Every destination in the VV Vetted section below has been visited by Albert or Nouri. We book our own travel, pay our own bills, and do not accept complimentary arrangements in exchange for coverage.
Destinations marked as On Our Radar are places we are watching closely before a visit — new openings, significant changes, or cities generating serious word-of-mouth from people whose taste we trust. Not yet personally vetted.
Every bill paid. Every trip booked ourselves.
The full list. Every city we've walked, eaten in, and judged carefully.
Go in December. The city is yours — no queue at Florian's, a table at Da Ivo without a month's notice, and fog over the Zattere at dawn.
Two neighborhoods, six rooms we'd actually book, and the pub that's worth the queue. Everything else is a cab ride you don't need to take.
We'll always have Paris — and the small list of rooms, bistros and cafés that hold up trip after trip, season after season.
Skip the port in August. Come in late May or September, take a boat to lunch, and spend a full day at one beach club. The village is beautiful when you can actually see it.
The quiet alternative to St. Barts. Bring linen, leave the watch — and skip the boat day. The best lunch is barefoot, on the sand.
La Isla Bonita, if you know where to look. Two Ibizas run in parallel — you decide which trip you're on.