Not the postcard version. The real thing — the predawn light, the locals-only restaurant, the trail that appears on no map. Christel has been finding these places forever--born with an Explorer Archetype, traveling is part of her DNA.
The Uffizi before the crowds. Ponte Vecchio at blue hour. Private art tours with historians who live here.
Siena feels intimate, walkable, and deeply atmospheric—a place where history isn’t just preserved, it’s lived every day. Deeply tied to tradition, each neighborhood (contrada) has its own colors, flags, and symbols, and you’ll see them hanging from windows and lining the streets—especially meaningful during the Palio horse race, when the whole city vibrates with pageantry and pride.
Europe's most dramatic mountain scenery. Trails with views so extraordinary you stop and just stand there.
"In a quiet museum case in Pompeii, nearly overlooked by every visitor, sit tiny biblical scenes sculpted inside walnut shells. The figures no taller than a fingernail. Christel will make sure you find them."
Big cats. Balloons over the Mara. Predawn coffee with wild animals all around. And the tiny village of Mara Rianta that Christel has been helping change for over a decade.
The Great Migration. Private giraffe walks. Children who now have a school, a clinic, and wells — because of people who came here and cared.
Explore Kenya →Waterfalls. Glaciers. Lava fields. Blue-eyed horses found nowhere else on Earth. And the northern lights exploding green and violet across an ink-black sky.
Explore Aurora & Iceland →Tell Christel where you want to go. She will build the trip that delivers the real thing.
Christel Nani - Fora Travel, New York - Windstar Specialist