Where to Stay: Three Hotels For Time-Traveling
A grande dame country house in Tangier, a historic hotel on one of Norway's prettiest fjords, and an East London townhouse straight out of a Georgian novel
So often in the travel world, there's an obsession with the new—radical renovations and reinventions—especially when it comes to hotels. But at In Hand, you've likely already noticed, we love old things. The older the better. This week, we're sharing our favorite historical haunts that let you slip back into the past. The types of places where candlelight beckons, wooden floors gleam with generations of footsteps, and roaring fires welcome you in from the cold. Gloriously untouched, these time capsules, offering so much more than just a place to rest your weary head, provide the perfect escape.
HOTEL VILLA JOSEPHINE / Tangier
Long a magnet for aesthetes, eccentrics, writers, painters, and more than a few nefarious wanderers, Tangier is a town whose life force derives from its history. The Villa Josephine is no exception. Perched on a promontory in Tangier’s fancy Vieux Montagne (just ten minutes from downtown), it was built in the early 1920s by writer/explorer/bon vivant Walter Harris (the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones) and subsequently owned by the Pasha of Marrakesh who used it as his summer house.