Il Salviatino, a 15th-century villa in the hills above Florence, on the family summer of balloon rides over the Duomo, garden dining and a greenhouse spa.

Villa Barumbara Tal-Laring sleeps twelve adults and six children near Mdina, with a pool, cinema room, snooker table and outdoor sauna. A Maltese family summer.

On a coral island in the South Nilandhe Atoll, Athireege keeps Maldivian heritage as something lived, not performed, from hand-pressed coconut oil to the Malaafaih feast beneath the stars.

Roseate House London unveils The Roseate Residence, a 74 sqm suite set in three 1842 townhouses moments from Hyde Park, made for families and long London summers.

The Nest, a new nature retreat in the walled garden of Glenapp Castle, brings sauna-and-plunge wellness and a 110-acre estate to a Scottish family summer.

A shipwreck dive, football camps with Premier League names, a mermaid programme and a floating water park the resort bills as the region's largest. Inside the Noonu Atoll resort rewriting the Maldives summer.

Two islands, one design language, and two international wins for Sun Siyam and Studio Sixty7.

Waldorf Astoria Ithaafushi has filled its summer with residencies, festivals and workshops, a quiet argument that the island is now worth visiting for what happens on it.

Octola III, an invitation-only six-guest wilderness retreat high in Finnish Lapland, opens 1 December 2026 with private Arctic experiences and deep Sami culture.

Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi has named The PC Agency as its Middle East communications partner, sharpening regional visibility for the resort and Ithaafushi The Private Island.