Souvenir & Far

06/17/2026

06/09/2026

The mountains called and yes I accidentally wore a color-coordinated dress. 💛🌼Sidecar through Madeira’s twisting mountain roads, misty forests, and dramatic coastal cliffs. One moment above the clouds, the next tracing the rugged shoreline. Pure freedom, pure adventure. There is no better way to see this island. Bonus: the outfit was completely unintentional.

06/07/2026

Sunday morning research: the best guide on the island took me through trails most people never even find. 🌸 Just doing my due diligence to make sure you get the absolute best hiking experience Madeira has to offer. The wildflowers were an unexpected bonus. Okay, I knew about the wildflowers. 🌻

06/06/2026

What you’re watching is more than just a fireworks show. Madeira holds a Guinness World Record for the largest New Year’s Eve fireworks display on the planet. Every June, pyrotechnic companies from around the world compete at the Atlantic Festival for the chance to light up Madeira’s sky on New Year’s Eve. Tonight was Canada’s audition. No pressure. 🇨🇦🇵🇹

06/03/2026

I guess it looks easy 🤷🏻‍♀️
But it took years and years and years to be able to do what we do so efficiently. Plus dozens of years building relationships in the industry that the average traveler doesn’t have access to. What a privilege to assist hundreds of clients and love (almost 😬) every minute of it.

05/29/2026

Fresh back from South Africa 🇿🇦

One of our Souvenir & Far team members, Abby, just returned from a very thorough scouting trip through Cape Town and the Western Cape, and she’s bringing back firsthand intel, updated recommendations, and plenty of inspiration for your future travels. A few hotels got the side eye for not quite cutting the mustard, and we are perfectly okay with that.

As Africa specialists, we believe the best itineraries come from personal experience. We’re not just tourists passing through, we’re experts who view every hotel, tour, restaurant, and experience with a critical eye, so you don’t have to spend 72 hours spiraling down a TripAdvisor rabbit hole.

Abby explored charming seaside villages, vibrant local markets, hidden cocktail spots, iconic penguin beaches, scenic drives, luxury high tea experiences, and the region’s legendary wine farms, all while gathering the kind of insider knowledge that transforms a good trip into an exceptional one. A few overhyped spots got crossed off the list too. Your itinerary will thank her.

Ready to start planning your Africa escape? We’ve planned hundreds of trips to this continent and we live and breathe this stuff, so you can skip the research spiral and trust the process. No offence to your Aunt Joan’s advice, but she went once. We go constantly.

05/25/2026

Designed & Delivered: The Côte d’Azur for a 60th birthday.

Sixty is not a number. It’s a statement. And the brief here matched the occasion.

Dozens of friends and family. Two weeks on the French Riviera. A villa in Cannes that could hold it all - contemporary architecture meeting Provençal soul, Mediterranean light flooding every room, a pool surrounded by the kind of gardens that make afternoon feel like it lasts forever.

The design challenge wasn’t finding a beautiful place. Cannes has no shortage of those. It was finding a place that could absorb the full weight of the moment: multi-generational guests, the rhythm of a two-week stay, the difference between a property that photographs well and one that actually functions as a gathering place. A home, not a backdrop.

Sixty years called for something that would hold the memory. This one did.