An incredible curation of the best alpine wines? A gathering of over 20 award-laden chefs? The purest of powder and air so crisp, so sweet and invigorating it makes you wonder why you'd ever even imagine returning to the slate-grey streets of the city? Count me in and hoist me up the glacier.

Some cities you come away from with a spring in your step and a singular thought in your mind: “Yes, I could see myself living here”.  Tallinn, the ancient and venerable capital Estonia, is a perfect example.

Madonna di Campiglio is a pitch-perfect spot from which to explore Brenta Dolomites. The region exhibits a pastoral summery appeal - one which is hard to believe not central to its pulling power. 

The bay of Patmos is almost absurdly beautiful. A few millennia of volcanic activity and the rumblings of Poseidon ensured that a natural sweeping bay formed around the island, protecting ships from the notorious high winds of this part of the Mediterranean.

Austria’s alpine capital is no stranger to drawing crowds - a brief saunter down its higgledy-piggledy medieval streets are a deeply satisfying reminder that this urban centre, sitting prettily along a picture-perfect mountain valley and strategically at the crossing point of the river Inn, has been doing its thing for a thousand years.