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Family Vacations
Our team is full of family travelers, meaning we know what it takes to make sure everyone enjoys the experience just as much as each other.
Couples Vacations
Our couple itineraries are paced perfectly for you to enjoy the very best a country has to offer whilst making sure you enjoy the quality time together you’re after.
Multi Generational Trips
From very small to very big. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and our multi-generational holidays are perfectly designed to tick the boxes for the whole family.
Group Vacations
No matter what the size or the occasion, we’re well versed in taking larger groups of people away for those special adventures.
Honeymoons
We’ve been crafting dream itineraries for newly married couples for years. Learn more about the ins and outs of our honeymoon service here.
Anniversary Trips
Whether you’re celebrating as a couple, or across multiple generations, our anniversary trips are crafted around the milestone – and the people sharing it.
Travel With Teens
This is a list of the very best places to travel with teenagers – one that’s crammed with bragging rights (for them) and bonding moments (for you).
Grown Up Family Vacations
As your children become adults, your family trips are also due to change and grow. These are our favourite trips for you and your grown up family.
Solo Travel
Our travel experts have experienced the thrills and challenges of solo travel, all with the aim of producing some of our most immersive and exciting itineraries.
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Unusual vacations
The world may be conquered, but enough secrets remain to keep us up all night, dreaming of ways to whisk you off to the most unique corners of the globe. Where first?
Remote Destinations
We’ve chosen these experiences, destinations and adventures to bring you closer to the great outdoors. This is your ticket to our wonderful world.
Adventure vacations
Hike across mountain ridgelines, scramble across glaciers and kayak down rivers – these trips are designed to immerse you in vast wildernesses and ancient cultures.
Beach Vacations
Porcelain shores, perfect seas and swaying palms; the allure of a beach break is hard to ignore. Which is why we handpick the best beachfront boltholes to offer you…
Food Vacations
Food and travel have long gone hand in hand, and we have put together some mouth-watering trips that capture the palate, of countries across the world. Bon appétit.
Safari vacations
With a team of experts that have worked as conservationists and wildlife photographers, we have the expertise to make your safari dreams come true.
Slow Travel
As the world becomes busier, slow travel has never felt so fitting. Whether it’s meeting fishermen in Maine or learning the Dukha-way in Mongolia, take time to connect.
Eclipse Vacations
Eclipse travel celebrates our place in the wider cosmos. Let us take you to wherever in the world the eclipse is at its most arresting, and we’ll do it in style.
Proposal Service
Found the one and want to propose in style? The moment will be a memory forever and we’re here to help you make sure it’s the most perfect moment for you and your loved one.
Train Travel
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” We’ve all heard this, haven’t we? And with these captivating luxury train journeys, we’ll show you the joy to be found travelling across the world by rail.
The Pursuit of Feeling
From impassioned and emotive journeys, to podcasts and our Feelings Engine, you’ll find something to move you and something to soothe you. We want to fire your heart and provide food for your soul.
Set Jetting
Swapping salubrious saloons and questionable lodgings for sumptuous hotels and eye-opening experiences, each of our show-stopping journeys will take you behind scenes of some of TV’s most awe-inspiring locations.
See You in the Moment
Field Trip
Education begins in the classroom, but it’s IRL that younger generations put their lessons to the test. Field Trip is a curriculum of educational encounters around the world.
Take Me On A Story
A series of family experiences celebrating the transformative power of the books we loved when we were young, and the stories our children have come to adore.
Get Lost
Designed as a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, train with elite survival experts before traversing a polar, jungle, coastal, mountain or desert region in your mission back to civilisation.
Blink
Bring it Back
Bring It Back will embed you in an entirely different way of thinking, and of learning about a culture directly from its experts on the ground. You may be surprised by what you discover.
The Great American View
This series of breathtaking journeys culminate in some of America’s most legendary sights. They are the places you’ve always sought out, and now it’s your time to find them.
James Bond
We are proud to have been selected as the official travel partner to curate James Bond inspired trips.
Agatha Christie
We’ve been hand-picked by Agatha Christie Limited to help bring Agatha’s world-famous Grand Tour to life through a series of episodic trips across Africa, Australasia and North America, and a unique prelude in London.
Tasting Notes
Take the Open Road with Auberge
With the iconic hotel brand Auberge Resorts, we’ve created a new series of tailormade, luxurious road trip itineraries. Emblems of America’s most iconic landscapes, regions, and people.
Remarkable Drives of Discovery with Auberge
Following on from the much lauded ‘Take the Open Road’ series, here’s five brand-new bespoke, multi-destination trips created with our friends at Auberge Resorts Collection. Delve deeper than ever before.
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A world of moonlit forests and twisting turquoise rivers, Slovenia is a fairytale destination.
Home to storybook castles, historic towns, and picturesque alpine landscapes; there’s an undeniable allure to Slovenia that will draw in adventurers, historians, and connoisseurs alike. Whilst many will stroll Ljubljana and sail Lake Bled, what we find so entrancing about a tailormade vacation in Slovenia is the younger side of this country that’s muscling its way through to find a place on the world stage through innovative cuisine and a laidback outlook.
As ever, if you can’t see it here then we can still plan it for you.
By the 1950s, Slovenia enjoyed considerably open and liberal culture as part of Tito’s Yugoslav federation and as part of the Non-Aligned Movement, it would emerge as one of the most financially healthy Yugoslav republics. Fast forward to today and this mountainous, airy country is marked by fairytale cities, startling blue lakes, and knife-like mountain peaks, while enjoying a rewarding mix of Balkan, Italian, and Austrian culture. Between these stellar highlights lie medieval villages, white churches, and train-line excursions that bend and yaw between the snows and the waters. This is picturesque – and culinarily adventurous – Slovenia.
One of the best ways to experience the mish-mash of cultures that overlap in Slovenia is through its food. In recent years, the country has become a regional epicenter for avant-garde cuisine and world-class fine dining. Join a private food tour of the country and sample and savour native truffles, Tuscan-style wineries (such as that at Goriska Brda), and the native produce menus of Hiša Polonka, one of the best restaurants in the world run by the exceptional Ana Roš.
Slovenia is a predominantly natural country; with few cities and little in the way of ghastly infrastructure blocking access to those stunning views. It figures that the country’s hotels are beautiful, boutiquey, and right at the heart of the natural world. Hisa Franko – for example – was the peaceful enclave from which Hemmingway wrote his debut novel, A Farewell to Arms. With its herb and flower gardens, and pale pink estate, it’s easy to see why he found it so relaxing after sustaining injuries on the Italian front.
Romantic castles, rearing mountains, and mirror-like lakes make for a very Honeymoon appropriate atmosphere. Whether you want to go back to nature in Triglav National Park, scour the eateries of Ljubljana, or sip wine on the edge of mesmerizing Lake Bled, Slovenia is an ideal honeymoon destination and one that remains curiously untapped. Enjoy some alone time together.
Lake Bled
Emerald green waters, an isolated 17th-century church, and an enchanting past.
Nestled in the Julian Alps, Lake Bled is undoubtably the top tourist attraction in Slovenia – but there’s something you may not know. Folklore states the area was once a lush green valley that attracted shepherds and their sheep by day and dancing fairies by night. Afraid that the sheep would eat all the grass, the fairies requested a fence to be built around their dance floor – but the shepherds ignored the plea. Seeking revenge, the fairies flooded the valley, leaving only an island in the middle where they could continue to dance. Today, we couldn’t be more grateful for the natural wonder they created.
Soča Valley
Cyan water pools, narrow gorges, and deep green forestland.
Stretching from Triglav National Park in the northwest to Nova Gorica on the border of Italy, Soča Valley is every adventurist’s dream – and the setting of fierce mountain battles during World War One. Running through the rocky valley is the meandering, ever-turquoise Soča River. A mecca for watersports, we’ll arrange wildwater kayaking, paragliding, rafting, and even a fishing trip to catch a glimpse of the Soča Trout – a fish that attracts fishermen from all over the world.
Ljubljana
Artisanal cafes, trendy bars, and gourmet restaurants.
Centred around Slovenia’s winding Ljubljanica River, Ljubljana is one of Europe’s smallest capital cities – but it certainly packs a punch. By day, cycle along the leafy banks of the river, climb to Ljubljana Castle’s lookout tower, and marvel at the National Gallery’s outstanding art collection. By night, feast on Slovenian cuisine in some of the country’s most renowned eateries – a personal favorite of ours is Špajza, serving mouthwatering black risotto with cuttlefish.
Vila Muhr, Slovenia
Hotel Milka, Slovenia
Hisa Franko, Soca Valley
The best time to visit Slovenia depends on what you want from the trip. Late spring (May to June) and early autumn (September to October) are the ideal windows — the Julian Alps are accessible, the Soca River is at its most vivid turquoise, and Lake Bled is at its most photogenic without the peak summer crowds. July and August are the busiest months, particularly around Lake Bled, but the weather is excellent and the mountains are open for hiking. Winter brings a quieter, more atmospheric Slovenia — Ljubljana’s Christmas markets and the snow-dusted castle are genuinely worth it, and the ski runs above Kranjska Gora are crowd-free compared to the Alps.
For a luxury Slovenia vacation, seven to ten days is the ideal range — enough to move between Ljubljana, the Soca Valley, Lake Bled, and the Goriska Brda wine region without feeling rushed. Five days works for a focused itinerary centered on Ljubljana and the Julian Alps. Slovenia is compact enough that driving between regions takes an hour or two, which makes it unusually easy to cover a great deal of ground without long transfers. It also pairs naturally with Croatia or the Italian Friuli wine region for a ten to twelve day Adriatic combination.
Slovenia is exceptional for food and wine lovers — and still largely undiscovered by the wider luxury travel market, which is precisely its appeal. The country has the highest density of Michelin-starred restaurants per capita in the Balkans, anchored by Hisa Franko in the Soca Valley where head chef Ana Ros has brought international attention to Slovenian produce. The Goriska Brda wine region produces outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that once supplied the Hapsburg court, and private winery visits with the owners remain genuinely intimate. We arrange private cooking sessions, truffle hunting in the Istrian foothills, and tastings at small-production vineyards that do not run public tours.
Luxury Slovenia vacations with Black Tomato start from $5,200 per person for an eight-night itinerary covering Ljubljana, the wine region, and key natural highlights. For a more immersive eleven-night journey through the Alps, Soca Valley, and Adriatic coast, budget from $10,000 per person. Slovenia is genuinely good value compared to its Alpine neighbours — five-star hospitality, Michelin-level dining, and private access to extraordinary landscapes at a price point well below Austria or Switzerland.
What makes a luxury Slovenia vacation different is the combination of world-class food and wine, extraordinary natural landscapes, and a country that has not yet been overrun by luxury travel itineraries. A private evening at Hisa Franko — the peaceful valley restaurant where Ernest Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms, now home to one of Europe’s most celebrated chefs — is something that requires the right relationship to arrange. Wildwater kayaking the Soca at dawn, wine tasting with the owner of a Goriska Brda estate, and walking Bled Island without a group in sight: these are experiences that a specialist creates from years on the ground.
Slovenia is an exceptional honeymoon destination — romantic, unhurried, and genuinely off the radar compared to the more predictable European choices. Lake Bled with its island church and castle backdrop is one of the most photographed scenes in Europe for good reason, and a private boat crossing at dawn or dusk is a genuinely moving experience. Hisa Franko in the Soca Valley offers candlelit dinners in a setting that feels entirely private. Slovenia works best for honeymooners who want beauty and intimacy without the crowds of the Amalfi Coast or the price point of the Maldives.
