Elena Vasquez

Elena Vasquez is Always Packed's Mediterranean and slow travel editor. She covers Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Italian south the way they deserve to be travelled: slowly, by train where possible, and with the shoulder season treated as the main event. Her guides name the town, the month, and the exact train, and her hotel picks favour family-run places with a point of view over chains with a lobby scent. Elena's rule is simple: if an itinerary needs a spreadsheet and a stopwatch, it is not a holiday. This profile is an Always Packed editorial desk, a named collection of editors and researchers publishing under a shared beat and voice.