Experiences

The days, composed

A boat at dawn, a private cellar at dusk, a guide who opens doors that stay closed.

Moments arranged around your house — with the people, the tables and the places we know personally.

Every experience is booked in advance through your concierge. Tell us the dates and we will compose the days.

A chef of your own

In the house

A chef of your own

Market at seven, dinner at nine, and nothing in between for you to arrange.

Your chef arrives the day before you do. Menus are shaped around how you actually eat — long lunches, late suppers, children fed early — and the shopping is done at the market nearest the house.

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Riding the dunes and the shoreline

On land

Riding the dunes and the shoreline

Horses at first light, pine forest behind you and an empty beach ahead.

A private ride out from a small local stable — through umbrella pines and rice fields, then down onto the sand while the tide is still low. Riders of every level, with a guide who adjusts the pace to the group.

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Wellness and meditation

Wellbeing

Wellness and meditation

Sunrise practice on a deck above the water, then silence and breakfast.

Yoga, breathwork and guided meditation with a teacher who comes to the house — outdoors at sunrise, or indoors when the wind turns. Sound baths and longer half-day retreats can be arranged for the whole party.

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Spa in residence

Wellbeing

Spa in residence

Treatments, training and a practitioner who comes to the house.

Massage, physiotherapy, pilates and breathwork practitioners who travel to the villa on your schedule, with equipment installed before arrival.

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Cellars and closed tables

Food & wine

Cellars and closed tables

Estates that do not take bookings, kitchens that close for you.

Private tastings in cellars that receive no public visitors, and dinners at tables that are otherwise not available — arranged quietly, in advance, through people we have known for years.

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Guides who open doors

Culture

Guides who open doors

A curator after hours, a monastery before dawn.

Art historians, archaeologists and curators who take one group at a time. Sites are visited when they are empty, which usually means very early or very late.

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Days for the children

Family

Days for the children

Instructors, minders and afternoons that run themselves.

Sailing and tennis instructors, qualified nannies with references we have checked ourselves, and plans that give the adults an unhurried lunch.

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Boat days

On the water

Boat days

A skippered boat, a cove nobody else has found, and lunch aboard.

We keep relationships with a small number of skippers in each region. The day is planned the evening before, around the wind, and changed on the morning if the wind changes.

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Concierge

Something you do not see here?

Tell us what you have in mind and we will arrange it around your stay.

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