Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Ultimate Indulgers, Food & Wine Connoisseurs

At Indagare, we believe that experiences—and the memories we make from them—are the best presents to give and receive. This holiday season Indagare is making it easier for you to give travel to friends and family, including everything from a weekend in Napa to a journey through Myanmar, as well as Indagare memberships and general travel credits, which can be put towards a quick getaway or a bucket-list trip. Here are some of Indagare’s most special trips and experiences for everyone on your list, including:

• Art & Design Aficionados
• Explorers
• Indulgers
• Food & Wine Connoisseurs
• Fans of Indagare

For the Ultimate Indulgers

This quintessential girls’ getaway based at the newly renovated Hôtel Ritz in Paris includes highlights such as guided shopping experiences at Indagare's favorite boutiques and flea markets, a private riva boat cruise along the Seine and a VIP tour of Marie Antoinette's apartment at Versailles. Pricing upon request. The visit includes:

• Four nights in a junior suite at Hôtel Ritz
• Guided shopping at some of Paris's most elegant boutiques and the Paris Flea Market
• A private cooking or floral arranging class  
• High tea at the Plaza Athénée and massages at the hotel's Dior Institut
• A day-trip by private car to Versailles for a tour of the palace with private access to Marie Antionette's personal estate
• A private riva boat cruise along the Seine with Champagne
• A guided tour of the Musée d'Orsay or Musée Picasso

Ideal for a mother and daughter, this experience features lunch or high tea at the Crosby Street Hotel, shopping at Indagare's favorite boutiques, a thermal bath and massages at Aire Ancient Baths and salon treatments. Pricing from $1,695 for two participants. The experience includes:

• A fully customizable itinerary with reservations arranged by Indagare travel specialists in New York City
• Driver and luxury sedan for duration of day
• Morning of shopping at Indagare’s favorite downtown luxury boutiques
• Lunch or high tea at the Crosby Street Hotel
• Thermal baths and 45-minute aromatherapy massages at Aire Ancient Baths
• Spa manicures and pedicures at iPlaza Salon (www.plazamspa.com) in Tribeca

For the Food & Wine Connoisseurs

1. Culinary Bicycle Tour through California Wine Country This five-day cycling trip through Napa Valley includes luxury lodging at Indagare favorites the Farmhouse Inn and Auberge du Soleil, plus vineyard visits throughout Napa and Sonoma. Pricing from $5,995 per person for two (single supplement of $2,300). The experience includes:

• Guided moderate–level biking of 30-50 miles each day, with stops at top vineyards for wine and olive oil tastings
• A two-night stay at Farmhouse Inn followed by a two-night stay at Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley
• Round-trip transfers to and from San Francisco
• Two meals at top restaurants daily

The ultimate way to experience the Bordeaux region, this six-day trip begins with two nights in Paris at the stunning La Réserve, followed by three nights in the Bordeaux countryside at La Chartreuse de Cos d’Estournel, the exquisite Jacques Garcia–designed private home belonging to La Réserve’s owner, Michel Reybier. Pricing upon request. This trip includes:

• Two nights in the Presidential Suite at La Réserve Paris Hotel & Spa with a private butler
• Two massages at Le Spa of La Réserve, a private, after-hour visit of the Louvre, an afternoon with a personal shopper in Paris, meals at L’Ambroisie (ambroisie-paris.com) and Le Clarence in Paris
• Three nights at the private home La Chartreuse Cos d’Estournel (estournel.com)
• Private winery visits, a tasting at Cos d’Estournel’s Les Trésors du Maharadjah, a guide and driver for touring Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion, a private visit of Château Mouton Rothschild and meals at Le Relais de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, Château Cordeillan-Bages in Pauillac and Le Pressoir d’Argent in Bordeaux 
• Transfers by private jet to Bordeaux and by helicopter around Bordeaux

A culinary and wine-focused weekend on the scenic North Fork of Long Island, this trip comprises a cooking class using local produce and seafood, a half-day of wine tasting at three of Indagare’s favorite vineyards and an overnight at a charming inn. Pricing from $2,160 for two participants (or $3,660 if privatizing cooking class). The trip includes:

• Overnight accommodations at North Fork Guest House (northforkguesthouse.com)
• Afternoon cooking class, dinner and wine
• A morning or afternoon of wine touring with car and driver
• Round trip transfers with car and driver to/from NYC

For the Fans of Indagare