Being driven through the historic centre of Vienna is a memorable arrival to any stay, and that’s just one of dozens of experiences possible at Rosewood Vienna.

Some say it was Greeks who first said ‘elephants never forget’ and, indeed, Asian elephants apparently really impressed Alexander the Great in battles in the 4th century BC. In modern peace-time language, the elephants of Northern Thailand are waiting for travellers to return.

Can you find Australia in England? Yes, at Heckfield Place Hotel & Estate, ten minutes by Range Rover shuttle from Hook rail station or 40 minutes’ drive west of London’s Heathrow airport.

Now’s the time to think Scotland, more specifically this year’s Edinburgh Festival. The program, which runs from 5th to 8th August, 2022, includes such festival debuts as the Australian World Orchestra. Now a decade experienced, this combines Australia’s most highly rated musicians who are living elsewhere around the globe with their counterparts back home. In Edinburgh, maestro Zubin Mehta is in charge, and lead soprano is Berlin-based soprano Siobhan Stagg, born in Melbourne.

Mary Gostelow, LATTE’s weekly columnist and industry icon, has been recognised on the global stage, named in the International Hospitality Institute’s 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.

Get a total infusion of Englishness at The Beaumont, London – but of course with essential ingredients from other global hotspots.

There’s a breath of fresh air at Zurich’s Baur au Lac, which would be a traditional capital city hotel except Bern is Switzerland’s capital. Baur au Lac stands proud, however, as the nation’s icon.

Want to feel you’ve climbed every mountain, at least metaphorically, at least in Europe? Bürgenstock, 500 metres above Lake Lucerne, is the answer. In addition, GM Christian Sack tempts you with his confident determination that this could well be the world’s top luxury resort within five years. Well, surely no other paradise has a hundred-plus experiences ranging from Picassos, real, through to making your own cheese, really?

Apparently dancing flamenco for 30 minutes burns 157.5 calories (that extra half makes all the difference). And you use masses of calories, too, walking up and down the glorious gilded-rail staircase of the regal Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid in Spain. Cesar Ritz knew how to build palaces back in 1910 – the age of the building is written in gold on the building’s side, on Calle de Felipe IV, next to the Prado.

Vienna’s signature hotels are in glorious-traditional style. Why not try something different? At 25hours Museums Quartier you can expect a paparazzi welcome. Vienna’s so-fun hotel has a glass porch with an entire wall of cameras, Kodaks and more, jammed together and stuck on firmly to prevent’em walking.

Montenegro is already on the luxury travel map because of such resorts as Aman Sveti Stefan, and One&Only Portonovi, which offers Giorgio Locatelli food, Henri Chenot wellness, a marina and 500 metres of Adriatic coast.

Now the world is re-opening, time for celebration. All the more reason to hop on a plane, even long-haul. The UK is making the most of the official celebrations of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and why not forget politics and join in? The street parties will be over the 4-5 June weekend but lots of stuff lasts longer.