02/09/2026
We first came to Zabola Estate, Transylvania eight years ago, as travellers. We could not have known back then that, years later, we would return as partners.
What stayed with us from that first visit was not the room, the dinner or the fireplace. It was the feeling of entering a world with its own rhythm. A family estate shaped by centuries of history, surrounded by forests, horses and wildlife, where everyday life felt connected to the same story.
It taught us something about the difference between travelling and simply being a tourist. About what it means to become immersed in a slower way of living. To walk without being in a hurry, to listen to the forest, to notice how the light changes from day to night and allow everything to reveal itself.
This is how we choose to show the places we care about. We do not create according to the pace demanded by social media algorithms. We want to leave room for observation, emotion and curiosity. Slow living, and perhaps slow luxury too, deserves a slower approach.
Eight years after our first visit, we now see Zabola Estate with greater familiarity, but still with the same sense of wonder. We are proud to include this remarkable part of Transylvania in the journeys we create.
