The Amalfi Coast is rarely quiet about itself. It doesn’t ask for attention, it just has it.
It comes at us loudly, in photographs, recommendations, itineraries passed between friends who insist you must see everything including every mountain pass.
But there is, of course, another Amalfi.
It only reveals itself once you actually stop moving and start noticing.
Here, the greatest luxury isn’t access or excess.
It’s being left alone.
Provence is often best described in moments.
Lavender fields at their peak. Market mornings are heavy with colour and noise. Long lunches that stretch lazily into the afternoon. You’ve probably heard all of this before but what often goes missing is this; on their own you miss the point.
Dordogne is not for first timers… It’s for francophiles who live to discover somewhere new.
Picture Sardinia and what do you first think about? That’s right, yachts pressed against impossibly blue water. Champagne catching the light. A version of summer designed to be seen.
Everyone talks about Tuscany.
They seem to light up at the thought of the place. The iconic imagery that settles in the mind.
There are the cypress-lined roads, the vineyards, the famous cities and of course, the Tuscan light.
In a land that feels Italian, oozes elements of France and has in the last century still held on to a Spanish history, there are few places like Sardinia.
Brigitte Bardot who once had ambitions to become a ballet dancer changed the way that we viewed France and their 20th Century, post-war art scene forever. She was the face of France, a different form of feminism and led an animal rights activism that still is talked about today.
Ask around and you will quickly discover that there is a perfect time to visit St Tropez. In fact, visiting at any time of the year can be the perfect time but, there is a special period which captures it perfectly and it’s the one people come flying back for.
Sit back, relax and enjoy our little guide to discover when the best time to visit this beautiful jewel in the Mediterranean actually is.
International travellers and europhiles can agree that when they think of the place, St. Tropez, it conjures an image that usually includes the following subtitle to the mind… A playground for yachts, champagne and people who want to be seen.
Let’s be honest, any trip to the French Riviera isn’t going to disappoint. You’re not exactly short on choice when it comes to staying somewhere that has beauty, class and a cultural patina that others search to create in far away places without any real hope or chance.