In search of the Lost Generation
Discover the places and personalities that defined an era
The Lost Generation
Published 100 years ago this year, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises became the indisputable guidebook to the Lost Generation: that restless confederation of artists, writers, poets and personalities who broke the codes and rewrote the rules of their era.
When
October - April
Price
From £20,000pp excl. flights (based on 2 ppl sharing)
How long
12 nights Ideal length
Paris
The “city of light” belonged to the Lost Generation. They clung to its bars, bookshops and boltholes with a heady abandon, feeling like it was the center of the world. It was here that Hemingway – in cold rented rooms and cafés – put pen to paper, where Gabrielle Chanel styled and sewed, where Picasso reimagined what painting could look like. The traces of their world are still here, if you know where to find them. You’ll have three days to unravel it. Slowly.
You are an expatriate, see. You hang around cafés
The Left Bank is the natural starting point. Today, a scholar of 1920s Paris – as bohemian as it was chic – will walk you through the places that defined it: Place de la Contrescarpe, where Hemingway crafted his early works. Rue Mouffetard’s lively market stalls. The stacked shelves of legendary bookshops. Later, you’ll arrive at the Luxembourg Gardens for a lavish picnic inspired by the palates of Ernest, Pablo, and Gabrielle.
How about some of that champagne?
The Musée Picasso holds the world’s largest collection of the master’s work, and its high halls capture his artistic evolution: from blue to pink to Cubist to Surreal. With a private guide, it becomes something more intimate: where you’ll fill in the brushstrokes around the works and places you’ll be visiting over the coming days.
Later, we’ve organised a private mixology workshop where we’ll recreate the 1920s through the flavors that defined it. Hemingway’s notorious martini – with its frozen onion – takes center stage. It’s history in a glass, even if it’s not to everyone’s taste.
You are an expatriate, see. You hang around cafés
The Left Bank is the natural starting point. Today, a scholar of 1920s Paris – as bohemian as it was chic – will walk you through the places that defined it: Place de la Contrescarpe, where Hemingway crafted his early works. Rue Mouffetard’s lively market stalls. The stacked shelves of legendary bookshops. Later, you’ll arrive at the Luxembourg Gardens for a lavish picnic inspired by the palates of Ernest, Pablo, and Gabrielle.
Biarritz
Biarritz – that legendary stretch of Basque coastline – is where the Lost Generation summered, loved and kindled their inspiration. Chanel opened her first couture house here in 1915. Picasso honeymooned in 1918, painting in that soft coastal light that illuminates the seafront. The same Belle Époque architecture stands here as it did then, just as the Atlantic still breaks dramatically against the rocks below. Nothing much has changed over a century. But why change perfect?
How about some of that champagne?
The Musée Picasso holds the world’s largest collection of the master’s work, and its high halls capture his artistic evolution: from blue to pink to Cubist to Surreal. With a private guide, it becomes something more intimate: where you’ll fill in the brushstrokes around the works and places you’ll be visiting over the coming days.
Later, we’ve organised a private mixology workshop where we’ll recreate the 1920s through the flavors that defined it. Hemingway’s notorious martini – with its frozen onion – takes center stage. It’s history in a glass, even if it’s not to everyone’s taste.
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Aromatherapy
Spa & Sauna
Fitness Center
Spa Treatment
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- Massage, Body Treatment & Facial Treatment
- Two Saunas & One Steam bath
- Bio- and Finnish saunas
Personal Training & Movement
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- Fitness Center: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Yoga Studio: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
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