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Beautiful itineraries, and the cities they begin in
Some engagements never leave the city. Others are better an hour outside it — a coastline out of season, a vineyard in September, a mountain before the snow arrives. Below is every city we visit, and where an engagement there most often continues to. Each pairing opens a page of its own.
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Americas
39 citiesCoastlines within a short flight, mountains within a morning’s drive, and islands that keep their own calendar.
United States
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Los Angeles
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San Franciscowith San Jose
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Seattle
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Chicago
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Fort Worthwith Dallas, Austin, San Antonio
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Orlando
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Boston
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Houston
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Santa Fe
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Phoenixwith Scottsdale
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San Diego
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Baltimorewith Washington DC
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Portland
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Savannahwith Atlanta
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Philadelphia
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Sacramento
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Tampa
Canada
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Torontowith Hamilton, Kitchener, London Ontario
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Vancouverwith Victoria, Kelowna
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Montrealwith Ottawa, Quebec City
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Calgarywith Edmonton
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Europe
67 citiesThe shortest distances on the roster. Most of what follows is a train, a drive before lunch, or an hour in the air.
United Kingdom & Ireland
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London
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Dublin
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France
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Toulouse
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Nicewith Marseille, Avignon
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Strasbourg
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Monaco
Germany
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Berlinwith Hamburg
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Colognewith Dusseldorf, Bonn
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Frankfurtwith Stuttgart
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Munichwith Nuremberg
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Dresdenwith Leipzig, Hannover
Austria
Switzerland
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Geneva
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Lucernewith Winterthur
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Bern
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Baselwith St. Gallen
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Zurich
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Brusselswith Liege
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Ghent
Italy
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Napleswith Rome
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Florencewith Bologna
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Venice
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Turin
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Sardinia
Corsica
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Ajacciowith Bastia
Spain
Denmark
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Copenhagen
Turkey
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Istanbul
Russia
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Moscow
St. Petersburg·Sochi / Krasnaya PolyanaAlso Europe and Scandinavia generally.
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Middle East & Asia
13 citiesLong-haul cities with short-haul escapes: an atoll, an island, a coast reached before the evening.
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Dubaiwith Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Doha
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Oceania
5 citiesWine country an hour inland, and the reef and the islands beyond it.
Australia
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Melbourne
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Adelaide
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Brisbane
Nothing under that name
Try a region, or the name of the place you would rather be.
Tell us where you are, and where you would rather be
The concierge plans the travel alongside the introduction — the flight, the house, and the table at the other end. Nothing is arranged by the hour, and nothing is arranged twice.