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18/08/2026

Furnas doesn’t feel like the rest of São Miguel. The whole valley smells faintly of sulphur, steam rises out of the ground in random spots along the roadside, and somehow it’s still one of the most peaceful places I’ve been.

This avenue is inside Terra Nostra Park, planted in the 1880s. Walk to the end and you hit a marble obelisk built in 1896 for the Viscounts of Praia, the family who developed the garden. Four griffins hold their crests.

But the real reason people come to Furnas is lunch. Cozido das Furnas gets lowered into the ground in pots near Lagoa das Furnas, cooked for hours by volcanic heat alone, then pulled out and served straight from the earth. Meats, sausages, cabbage, potatoes, all of it. You eat it and then you need a two hour nap, which is also part of the experience.

If a trip built around moments like this sounds like your kind of travel, DM me your dates and I’ll start planning.

16/08/2026

Alpe di Siusi never disappoints!

There’s something magic about standing in a meadow like this: snowcapped peaks on one horizon, wildflowers and grazing cows underfoot, and not another building in sight. Europe’s largest high alpine meadow is at its best from June through September, when the trails open up and the whole plateau turns green and gold. If you’ve ever wanted to swap the beach for the mountains this summer, this is the trip.

Ask me how to plan it.

16/08/2026

Had the loveliest stay at Torel Royal Court in Guimarães. Such a beautiful hotel, full of character, and properly dog friendly too. We absolutely fell for the city, all cobbled streets and history. Couldn't recommend it more highly if you're exploring the north of Portugal with your dog in tow! 🐾

03/06/2026

The Mediterranean, perfected, sail Europe’s most iconic coastlines with Crystal in effortless elegance, from sunlit ports to sparkling evenings onboard.

Discover the voyage and reserve your place: https://inspires.to/experiences/the-mediterranean-perfected-k3m3pk

A more refined way to experience Europe’s most iconic coastlines

13/05/2026

There are hotels that appear in films. And then there is the Park Hyatt Tokyo, a hotel that became the film.

Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation used every corner of it. The New York Bar on the 52nd floor where strangers become something more. The Diplomat Suite where Charlotte curls up on the windowsill and watches a city she doesn’t yet understand. The pool, the bamboo bar, the floor-to-ceiling windows and Tokyo glittering below.

The hotel has just reopened after a major renovation, faithful to its original quiet elegance. The suite is still there. The jazz is still playing. The view is still extraordinary.

This is the first post in a new series, Check in to the Movies, where I’ll be sharing the world’s most iconic film hotels, one at a time. All bookable. All extraordinary.

DM me to plan your Tokyo stay. 🖤

10/05/2026

Moving on up!! Thank you to everyone who has trusted me and got me here!

08/05/2026

Italy has a way of making everything feel more beautiful. 🇮🇹

I have an incredible offer that lets you experience two of Italy’s most iconic cities in one unforgettable luxury journey. Choose any two from Florence, Milan, and Rome and let Portrait Collection take care of the rest.

Five nights. Two cities. 10% off. Free cancellation. And VIP extras that make every moment feel truly special.

This is Italy the way it was meant to be experienced.

DM me and let’s start planning your dream trip.

Valid for travel now through 31 December 2026.

06/05/2026

There are cities you visit and cities that visit you back. Sarajevo is the second kind.

Four religions sharing one skyline. Ottoman bazaars around the corner from Austro-Hungarian grand cafes. The warmest hospitality in Europe, in a city that has every reason to be guarded and chooses instead to be generous.

The food alone is worth the flight. Cevapi at Zeljo. Baklava at Asdah. Bosnian coffee in a copper džezva in a courtyard somewhere, with no particular plan and nowhere to be.

This is one of Europe’s great undiscovered city breaks. And right now, before everyone else catches on, is exactly the time to go.

DM me and let’s plan your Sarajevo weekend.

05/05/2026

I wasn’t looking for a new obsession and then I found the Bank Hotel, Stockholm.

A 1910 building transformed into one of the most quietly glamorous hotels I have come across in a long time. The gorgeous bar alone is worth the flight. The rooftop terrace with views over the city’s copper domes, unforgettable. The freestanding bath overlooking the Stockholm skyline, just lovely.

This is the kind of hotel that doesn’t just give you a place to stay. It gives you a reason to go.
If Stockholm has been on your list, this is your sign. DM me and let’s plan it properly.

03/05/2026

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring.” - Ernest Hemingway

This week, our Moveable Stay arrives in Pamplona, the city that seized Hemingway’s imagination and never let it go.

He first came in 1923, drawn by the wildness of San Fermín, the ritual of the bullring, the way life here felt more vivid and more urgent than anywhere else. What he witnessed became The Sun Also Rises and Pamplona became forever his.

But you don’t need to arrive in July to feel it. The Plaza del Castillo glows year round. Café Iruña still pours a perfect vermut. And the old stones of the city still carry that particular energy defiant, joyful, fully alive.

Let me plan your Pamplona chapter. From a room at the legendary La Perla to pintxos in the old town at dusk, I’ll take care of every detail.

DM or email me at [email protected] to start planning your Moveable Stay.