Balearic Bliss
The vision I had in mind hinged on a scooter – hands holding Sam’s chest, chin resting on his shoulder as he drove us toward the lighthouse. Instead, while I guard our luggage near a ferry terminal and he makes our case to the rental attendant, my fantasy begins to fray at its edges. “I just need to know how to turn it on,” Sam says, tinkering with the bike, his confidence waning ever so slightly as this gatekeeper to our adventure shakes his head and grumbles, something about foreigners and scooter safety. For a Bygone Mediterranean, Head to This Tiny Spanish Island The vision I had in mind hinged on a scooter – hands holding Sam’s chest, chin resting on his shoulder as he drove us toward the lighthouse. Instead, while I guard our luggage near a ferry terminal and he makes our case to the rental attendant, my fantasy begins to fray at its edges. READ MORE What Does Responsible Travel Mean to You? READ MORE The Best Luxury Resorts in Costa Rica Viridian rainforests, thermal springs, cloud-streaked highlands, coffee and cocoa farms atop rich volcanic soil, and the beaches, of course, with sand in shades of pink, black, khaki, and white. Costa Rica isn’t a large country, but it wildly overdelivers in natural beauty and ecological diversity. READ MORE These Small-Group Tours Make Vacation a Breeze Witnessing the northern lights in Finland. Watching lion cubs wrestle while on safari in Kenya. Moments like this are meant to be shared, and for solo travelers, couples, families, and friends looking to make group-chat plans a reality, Virtuoso travel advisors turn to Collette’s small-group Exploration tours. The family-owned travel company has spent over a century cultivating on-the-ground relationships and connections around the world, so travelers can feel like locals wherever they roam. READ MORE Josie Sexton, a senior editor at Virtuoso, The Magazine, shares what she’s been loving lately. Packing: Summer Hours’ Le Week End (a clean citrus scent) and Sofie Pavitt Face’s Omega Rich Moisturizer, my go-to winter and shoulder-season face cream. Watching: Ryan Gosling absolutely nailed his solo-man-in-space role in Project Hail Mary. Less appealing: Louis Theroux’s take on the manosphere in his latest Netflix documentary – it made me squirm, but I loved it. Coveting: I first visited Formentera a few years ago on a yoga retreat and noticed some of the yogis there wearing Pascale Monvoisin jewelry. Ever since, I keep an eye on the Parisian designer’s artifact-like pendants and signet rings. Dreaming of: Tanzania and Mozambique. This season’s hottest download: the MyTSA app , which tracks security wait times in U.S. airports. Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist photography is on display in Athens through mid-May. L’Objet’s oh-so-pretty Grand Tour line takes design cues from sketches and collections made by nineteenth-century travelers. If Outlander ’s final season has you eyeing the Scottish Highlands, we’ve got you covered . Bookmark this sunset-quality predictor for upcoming summer vacations. Ready to travel? Let’s go. Connect Request A Quote
Get To Know Andorra
Happy New Year! We’re thrilled to return to your inboxes for another year of travel inspiration. Up first: the Euro ski break you didn’t know you needed, four great trips for a digital detox, high-fashion jewelry designer Titya Tin’s travel picks, and more. Where to Ski Next Andorra is tiny. Smaller than Luxembourg yet larger than Malta, the principality is home to just 80,000 residents, about half of whom are citizens. Sequestered in the eastern Pyrenees, it’s one of the world’s few countries without an airport, roughly a three-hour drive from Toulouse or Barcelona. About forty minutes in a car will get you across it. Where to Ski Next Little shimlike Soldeu is the region’s top ski base. The town sits like a dark cluster of mushrooms at the foot of Grandvalira ski resort, one of Europe’s largest, with a cable car running directly to the slopes. On my first morning, I woke to clear and crisp skies, the sun laying a golden frond over the peaks. An overnight snow had left a few inches of powder, already engraved with the crazed script of animal tracks and a few early skiers’ cursive lines. READ MORE Four Vacations Made for Disconnecting My life is a constant stream of buzzing, dinging, and scrolling. One quick email check-in often turns into hours lost to open tabs. Last summer, after realizing I hadn’t been offline for an entire weekend in more than four years, I ventured into Canada’s Northwest Territories in search of silence. I was nervous – the world wasn’t going to slow down just because I had decided to – but on day three of my weeklong rafting expedition on the Nahanni River, I settled into life without Wi-Fi. READ MORE Hey Car Lovers, Bookmark These Hotels Guests gawk through oversize sunglasses as I drive a miniature replica of a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa past the valet at The Boca Raton, but what appears to be a toy car is actually a work of art. The handmade vehicle – with matching helmet – is from Hedley Studios, the in-demand British builder of drivable electric cars scaled to between 66 and 85 percent of their original size. READ MORE Titya Tin, founder of Cambodian- and Parisian-inspired jewelry line Tityaravy, shares what she’s been loving lately. Photo by Hong-Ly Lao. Packing: My Arizona Love pouch, which holds all my skincare and sun accessories. Planning: A lot of French novels, such as those by Karine Tuil. Visiting: The Fondation Cartier in Paris – it’s magical, and helped me imagine my new collection, Sugarcane. Dreaming of: Cambodia and New York. The latest in highly recommended travel pillows. (Pair it with this most whimsical of weekenders.) Worth a scroll: these 1930s U.S. national park posters – or go see them IRL at New York City’s Poster House. New coffee table books celebrating The Mark and Oetker Hotels’ Le Bristol Paris are out now. Ready to travel? Let’s go. Connect Request A Quote
Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe
Winter Is Secretly the Best Time to Visit These European Cities The world’s most discerning travelers are rethinking the seasons that shape their journeys. According to the 2025 Virtuoso Luxe Report, a majority of travel advisors now field requests for off-peak trips designed to dodge both congestion and heat waves. And as European vacations swell in popularity, much of the buzz comes from winter trips to places such as Slovakia, Norway, and northern Italy where comparatively cool temps are part of the draw, according to the European Travel Commission. READ MORE Sustainable Travel Spotlight Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe Thirty villas blend seamlessly into Mexico’s largest wine country, where the hotel’s onsite Pictograma Winery and vineyard produces grenache varietals exclusively. Spice Islands Spend seven nights on board the Aqua Blu sailing Indonesia’s Banda Sea and exploring a seventeenth-century fortress on Banda Neira as well as the “Thousand Temples” of Misool. Learn More A Journey Through Kenya and Zanzibar During this 11-day safari, visit the Maasai Mara and Laikipia in Kenya before touring Stone Town, Zanzibar, and unwinding on Mnemba Island. Learn More Ready to travel? Let’s go. Connect Request A Quote
