel
Contemporary art and hospitality fusion
Château de Vault de Lugny
Burgundy, Avallon, France
13th-century fortress castle in Burgundy wine country
13th-century Burgundian fortress
Hotel Krallerhof
Leogang, Austrian Alps, Austria
Luxury alpine hotel at foothills of Leoganger Steinberge mountains
Traditional Austrian Alps hospitality