Where we go

Places we know well enough to send you

We add a destination once a designer has planned there often enough to know which side of the island to stay on, and which month not to.

24 destinations

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Southeast Asia · 3 trips
Bali
Rice terraces, reef breaks and temple mornings
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West India · 3 trips
Goa
Beach shacks, Portuguese quarters and slow rivers
Middle East · 4 trips
Dubai
Desert, skyline and a very short flight
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Indian Ocean · 4 trips
Maldives
One island, one resort, nothing else to decide
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Southeast Asia · 4 trips
Phuket & Krabi
Limestone karsts, longtail boats and very good food
Mediterranean · 4 trips
Santorini
A drowned volcano with a town on the rim
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North India · 4 trips
Ladakh
High desert, higher passes
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South India · 4 trips
Kerala
Backwaters, tea country and a coast in between
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Indian Ocean · 4 trips
Sri Lanka
Tea hills, ruined cities and an empty south coast
North India · 4 trips
Rajasthan
Forts, palaces and the desert behind them
Southeast Asia · 4 trips
Vietnam
A thousand miles of coast with a city at each end
Indian Himalaya · 4 trips
Himachal
Deodar forest, apple valleys and a road that keeps climbing
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Indian Himalaya · 4 trips
Kashmir
A lake, a meadow and the shortest spring in India
Bay of Bengal · 4 trips
Andaman Islands
Indian rupees, Andaman Sea water
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Indian Ocean · 4 trips
Mauritius
A lagoon on every side and a mountain in the middle
Indian Ocean · 4 trips
Seychelles
Granite boulders, three islands and no crowd anywhere
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Southeast Asia · 4 trips
Singapore
Three days that work for everyone in the family
Southeast Asia · 4 trips
Bangkok
Temples in the morning, rooftops at night
Southeast Asia · 4 trips
Malaysia
A capital, a tea hill and an island, in one week
Middle East · 4 trips
Abu Dhabi
The quieter emirate, and the better mosque
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Far East · 4 trips
Japan
Two cities, one train, and a fortnight you will repeat
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Europe · 4 trips
Switzerland
Trains that are the sightseeing, not the transfer
Europe · 4 trips
Italy
Rome for the ruins, the coast for the rest
Europe · 4 trips
Paris
Four nights, one arrondissement at a time