By country
Twelve countries where luxury lives well
Each portrait covers the season, the hotels, the shopping, the dining, the property market and the rules insiders follow.
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.