There aren’t many 74 ft catamarans in the world, less than a dozen by my count. My friends Giorgia and Stefano have turned their 74 feeter into a home in the sea, available for charter by groups of up to eight travellers and a crew of four. With artful purpose, they have redesigned the ship, making their Blue Deer unique among an already exclusive club, course set to dreamland.
Corte della Maestà is the refuge of my dear friends Paolo and Cristiana. Together, they have created a special hotel that is also their home. Curating a marvellous art collection, and welcoming guests to their fascinating world of beauty, passion and courage, any stay at Corte is unique, just as this place is inimitable.
Paolo Crepet and his wife Cristiana have created one of the most special hotels in Europe. Corte della Maestà is a monument to Italian beauty, and a living work of art that embodies the values of their owners: courage, passion and freedom. As I sit down in conversation with Paolo, I wish to understand how he became one of the best, and most unusual, hoteliers in the country.
Set in a faraway inlet in untouched Greenlandic shores, Camp Kiattua establishes a dialogue with nature. The Inuit-inspired tents have been appointed with creative and luxurious details to make your stay as comfortable as at any 5-star hotel.
Surrounded by forests that don the purest white in winter and burst with fairytale enchantment in summer, Jávri Lodge sits in Saariselkä, 250 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, and as such communes yearly with the extremes of light phenomena: the White Nights and the Aurora Borealis.
When speaking trails, only one takes the crown in terms of difficulty, rewarding scenery and overall challenge: Sardinia’s Selvaggio Blu.
There aren’t many places where the charm of a bygone age survives, authentic and unadulterated. Fewer still have carried this tradition uninterrupted through the tumultuous 20th century. Union Øye Hotel opened its doors in 1891 and has since remained one of the finest hotels in Europe.
Every person of consequence must, at one time or another, retire to a medieval tower in the Italian countryside to ponder all matters transcendental. Near Assisi, a private 1500-acre estate harbours 11th-century Pieve San Quirico Castle, built in the 11th century by Frederick II of Swabia and now restored with a few added luxuries for your pleasure.
The Sunnmore Alps, the mountains surrounding the Hjorundfjord, are among the most dramatic mountainscapes in the world. The peaks rise up to 1,700 straight up from the sea. The dales that crop up in this dramatic landscape are splattered with lovely groves and small lakes with water so pure you can drink it straight from the source.
Wyvern av Aalesund is a replica of the legendary Wyvern, a sailboat that crossed the Atlantic more than a dozen times and sailed around the world. The Wyvern was originally designed by Colin Archer, a beloved Norwegian shipbuilder ― he built the Fram, of polar exploration renown. The Wybern was built for an English couple and launched in 1897.
