We’re all fanatical about olive oil these days, but ever wondered how it got on your plate? Time to get amongst the olive groves and witness the harvest. Come mid October, the Greek countryside comes alive as farmers haul out their nets, and lay them out under their precious trees. The harvest lasts through the [...]

Want to learn the secrets of the healthiest eating on earth? Now it’s just a click away. Live like a local with Greece’s hottest gastro travel team at ELEONAS resort, located in Crete’s prettiest rural heartland, on a six day cookery course, with guided forays along our own Greek Slow Food Trail. The ELEONAS Cretan [...]

The island of Santorini – famed for vines and volcanoes – is now firmly on the radar of global wine experts. After making wine for 2,500 years, Greece has reclaimed its liquid heritage and there’s no better destination than Santorini to witness this revolution. The Vedema Resort, (www.vedema.gr) is exquisitely situated in the island’s most preserved settlement [...]

“Luxury hasn’t been democratised, it’s been globalised” Luxury brand leaders recently congregated in Marrakech to discuss the future of lifestyle brands. Paris based PPR owns leading brands Gucci, Bottega, Veneta, Yves St Laurent and Alexander McQueen, as well as Boucheron. Founder’s son Francois-Henri Pinault, who runs the family fortunes which run into billions says the [...]