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A thatched-roof villa and garden pavilions above terraced rice fields, with a pool and sun loungers in the foreground at dusk

Places across Asia

The C.U.D. Collection

Places worth travelling for.

01 — The Selection

Not every beautiful place is the right place.

The C.U.D. Collection is a growing selection of places across Asia that I have personally visited, experienced and thoughtfully selected.

  • Boutique hotels
  • Villas
  • Guesthouses
  • Hideaways
  • Places with character
  • Some are beautifully designed.
  • Some are deeply connected to their surroundings.
  • Some are remembered because of the people who run them.

02 — The Feeling

What they have in common is something harder to define:a feeling.

Every place selected for the C.U.D. Collection has been personally experienced by me and considered through the values that matter to C.U.D. — genuine hospitality, a sense of place, thoughtful details, local connection and the ability to create meaningful memories.

Genuine hospitality

A sense of place

Thoughtful details

Local connection

Meaningful memories

03 — Not a Ranking

This is not a ranking.

It is not a list of the most luxurious places in Asia.
It is a personal collection of places I would genuinely recommend to someone I care about.

04 — Over Time

The collection will grow slowly.

Only when a place feels right.

Personally visited.
Personally selected.
Curated by C.U.D.

More places will be added over time.

See also C.U.D. Experiences and C.U.D. Private Journeys, or read What Is Slow Travel?