Do you have a place somewhere in the world where you feel "spiritually" at home even if you have no actual connection to it?

[TheKitchenWitch]

That is the most convoluted thread title, apologies.
But I've had this weird feeling in about 3 places in my life, places which I don't actually have any deep connection to - one was a bar/restaurant, one is a park, and one is a famous historic landmark. I feel such a sense of belonging and peace in each of these places, and I can't at all explain what it is.

Does anyone else have this? Is there a name for it?

The Lake District. South Lakes in particular. Always feels like I’ve come home.

Another one for Paris and France in general. I just get on there. The sunsets are beautiful and the food matches the way I like to eat.

Marseilles in particular enchants me. I can feel the history flowing through the space and through me when there.

Havana and New York for me. I remember getting back and being asked why I hadn't taken many photos and realising it was because I felt so at home there I didn't think to take photographs.

The place in Spain I now live.
First visited over 20 years ago and and on and off since then.
I loved it from the first holiday and don’t know why but felt at home, DH reckoned he was not so keen.
I have worn him down over the years and now we live here.

Japan. I went on what was going to be a one off holiday ten years ago and have been back many times since. Now I spend a portion of the year there every year. It's just way more "me" than England is. If I was younger I'd move there permanently, and my DS just has! But there's reasons I still need a base here.

These are fascinating. Particularly the ones who also have a really specific room, road or spot.

I do wonder what that is. I mean, I understand how the sea can have a calming peaceful effect, but for some of you it's a very specific "bit" of the sea.

It's also interesting that towns have quite distinct personalities about them.

My landmark place is somewhere I go every year, and I can't explain at all why I love it so much, but just touching the stones or sitting quietly in there gives me such a connection - I'm not even sure it's with the past as such, but maybe that's it? It has a very long, rich history. But then why don't i get that sense with every old monument I visit?