Beyond the M25

London

The capital of restraint and grandeur.

Windsor

The Crown's royal seat — castle and parkland.

Royal Ascot

The royal race meeting — June, formal dress required.

Wimbledon

The Championships — June fortnight.

Goodwood

Festival of Speed and Revival — Sussex motoring.

Henley-on-Thames

Royal Henley Regatta — July tradition on the Thames.

Oxford

The dreaming spires — colleges and Bodleian Library.

Cambridge

King's Chapel choristers and the river Cam.

Bath

Roman thermae and Georgian crescent.

The Cotswolds

Honey-stone villages — Soho Farmhouse, Daylesford.

Edinburgh

The Athens of the North — castle and Royal Mile.

Scottish Highlands

Lochs, glens and shooting estates.

St Andrews

The home of golf — Old Course and East Sands.

Lake District

Wordsworth country — fells and water.

Manchester

Northern industrial heritage and football capital.

Liverpool

Mersey waterfront and Beatles legacy.

Birmingham

Second city — Bullring, Jewellery Quarter.

Leeds

Yorkshire commercial heart.

York

Mediaeval walls, Minster and Shambles.

Newcastle

Tyne bridges and Northumberland coast.

Bristol

Suspension bridge and Clifton elegance.

Brighton

Royal Pavilion and pebble beach.

Canterbury

Cathedral and Chaucer — Kent pilgrimage.

Dover

White cliffs and gateway to France.

Chichester

South Downs cathedral city — adjacent to Goodwood.

Cardiff

Welsh capital — castle and Millennium Stadium.

Belfast

Titanic Quarter and Giant's Causeway access.

Cheltenham

Festival racing — March Gold Cup.

Gloucester

Cathedral city — gateway to the Cotswolds.

Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare's birthplace — RSC theatre.

Eton

The college — across the bridge from Windsor.

Harrow on the Hill

The school and the church on the hill.

Greenwich

Royal Observatory and the prime meridian.

Richmond

Royal park, deer and Thames riverside.

Hampton Court

Tudor palace and the maze.

Stonehenge

Neolithic stone circle on Salisbury Plain.

Cornwall

Atlantic coast — Padstow, St Ives, Rock.

Yorkshire Dales

Pennine peaks and stone-walled valleys.

Snowdonia

Welsh peaks and mountain railways.

Inverness

Highland capital — Loch Ness gateway.

Paris

The Maison de l'Élégance — Place Vendôme to Avenue Montaigne.

Monaco

The Principality — Hôtel de Paris, Casino, F1 Grand Prix.

Geneva

Lake Léman — banks, watches and discretion.

Zurich

Bahnhofstrasse and the lake.

St Moritz

Alpine grand-hotel tradition since 1864.

Gstaad

Discreet alpine retreat — Saanen FBO.

Verbier

Off-piste capital — Sion airport.

Milan

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele and via Montenapoleone.

Rome

The Eternal City — Vatican access by arrangement.

Florence

Renaissance capital — Uffizi and the Duomo.

Venice

Lagoon palazzi and Biennale.

Lake Como

Cernobbio, Bellagio, Villa d'Este.

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Dolomites grand hotel — 2026 Winter Games.

Sardinia

Costa Smeralda — Porto Cervo and Cala di Volpe.

Capri

Faraglioni rocks and Quisisana terrace.

Amalfi Coast

Positano cliffs and Le Sirenuse.

Sicily

Taormina and Mount Etna.

Saint-Tropez

Pampelonne beach and the harbour.

Cannes

Croisette and Palais des Festivals — May Festival.

Nice

Côte d'Azur gateway and Promenade des Anglais.

Courchevel

1850 — alpine altitude and Cheval Blanc.

Megève

Alpine Maison — Four Seasons Megève.

Val d'Isère

Espace Killy — high-altitude skiing.

Biarritz

Hôtel du Palais and the Atlantic surf.

Bordeaux

Médoc, Saint-Émilion and Pomerol vineyards.

Madrid

Prado, Retiro and Salamanca.

Barcelona

Gaudí and the Mediterranean.

Marbella

Puerto Banús and Marbella Club.

Ibiza

White-sand discretion and starlit dinners.

Mallorca

Palma cathedral and Tramuntana villas.

Lisbon

Tejo light and pastel tilework.

Porto

Douro vineyards and the Ribeira.

Amsterdam

Canals, Vermeer, and the diamond quarter.

Brussels

European institutions and Sablon antiques.

Berlin

Cultural capital and Brandenburg history.

Munich

Bavarian elegance — Maximilianstrasse.

Vienna

Imperial city — Sacher and Spanish Riding School.

Prague

Mediaeval crown city.

Stockholm

Archipelago capital — Östermalm and Grand Hôtel.

Copenhagen

Nordic design and Tivoli.

New York

Midtown grandeur and downtown discretion.

Los Angeles

Bel Air, Beverly Hills and the Pacific.

Miami

Brickell, Miami Beach and Star Island.

Aspen

Rocky Mountain ski tradition.

Whistler

Pacific Rim mountain resort.

Toronto

CN Tower and the Bridle Path.

Dubai

Burj Al Arab and Palm Jumeirah.

Abu Dhabi

Emirates Palace and Saadiyat Island.

Doha

Pearl-Qatar and the Museum of Islamic Art.

Riyadh

Diplomatic Quarter and the Edge of the World.

Bahrain

Manama and the F1 Grand Prix.

Marrakech

La Mamounia and Atlas foothills.

Casablanca

Atlantic gateway and art-déco heritage.

Tokyo

Aman Tokyo and Ginza ateliers.

Hong Kong

Victoria Peak and the Mandarin Oriental.

Singapore

Marina Bay and Orchard Road.

Shanghai

The Bund and Pudong skyline.

São Paulo

Jardins, Faria Lima and helicopter capital.

Cape Town

Table Mountain and the Winelands.

Sydney

Harbour panorama and Bondi.