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The splurges worth it once, priced.
What each really costs, split per person where that is how people pay, and how to try it first.
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Winter
Christmas marketsChristmas markets Europe-wide: ten weekends from about £775 for two
UK Christmas marketsThe best Christmas markets UK-wide: ten weekends from about £451 for two
New Year's EveTen New Years Eve breaks, from about £990 for two
HogmanayTen ways to do Hogmanay Edinburgh, from free to £11,460Journeys
Rail · 5 trains
Luxury train journeys
Five great trains, from the Orient Express to the Andes.
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Cities · 1 perfect day
One day in Rome
Sunrise to midnight: the walk, the tasting menus and a view of St Peter's.
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Islands · 12 months
The Maldives, month by month
When the sea is glass, when the mantas come, and when the price halves.
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Wild · Jul to Oct
The Great Migration
Where two million animals will be, and where you should be waiting.
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Rail · London to Venice
The Orient Express
When it runs, what each cabin costs, and the best month to board.
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Flights · Door to door
Emirates business class
From the car at your door in London to the lights of Dubai, in ten moments.
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Winter · 5 nights
Lapland holidays
Huskies, reindeer, glass igloos and the fox fires, told as five Arctic nights.
Read the guideLuxury gifts for men who already own the gadgets: the drives, the days out and the few things worth keeping. Each one says who it suits, and who should skip it.
The short answer
The price ladder
Each step roughly doubles the last. Every price is from the seller's own page, and every photo is the real thing or the real place.
from £37Photo: T, UnsplashA ticket for the 2027 meeting, 15 to 19 June. The Windsor Enclosure starts at £37, and the Queen Anne Enclosure at £99.
Skip it if he won't follow a dress code: Royal Ascot has one for every enclosure.
£325Photo: PorscheA 911 on the Porsche Experience Centre's own track at Silverstone, with his own coach beside him. £325 on Porsche's booking page.
Skip it if he'd rather drive on the road than a handling circuit.
£709Photo: Audi Revolut F1 TeamThree days in the Club Corner grandstand at Silverstone, the 2027 starting price for a good seat.
Skip it if you want a single day out: this is a three-day ticket.
£2,350Photo: TUDORA dress watch with a moon phase and a champagne dial, on a steel bracelet. Reference M91560-0001, £2,350 from TUDOR.
Skip it if he only wears a sports watch.
£2,950Photo: Chris Leipelt, UnsplashOne seat on a shared private flight from London to Nice, per person. No whole-jet charter needed.
Skip it if you want the whole jet: this is one seat on a shared flight.
£4,275 eachPhoto: UnsplashParis to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express: one night, black tie at dinner, March to November.
Skip it if he wants a longer trip: the classic journey is one night.
More gifts are on the way, from £50 to £250: food and drink, style and things for the home. Each goes in only with a photo of the real product.
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Questions
Something he can't already have bought himself: a day, a drive or a seat at a race. Most of our list is experiences, from 90 minutes in a Porsche 911 at Silverstone (£325) to a night on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (£4,275 each).
The Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone: 90 minutes in a 911 with his own coach, £325 on Porsche's booking page. Under £50, a Royal Ascot ticket for June 2027 starts at £37.
The TUDOR 1926 Luna (£2,350) is a dress watch with a moon phase, made by Rolex's sister brand. Skip it if he only wears a sports watch.
Only if he'll use them. Check the dates before you buy: Royal Ascot runs 15 to 19 June 2027, the Orient Express runs March to November, and the best Silverstone grandstands sell out early.
Now, for anything with a date on it. Grand Prix grandstands and Orient Express cabins sell out months ahead, while a Porsche Experience Centre booking can be made for a date in the new year.
