Currently Loving: 4 European Souvenirs & Experiences We Can’t Stop Talking About
Every month, The Solo Travel Concierge shares what’s lighting up our moodboards, inspiring our itineraries, and generally making us want to pack our bags immediately. This time, our hearts (and carry-ons) are set on four experiences and treasures across Europe that feel just the right mix of chic, rare, and quietly indulgent.
These aren’t just destinations or products—they’re little luxuries that remind us why we travel in the first place: to discover beauty, to savor the rare, and to collect moments that feel entirely our own. Whether it’s slipping into a pair of handmade slippers, sipping wine by the sea, indulging in Parisian sweetness, or standing among fashion history, these are the details that make a trip unforgettable.
Discover our current obsessions…
Venetian Slippers by Piedàterre
Let’s start with the friulane—Venice’s answer to the eternal question, “How do I look chic without breaking my ankles on cobblestones?” Piedàterre makes them in crushed velvet so soft you’ll want to pet your own feet. Jewel tones, perfect neutrals, they’re all here. The magic? They fold flat, weigh nothing, and somehow make you feel like an Italian countess just popping out for an espresso.
Los Enamorados, Ibiza
You’ve heard of Ibiza’s party scene—this is not that. This is the north coast, where the pace is slower, the water clearer, and Los Enamorados is waiting to seduce you. It’s part hotel, part concept store, part fever dream of vintage treasures and sun-faded walls. One night here and you’ll be plotting your “accidental” extended stay.
Wine & Ice Cream Pairing at Folderol, Paris
I didn’t know I needed this combo until it happened to me: natural wine and small-batch ice cream, in flavors that sound like poetry (peach-basil, fig, burnt sugar). You sit, you sip, you spoon, you swoon. It’s the kind of Paris indulgence that makes you rethink why dessert and drinks were ever separate things in the first place.
Emilio Pucci Heritage Hub, Florence
File this under things you casually drop into conversation to sound impossibly fabulous. The Emilio Pucci Heritage Hub is a private archive—yes, private—open by appointment only. It’s a riot of color, print, and fashion history that makes you want to swan out in a silk caftan immediately.