Europe
On the Radar
Agents are looking to Central Europe for the Continent’s up-and-coming destinations, especially Albania and Slovenia. • The reopening of Montenegro’s famed Sveti Stefan resort in the summer of 2009, to be managed by Amanresorts, is highly anticipated. • A-Listers also report that clients are inquiring about regions of Italy that were once off the beaten path: Apulia, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, and Friuli.
| Austria Nathalie Nagy |
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| Exclusives: A piano recital in Mozart's Residence in Salzburg (on the master's own piano); private strudel-making classes at the First Strudel... more>> |
| England Ellen LeCompte |
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| Insider Find: An evening visit to 18 Folgate Street (44-20/7247-4013; dennissevershouse.co.uk), in London's East End, where the late eccentric designer... more>> |
| England Tammi R. Van Volkinburgh |
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| Insider Find: The Restaurant & Tea House (44-20/8605-3627; petershamnurseries.com) in the nurseries adjacent to the stately Queen Anne-era Petersham House... more>> |
| France Craig Loupassakis |
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| Insider Find: Le Prieuré hotel, in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. The property, which was sold last year after 60 years in the same family... more>> |
| France Judy Nussbaum |
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| Dream Trip: A French Country Waterways (800/222-1236; fcwl.com) deluxe barge cruise through Burgundy with friends, paired with regional wines and... more>> |
| France Clare Seyer |
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| Dream Trip: Renting a villa in St.-Tropez, in the center of town—not on the beach—to avoid the summer traffic. Getting into the... more>> |
| France Bernard Streiff |
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| Over-the-Top Request: The six-year-old son of one of our clients missed his regular trips to the seashore while he was visiting Paris... more>> |
| Greece Kelly Shea |
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| Insider Find: T Palace, the bar in Athens, on the ground floor of the King George Palace. This white library, dreamed... more>> |
| Ireland Carol Cornell |
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| Insider Find: Leather goods in the villages of Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. I like to visit Lisbeth Mulcahy (35-366/915-1688; lisbethmulcahy.com), a... more>> |
| Italy Margot Cushing |
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| Insider Find: The pre-Romanesque Farneta Abbey (39-0575/610-010) in the Tuscan countryside. It now doubles as a chic spot for weddings and a... more>> |
| Italy Deborah Hyte |
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| Over-the-Top Request: A client wanted to rent a palazzo owned by a Venetian noblewoman so he could propose to his girlfriend there... more>> |
| Italy Andrea Sertoli |
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| Over-the-Top Request: Arranging for an on-site scholar and an art historian to explain to a dot-com billionaire and his 11-year-old twin sons... more>> |
| Italy Sally Watkins |
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| Insider Find: The Giuditta Brozzetti weaving studio (39-075/40236; brozzetti.com) in a small workshop in Perugia's San Francesco delle Donne, a... more>> |
| Russia/Eastern Europe Greg Tepper |
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| Dream Trip: A private historical and cultural tour of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Start at Yerevan's Erebuni Museum, viewing finds from the... more>> |
| Scandinavia Carol Arklind |
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| Over-the-Top Request: A spur-of-the-moment trip by private jet for a couple wanting to visit Norway and Sweden on their way to the... more>> |
| Scotland Claire Schoeder |
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| Insider Find: House of Menzies, a small store near Aberfeldy (44-1887/829-666; houseofmenzies.com) that carries pottery, art, and jewelry produced by... more>> |
| Spain Judith Wolf |
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Dream Trip: Wine tasting, dining, and biking through the Rioja region of Spain, with its impressive contemporary architecture, such as the |
| Switzerland Ilene Koenig |
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| Insider Find: The Portico restaurant (41-91/751-2307), on Locarno's stately Piazza Grande, serves some of the world's best gelato, as well as delicious... more>> |
| Switzerland Elisabeth Landry |
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| Dream Trip: Three nights at Badrutt's Palace, in St. Moritz. After a day on the slopes, taking a horse-drawn carriage ride... more>> |
| Turkey Fred Poe |
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| Insider Find: My favorite place in Turkey is the provincial capital Ardahan. Little known (even by Turks), it belonged to Russia until... more>> |
| U.K. and Ireland Peter Herff |
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| Insider Find: Outdoorsmen and fishermen should head to the Delphi Valley in Connemara, in the western part of Ireland. Stay in the... more>> |
| United Kingdom Susie Worthy |
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| Exclusives: A visit to the Churchill Museum and the subterranean Cabinet War Rooms with a retired army colonel, who is an... more>> |
