Explore Our Story
Since 2014
The Spain we love to share
At Idilio we bring together private homes with personality in the most beautiful corners of Spain, from the coast to its national parks and inland villages. We visit them, get to know each one, and share them with travellers looking for more than sun and sand: beauty, silence and authenticity.
The story of Idilio
Viveca Bachrach and Hans Hoetink, with Dutch, German, Argentine and American roots, moved to Madrid in 1990 and discovered the beauty Spain keeps far from the coast. In 2012 they began welcoming guests to their summer house in the Sierra de Gredos and, little by little, friends with homes just as special asked them to look after theirs too. That is how Idilio was born in 2014: a collection built on trust and on a shared way of seeing a home, with a love of beauty, design and character. Over twelve years it has gathered more than 1,500 reviews on Airbnb, with an average of 4.9 and the demanding Superhost status year after year.
In 2026 Javier Vias joined the team to lead the relaunch of Idilio: an in-depth rebrand, a new website and an ambitious growth strategy, with one clear aim: to establish Idilio as the reference collection of the most beautiful homes with personality in all of Spain.
Idilio, year by year
- 1990
Viveca and Hans settle in Madrid and begin to discover, and fall in love with, the natural beauty of Spain.
- 2001
They discover the Sierra de Gredos and buy the land where they will build their summer house, Casa Mayamo.
- 2012
They open Casa Mayamo to their first guests.
- 2013
Friends begin asking them to manage the rental of their holiday homes, and little by little the idea grows.
- 2014
Idilio is born, with a small but already notable collection of homes in different corners of Spain.
- 2026
Idilio is relaunched: a new brand, a new website and a new social media strategy, with Javier Vias joining to lead the process alongside Viveca and Hans.