Monthly Archives: July 2026

The Lake District has been enjoying some unusually hot weather lately, and it looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. Sometimes when it’s this warm, a walk on the fells can be sapping on your energy levels. Luckily, one of the magic things about the Lakes is the sheer variety of things to see […]

Cambodia isn’t a destination people put on a list lightly. Most of ours end up going for one reason — Angkor Wat, usually — and come back talking about five other things entirely. That’s sort of the pattern with Cambodia. The temples get you there. Everything else is what actually stays with you. Here are […]

The Tramuntana takes some explaining to clients who only know Mallorca by its beaches. It’s a mountain range running along the northwest coast. The villages inside it are old and mostly intact. Serious travellers have been coming specifically for them since well before the package holiday era. They draw them for different reasons than the […]

The French Riviera takes on a different character after the height of summer. The coastline becomes calmer and favourite restaurants are easier to enjoy. Local life also returns at an unhurried pace. If you’d rather have meaningful experiences over busy itineraries, this is the perfect time to discover a more refined side of one of […]

You may recall a couple of months ago that we had the pleasure of staying at Gilpin Hotel & Lake House, between Kendal and Windermere, in the Lake District. As part of that stay, we dined at the hotel’s 2 AA Rosette Gilpin Spice restaurant. A few changes have happened since that visit, most notably […]

I’ve sent clients to a lot of Caribbean islands over the years, and St Barts still throws me a little every time. It’s tiny. You can practically see across it from a hilltop. And yet it manages to be two completely different places at once: barefoot, salty, goats-on-the-hillside Caribbean on one side, and full-on glamour […]

Remember those days when you used to have to fiddle about with changing the SIM card in your phone whenever you went abroad? Thankfully those days are long gone. They were soon followed by an era of dual SIM trays which allowed you to put SIM cards in your phone at the same time, and […]

Last month we tried something here we had never done before. We published the full program and the full price of a private Ring Road tour before it ran. Nine days, two travellers from California, 2,503,000 ISK, call it 19,700 dollars. We promised to write down what actually happened once they flew home, and judging […]

Vietnam is a country that has so much to offer, there truly is something for everyone including luxury travellers who enjoy the finer things in life. Having first visited Vietnam in 2004 we have been fortunate to explore many different parts of the country since that maiden Vietnam trip. By spending time in both Hanoi […]

The UK countryside is much-loved by both residents and visitors alike. Famed for its beauty, the rural landscape of the British Isles is home to lush, green landscapes that are the envy of many other parts of the world. As well as being home to a number of stunning national parks, the UK is a […]