Why Some Large Resorts Feel Intimate Despite Their Size

Paradox: some 300-room resorts feel more personal than boutique hotels with 15. The secret lies not in the size, but in the attitude.

Borgo Egnazia in Puglia is an entire village — and yet you feel personally expected. Bürgenstock Resort above Lake Lucerne is a mountain with hotels on it — and yet every guest remains an individual.

Size is no argument against intimacy. Sometimes it is even its prerequisite.