LeShuttle has been a fixture in the UK to France movement of people and goods for almost 25 years, first seeing passengers in May 1994. Some 90 million vehicles have been estimated to have used the service. Movement with pets is integral to their service, having transported over two million cats and dogs since the year 2000.
Half-walled with glass, a surrounding decked courtyard garden is enclosed with a stone wall peppered with ferns. Textural elements from our backdrop are mirrored in the interiors, with well-tended plants, bark-tiled feature walls, underheated wooden floors, a hanging fireplace and his and hers sinks held up by exposed tree roots.
Embarking on the inaugural ski trip of the season is a journey I relish every year. My repatriation to the mountains for each new alpine season is an assault on the senses, both physically and mentally. This season I sought a destination that would combine alpine charm with my usual hunt for contemporary sophistication. The Falkensteiner Hotel Kronplatz in South Tyrol’s Puster Valley, nestled at the foot of Kronplatz mountain in the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage area, was a very strong choice indeed.
At the heart of this verdant expanse, in the southern foothills of the Sintra Mountains, I discovered the Penha Longa Resort; a sanctuary that beautifully marries luxury with the great outdoors and boasts one of the top 30 golf courses in Continental Europe and among the top 10 in Portugal.
this is a trip unbothered by timetables and defined by tides, as sometimes the most faithful travel companion is actually the wind itself. It’s a story of anchorages more than destinations, of shoreline rituals, sea-soaked afternoons and the kind of quiet only found offshore.
Set along Florida’s southeastern edge, the city’s long-standing moniker, the “Venice of America” is not marketing flourish but geographic fact, shaped by an extensive canal system conceived in the early 1900s. Much of Fort Lauderdale’s waterways were dredged and engineered during the Florida land boom of the 1910s and 1920s, driven by developers such as Hugh Taylor Birch and later refined under the influence of visionaries including landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and planner John Nolen. Financed by northern capital and speculative investment, the canals were designed as much for drainage and flood control as for real estate value. Transforming swamp and mangrove into navigable frontage and embedding water…
As global economies shift and ultra-high-net-worth individuals seek diversification in both their assets and lifestyle options, investment migration has gained traction as a popular strategy. The appeal of owning multiple properties across the globe, particularly for those in the centi-millionaire bracket, cannot be overstated.
The connoisseurs of all things Bourbon-related may undertake their pilgrimages to the dust-strewn distilleries of Kentucky and Tennessee, keen to uncover the heritage and delights of Pappy’s and their kin. Those seeking the (supposed) origins of the whiskies of the British Isles will congregate around Bushmills in County Antrim.
