Chris’s place hits like an Asian-inspired rolling hills hideaway straight from the pages of T Magazine

In an Airbnb landscape often reeking of corporate landlords offering up Costco barstools, limp bedspreads and photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge shot by IKEA, Chris’s place hits like an Asian-inspired rolling hills hideaway straight from the pages of T Magazine (or any of the tasteful coffee table books that pepper his hideaway). It’s not just that every detail is considered, it’s that every comfort is as well. When we needed a meat cleaver for schnitzel, it was there. A fine sieve for Budino? Also there. And, get this, there was actual soap in the soap dispenser built in to the kitchen sink. Who does that? We were two families with five little ones and two dogs and there were periods we simply didn't see one another. The property is filled with hidden nooks and seating areas, behind small hedges, down rock steps, swinging from the boughs of twisting California oaks, and near the river that flows right in front of the front porch. The inside is similarly considered with its design. featuring areas both for gathering and privacy. We’d recommend it highly but we’d just be adding to the global chorus of voices singing its praises. It’s located across a small bridge down a private driveway from Three Rivers, a charming little one-strip town with a sub and soup shop that might as well be on top ten lists across the country. It’s also just 10 minutes removed from the entrance to Sequoia National Park. Chris is a charming host who is attentive in the run up and during as well. We’d say book it but you’re probably too late.

Andreas, AIRBNB, January 2020