Countries and regions
Destinations
Where luxury lives well. Twelve countries and twelve regions, each with the season, the addresses and the numbers that matter.
Europe in detail: gold pins are countries, ivory pins are regions. Tap a pin for the guide.
Twelve countries on the world map, from the Hamptons to Tokyo.
Country Region
Twelve countries
The luxury guide by country
Riviera, Paris, Alps
France
The country that wrote the rules of luxury still sets them.
Lakes, coasts, ateliers
Italy
Craft, beauty and a table set for lunch: Italy is luxury as a way of life.
The principality
Monaco
Two square kilometres, no income tax and the most expensive apartments on earth.
Marbella, Mallorca, Ibiza, Madrid
Spain
Sun, golf, villas with pools and a property market that still makes sense.
Alps, lakes, watches
Switzerland
Privacy, precision and the finest mountains in the world.
Dubai and Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
No income tax, a new skyline every year and a property market built for the world.
London and the country
United Kingdom
Mayfair, Savile Row, the season and a country house at the weekend.
New York, the Hamptons, Aspen, Miami
United States
The biggest luxury market in the world, from Billionaires’ Row to Aspen.
Tokyo, Kyoto, Niseko
Japan
Craft, restraint and the best food in the world.
One island, one resort
Maldives
The definition of a private island holiday.
Islands and the Athens Riviera
Greece
Islands, light, a yacht and a villa on a hill.
Lisbon, Comporta, the Algarve
Portugal
Atlantic light, golf, surf and a capital that became fashionable.
Twelve regions
The luxury guide by region
Saint-Tropez to Menton
French Riviera
The original summer of luxury, still the most glamorous stretch of coast in the world.
Positano, Ravello, Capri
Amalfi Coast and Capri
Cliffs, lemons, a boat to the Faraglioni and the most romantic hotels in Italy.
Cernobbio to Bellagio
Lake Como
Villas, gardens and a lake that has drawn the rich since the Romans.
Marbella, Sotogrande, Málaga
Costa del Sol
Three hundred days of sun, seventy golf courses and Europe’s most complete villa market.
Port d’Andratx, Deià, Palma
Mallorca
Mountains, coves, a capital worth living in: the most complete island in the Mediterranean.
Villas, beach clubs, the north
Ibiza
The most expensive summer in Spain and, in the north, one of the quietest.
Porto Cervo, Sardinia
Costa Smeralda
The Aga Khan’s coast: pink granite, emerald water and the yachts of August.
The original winter resort
Engadin and St. Moritz
Champagne climate, frozen-lake polo and the most expensive chalets in the Alps.
Chianti, Val d’Orcia, Forte dei Marmi
Tuscany
Estates among the cypresses, the harvest, and a coast the Milanese keep for themselves.
The new luxury coast
Dubai Marina and the Palm
Palm villas, branded residences and a skyline that changes every season.
Southampton to Montauk
The Hamptons
Shingle houses behind hedges, the Atlantic and the summer capital of American money.
Quinta do Lago to Lagos
Algarve
Golden cliffs, Atlantic light and the golf triangle that became a year-round home.
Where should you go?
Destination Matcher
Month, mood and budget: the three countries or regions that fit, with the season and the hotels.
Gavalia Concierge
A personal shortlist, within two working days
Tell us the brief and the budget. A person, not an algorithm, replies with three to five considered options: the right watch, the right villa, the right hotel, the right gift.
- Free, independent, no affiliate links
- Three to five options with prices and reasons
- Introductions to the right dealer, advisor or hotel on request