Travel has been part of my life and work for many years, but what I love most is not simply visiting new places — it’s discovering how a destination really feels.
I’ve spent years creating and leading journeys, working with local partners, exploring hotels and neighbourhoods, testing routes, choosing experiences and finding those small details that can completely change a trip.
I wanted to create something of my own — a travel brand built around the way I genuinely like to travel: in small groups, with enough time to experience a place properly, with carefully chosen stays, local connections and a balance between exploring and simply enjoying where we are.
I don’t design journeys from catalogues or from behind a desk. I travel to the destinations myself, stay in the hotels, meet the people, check the locations and then build the kind of journey I would happily join myself.
For me, travel is not about ticking off as many places as possible. It’s about feeling a place, understanding it a little better and coming home with memories that stay with you.
The Coral Compass is my way of sharing those journeys with you.
— Špela