Pristine Dune View
Editorial team

Our reviewers

Two writers, many keys. We check in ourselves, chase that holiday spark through lobbies and late corridors, and bring the texture of each stay back to you — bright, specific and unpaid by hotels.

Mira Kowalski

City-break correspondent

Mira has stayed in hundreds of hotels and still feels a quiet lift walking into a good lobby. She notices light before logos, listens for corridor hush and prefers short, exact sentences over flourish.

Her notes favour class without clamour — the soft landing after a city day, the bed that earns trust by morning.

Articles by Mira Kowalski

Clara Cortez

Contributing travel journalist

Clara has spent years on the road checking into hotels so readers do not have to guess. She writes the way a good host speaks — unhurried, warm and tuned to comfort.

Expect hospitality detail: how a desk greets you, whether the evening softens, and which small kindnesses make a night feel easy.

Articles by Clara Cortez