Mediterranean
Santorini
Greece
Caldera villages that glow at dusk, volcanic beaches, and an assyrtiko poured by the family that grew it.
- Best time
- May – June, September
- Typical trip
- 7 nights
from €1,290
See packagesSmall groups · Private departures · Since 2014
Journeys worth the long way round
We plan trips for people who would rather understand one place properly than photograph six. Twelve travellers maximum, local hosts throughout, and an itinerary you help write.
- Designing trips
- 11 yrsDesigning trips
- Countries covered
- 38Countries covered
- People per group
- Max 12People per group
- Travellers who return
- 94%Travellers who return
Where we go
Places we know well enough to argue about
We only sell destinations where we have a host on the ground and have walked the routes ourselves.
East Asia
Kyoto
Japan
Temple gardens raked before breakfast, a machiya townhouse to come home to, and mountains a tram ride away.
- Best time
- Late March, November
- Typical trip
- 9 nights
from €2,480
See packagesMediterranean
Amalfi Coast
Italy
Lemon terraces stacked above the sea, a boat at your disposal, and the Path of the Gods before the coaches arrive.
- Best time
- May, late September
- Typical trip
- 6 nights
from €1,640
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Fixed departures with the price fully broken down. No single supplement on either.
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Cyclades Slow Sail
Santorini, Naxos & Paros, Greece
- 8 nights
- Max 10
- Gentle pace
Three islands at ferry pace, with two nights on a chartered caïque and enough unplanned afternoons to actually rest.
What’s included
- 8 nights in family-run guesthouses
- All ferry and boat transfers
- Daily breakfast, 4 dinners
- Winery and cheese-dairy visits
- English-speaking local host throughout
Not included
International flights · Travel insurance · Lunches and bar bills
per person
€1,290€1,490
Kyoto Artisans & Trails
Kyoto, Nara & Kurama, Japan
- 9 nights
- Max 8
- Moderate pace
Workshops with a knife-maker, an indigo dyer and a tea master, balanced against two mountain walks out of the city.
What’s included
- 9 nights, incl. 2 in a restored machiya
- Japan Rail pass, 7-day
- Three artisan workshops
- Kaiseki dinner in Gion
- Guided Kurama-to-Kibune hike
Not included
International flights · Most lunches · Personal shopping
per person
€2,480
How it works
Four steps, no hard sell
- 01
Tell us what you are after
A short call, or just the enquiry form. We want to know how you like to spend a day far more than which sights you plan to photograph.
- 02
We draft the route
You get an itinerary with the reasoning shown: why this village and not that one, why the ferry rather than the flight, where the slow days sit.
- 03
Revise it until it fits
Two rounds of changes are included, and nobody is going to push you towards the expensive hotel. Book only when it reads right.
- 04
We stay reachable
A local host on the ground and a real phone number for the whole trip, including the hours when things actually go wrong.
Travellers
What people say afterwards
Collected after the trip, published unedited.
We had been to Greece twice before and seen almost none of this. The caïque nights were the part our children still talk about.
Nine days, three workshops, and not one moment that felt like a coach tour. The indigo dyer alone was worth the flight.
A storm closed the coast road on day two. They had rerouted the whole afternoon before we had finished breakfast.
Three nights out in the countryside instead of Reykjavík was the right call — we saw the aurora on two of them.
Tell us where you have been meaning to go
Send us a few lines. We will come back within one working day with an honest answer about whether we are the right people for the trip.
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