Perspectives · December 2024
The Return of the Grand Tour
The Journal
The unhurried, multi-city journey is enjoying a quiet renaissance among the most discerning travellers.
For centuries, the Grand Tour was the finishing school of the cultured traveller — a slow, immersive journey through the great cities and landscapes of Europe.
Today, that spirit is returning. Rather than a single hotel, travellers increasingly seek connected journeys that move by private rail and transfer through several regions, gathering depth and contrast along the way.
Done well, the modern Grand Tour combines after-hours cultural access with the intimacy of a private villa — the best of the historic and the contemporary in a single, seamless itinerary.
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