Dimore D'Epoca

What Dimore D'Epoca does

Dimore D'Epoca is an Italian hospitality curation and booking platform operating under the legal entity Hyper srl, headquartered in Vicenza, Italy. The company curates a network of more than 400 historic properties — castles, villas, country houses, antique farmhouses (masserie), and boutique hotels — primarily in Italy with coverage extending to France, Slovakia, and other European markets via reciprocal referral partnerships with associations such as Châteaux Demeures, Hôtellerie Champêtre, Historic Hotels of Slovakia, and Historik Hotels International. Its core offering is a marketplace where travelers can discover and book stays and curated experiences, supplemented by more than 300 pre-packaged gift experiences (cofanetti) combining accommodation with activities such as wellness treatments, gourmet dining, and romantic getaways, plus 12-month gift cards and vouchers, and multi-destination itineraries.

The platform is delivered primarily through a Joomla-based website with J2Store e-commerce functionality, available in Italian, French, English, and Spanish, with a separate partner portal at cofanetti.dimoredepoca.it for registered travel agencies. No proprietary technology stack, API, SDK, or AI/ML capability is disclosed; the competitive differentiation rests on curation, brand, and the depth of the affiliated-property network rather than on technology. Revenue is generated through three streams: marketplace commissions on property bookings, direct sale of cofanetti experience packages, and sale of gift cards/vouchers, with pricing on individual experiences ranging from roughly €159 to €1,490 and vouchers carrying 12-month validity with full refund on direct purchases.

The company targets two principal customer segments — luxury and experiential travelers (primary) and gift purchasers (secondary) — and distributes through both its own multilingual e-commerce site and a B2B agency partner network. It operates as a privately held, independent company under Hyper srl with no disclosed venture or private-equity backing, no management team publicly identified, and no disclosed financials, which limits external visibility into scale and trajectory.

Name

Dimore D'Epoca

Legal name

Hyper srl

Website

https://dimoredepoca.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dimore D'Epoca is an Italian online marketplace that curates and books stays at 400+ historic properties — castles, villas, and country houses — across Italy and parts of Europe, selling gift experience packages and vouchers to experiential travelers and gift purchasers through its multilingual website and an agency partner portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heritage Hotel and Experience Booking Marketplace

NAICS

Traveler Accommodation (7211), Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury Vacation Rental Marketplaces (Curated/Verified Villas) (THAMALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lodging & Vacation Rental Booking Platforms (BPAMAIAC), Honeymoon & Romance Travel Agencies (THAKAFAC), Tours, Activities & Experiences Booking Platforms (BPAMAIAJ)

Keywords

• Historic hotel booking
• Heritage accommodation marketplace
• Experience gift packages
• Luxury travel vouchers
• Castle and villa stays

Headquarters

HQ city

Vicenza

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Hotel booking commissions: The company curates and manages a collection of 400+ historic properties (hotels, castles, villas, farmhouses) and earns commissions from bookings made through their platform. Properties join through an affiliation program (affiliazioni).
2. Experience packages (cofanetti): Sale of curated experience gift boxes/packages combining hotel stays with activities such as wellness treatments, gourmet dining, romantic getaways, and regional tours. These are sold as vouchers valid for 12 months from purchase.
3. Vouchers and gift cards: Sale of gift cards and vouchers that customers can use for bookings at affiliated properties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dimore D'Epoca operates an online hospitality marketplace that curates and books stays across a network of over 400 verified historic properties in Italy and Europe, including castles, villas, country houses, ancient farms, and masserie. The platform sells directly to consumers (and through travel-agency partners) hotel stays, experience gift-box packages ("cofanetti") for two people, themed experiences (wellness, gastronomy, romantic getaways), and gift cards/vouchers valid for 12 months, plus multi-property itineraries for longer regional exploration. Revenue is generated through commissions on property bookings, fees on experience packages, and the sale of vouchers and gift cards.

Product overview

Dimore D'Epoca is a hospitality booking platform offering access to a curated collection of over 400 historic properties across Italy and Europe, including hotels, castles, villas, country houses, ancient farms, and masserie. The platform operates as a marketplace connecting travelers with unique historic accommodations, supported by gift packages (Cofanetti), experience bookings (Esperienze), gift cards/vouchers, and curated itineraries. The company's own brand website uses J2Store for e-commerce functionality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Historic Hotel Stays (Hotels, Castles, Villas, Country Houses)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Historic Hotels of SlovakiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership with Historic Hotels of Slovakia for cross-referrals and joint promotion of historic hotel destinations across Europe. Enables Dimore D'Epoca customers to access Slovakian historic properties and vice versa.
• Châteaux DemeuresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Châteaux Demeures, a French network of historic chateaux and manor houses. Facilitates cross-border referrals and expands coverage of French historic properties for Italian customers.
• Hôtellerie ChampêtreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Hôtellerie Champêtre, a French rural hospitality network. Provides access to French countryside historic properties and enables reciprocal customer referrals.
• Historik Hotels InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership with Historik Hotels International network, expanding reach to additional European historic hotel markets beyond the core Italian focus.
• Design EscapesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Design Escapes network for additional distribution and visibility of historic hotel offerings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Airbnb Luxe: Luxury tier of Airbnb offering vetted high-end villas and estates. Comparable on luxury villa booking but operates as a broad marketplace with proprietary tech, not a curated-historic specialist.
• Booking.com: Dominant global OTA with a Booking Luxe vertical for 4-/5-star stays. Overlaps with Dimore D'Epoca on lodging booking but operates at vastly greater scale and is not niche-focused on historic residences.

Direct peers

• Relais & Châteaux: A curated global network of luxury hotels, restaurants and villas, including historic chateaux and manor houses. Directly comparable to Dimore D'Epoca on the curated luxury/historic accommodation model, though more international and oriented to gastronomy as well.
• Secret Escapes: Curated luxury hotel and travel deals platform with strong European coverage. Directly comparable on curated luxury accommodation and discount-led conversion model.
• Mr & Mrs Smith: Curated boutique and luxury hotels with a strong gift/voucher and experience angle. Directly comparable to Dimore D'Epoca's curated-villa positioning and cofanetti-style gifting motion.
• Smartbox: Pan-European gift experience-box operator selling cofanetti-style vouchers for stays, dining, wellness and activities. Direct peer on the gift-box revenue stream that is core to Dimore D'Epoca.
• Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH): A curated collection of small luxury hotels with a strong presence in historic European properties. Closely comparable on curation, curated-luxury positioning and booking-platform model.
• Wonderbox: European gift experience-box operator with strong presence in Italy and France. Closely competes with Dimore D'Epoca's cofanetti/voucher business across overlapping experience categories.
• Hôtellerie Champêtre: French rural historic hospitality network — listed partner of Dimore D'Epoca. Comparable curated offering of countryside historic properties in France.
• Châteaux Demeures: French network of historic chateaux and manor houses — explicitly a partner of Dimore D'Epoca. Directly comparable on historic-property curation and an adjacent competitor for French historic bookings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dimore-d'epoca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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