Insight

Blue Marble Private is a luxury travel company in London organising extraordinary travel experiences around the world.

Pelerin Perfection

With December almost upon us, ski season is about to commence – which means whether you are in it for the off-piste powder or Hugo spritz at après, elevating your winter travel is a must. Enter Chalet Pelerin tucked away in the French Alps.

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Companion Ticket | Valentina De Santis

For 50 years, the De Santis family has owned Lake Como’s iconic Grand Hotel Tremezzo. Now the jewel in the crown is the family’s latest passion project, Passalacqua, which has been hailed the World’s Best Hotel. It’s no surprise once you’ve met daughter, Valentina; her unstuffy and genuinely welcoming take on Italian family hospitality shines in everything she does, which has us dreaming of life by the lake...

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Summer in Europe

With so many possibilities, luxury travel in Europe has everything you want and more – with its choice of stylish cities and five-star hotels to white sandy beaches and turquoise waters for sailing, there is nowhere better in the world to spend summer.

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Our Inspiration for Your Escapism

People often ask how we have such an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world we share. Travelling extensively to all corners of the globe not only gives us firsthand knowledge to report back on, but also the chance to meet like-minded adventurers, artists, explorers and entrepreneurs along the way – people who, like us, think beyond borders and imagine the unimaginable.

To design memorable and meaningful travel experiences, we work with an intricate network who live and breathe the places they call home. It’s not just a breathtaking location that inspires us, it is also the people behind it who really help bring the experience to life.

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Monaco Yacht Show

Monaco Yacht Show September 2018 – each September the superyacht industry descends on Monaco for a show and tell of the newest advances in yacht technologies, largest superyachts and super sea toys. This year we attended the Monaco Yacht Show and scoped out our favourite superyachts for luxurious comfort and limitless cruising, including M/Y Cloud 9, M/Y Planet Nine, S/Y Marie and S/Y Sybaris.

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Companion Ticket | Marie-Louise Sciò

As Creative Director of the iconic Italian hotel group, Il Pellicano, Marie-Louise Sciò oozes Italy’s la dolce vita. Growing up in a Slim Aarons photograph at her family’s legendary hotel, Il Pellicano, on the Tuscan coast, Marie-Louise is now at the helm of the much-adored hotels. Here we take a few moments to be whisked away to bella Italia and talk travel in a post-pandemic world.

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Assouline | Chic Stays

Our friends at influential publishing house Assouline, in collaboration with editors & photographers from Conde Nast Traveller, have compiled a collection of the most chicest of stays  from picture-perfect Positano to the wild shores of Scotland. Here are just a few of our favourites.

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Fly with the Breitling Jet Team

Discover new heights with Breitling’s aerobatic fighter jet team. Think audacity, precision, speed. Working with Breitling we can welcome a select group of like-minded thrill seekers to their home base in Dijon, France to fly with the team of L-39 pilots. Reaching speeds over of over 400 mph, this will be an unforgettable experience of formation flying with loops and rolls, before splitting off with your pilot to take control of the jet.

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The Secret Life of Aman Venice

Meet Giberto, Venetian artist and glass-smith, who happens to call the Aman Venice home. The Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga family had been living in Palazzo Papadopoli on Venice's Grand Canal for the past 200 years when five years ago the ultra luxe hotel group, Aman, approached them with the idea to renovate and turn the palazzo into their most exciting European hotel opening. With Giberto and his family remaining residents on the top floor, the palazzo has become one of the finest in Venice and perhaps Italy.

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By Land & Sea | The Mediterranean à deux

The stunningly designed 38-metre schooner, Alexa J, has been meticulously restored with romance and adventure in equal measure. Setting sail around the Mediterranean for the first time in July – whether you want to step back in time to explore ancient ruins, discover hidden coves to have all to yourself, or enjoy Sicilian wines with an award-winning viticulturist on the slopes of Mount Etna – we can craft an itinerary to suit.

To complete your journey, arguably the best hotel in Europe awaits: Aman Sveti Stefan. Balancing rustic charm with luxurious flair, Sveti Stefan is located on its own private islet once a 15th-century fishing village. Here you are perfectly positioned to explore Montenegro's coast, home to a series of ancient towns dotted along the Adriatic Sea.

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The Retreat at Blue Lagoon | Iceland

Rising from the midst of the Blue Lagoon, The Retreat will offer exclusive access to Iceland’s iconic geothermal reservoir situated amidst a lava field on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The unique resort appears to float on ethereal waters with innovative architecture blending the natural beauty of the 800-year-old setting with a sleek, Nordic aesthetic. Built into the volcanic frontier, suites are framed by floor-to-ceiling windows to feel immersed in the otherworldly backdrop. With lava sanctuaries and geothermal waters to bathe in, the subterranean spa promises to be a world of natural wellness, harnessing the mineral-rich landscape to create an intimate Icelandic escape.

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By Land & Sea | Greenland to Iceland

"When you've seen the world there's always Greenland" – home to mighty glaciers, Inuit hunters, Northern Lights, and polar bears on the prowl – this vast Arctic tundra is one of the least visited places on the planet. 

Exploring the Arctic by superyacht is one heck of an adventure. Begin your intrepid odyssey in Greenland journeying through the fjords to the tip of the south coast to visit hot springs on the uninhabited island of Uunartoq – once the Vikings' favoured medieval spa – beneath the summer's midnight sun.

Pair your journey sailing along the remote, rugged peninsula of Greenland with a weekend on land staying at Iceland’s exclusive Deplar Farm. Formerly a traditional sheep farm it has since been transformed to become one of the most stylish retreats set within Northern Iceland’s mountainous Troll Peninsula.

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