Salt pickWarm · 28°C
Mediterranean · Greece
Folegandros
Cycladic, small-scale, and refreshingly out of the blue-and-white Instagram triangle. Three villages and the quiet you came for.
Best: May–Junfrom £1,480 / week
Destinations catalogue · 72 places
Go somewhere you'll unpack for.
Seventy-two destinations, chosen and visited by the team, each with one honest page and a concierge on the other end of it. No package-deal windowdressing, no "starting from" asterisks.
72
destinations visited
14
countries this year
94%
return clients
1
concierge per 40 guests
In the catalogue
Places we know personally.
Each destination has been visited in the last twenty-four months. If you want a place we haven't been, we'll tell you — and suggest somewhere similar that we have.
New for 2026Warm · 26°C
West Africa · Cape Verde
Santo Antão
The archipelago's wildest island, with hiking between fishing villages, guesthouses carved into volcanic terraces, and the steadiest trade winds.
Best: Nov–Aprfrom £1,960 / 10 nights
ClassicTemperate · 18°C
South America · Uruguay
José Ignacio
Punta del Este's quieter, saltier cousin — low-slung beach houses, long Atlantic evenings, and a food scene that punches far above its postcode.
Best: Jan–Marfrom £2,640 / week
With kidsTropical · 30°C
SE Asia · Sri Lanka
South-west coast
A two-week, three-base loop — rainforest canopy, a hill-country tea estate, then a final swimming-and-surfing week on the south-west coast.
Best: Dec–Marfrom £2,140 / 2 wks
Long weekendCool · 12°C
Nordics · Norway
Lofoten Islands
Three days of arctic daylight, fisherman's cabins on the dock, and some of the world's most photographed mountains outside your window.
Best: Jun–Augfrom £1,120 / 4 nights
Our favouriteWarm · 25°C
Mediterranean · Spain
Mallorca · Serra de Tramuntana
The hillside villages that tourists drive past to get to the beach. Local finca stays, olive harvest weeks, and a surprising amount of cycling.
Best: Apr–Octfrom £1,360 / week
From the journal
A long-form location guide.
Each destination has a twenty-minute read to go with it — no listicles, no affiliate links.
“Folegandros rewards the slow traveller. Don't book a hire car — there are three villages, one road, and nothing you need to hurry to. Walk, eat, read, and let the island find its rhythm for you.”Marianne Tait, concierge · visited March & October 2025
The journal covers what the hotel websites won't: when the last boat home really leaves, which tavernas the islanders eat at, whether the road is actually driveable in May, and whether the family-run place you've found is the one that lost its lease in 2023.
Concierge enquiry
Tell us what the trip should feel like.
We'll reply within a working day with two or three destination shortlists, with honest trade-offs. No sales funnel, no "limited time offer".
How we work
One concierge sees a trip through from the first email to the airport run. No handovers, no scripted replies.
- 1You tell us what you want the trip to feel like, roughly when, and roughly how much.
- 2We send a shortlist within a working day, with honest pros & cons.
- 3You pick one; we build the whole thing — hotels, transfers, table reservations.
- 4You travel. We're the number you call if the taxi doesn't arrive.