The Marvellous Marrakech Issue

Marrakech is a city with a split personality. At one moment, it is utterly enchanting and mesmerising; and...

Ceylon Tea Trails
Hatton, Sri Lanka

This stunning heritage property is the first-ever Relais & Châteaux resort in Sri Lanka. Comprising four bungalows built...

Kahanda Kanda
Galle, Sri Lanka

Set on a 12-acre tea plantation high on a hilltop, Kahanda Kanda is a very unique and spellbinding...

Manila-Namnam
Manila, The Philippines

Lawrence Ferber eats it all in foodie-centric Manila. Anu’Man Kitchen & Pub is a cute and relatively new...

Eric Jennings
NYC, New York, USA

A menswear industry leader and retail visionary, Eric Jennings has over 20 years’ experience in luxury fashion. We...

The future of hospitality
Bengaluru, India

Like its relatively new change in name at time of press, Bengaluru (née Bangalore) is a beacon for...

Building empires
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Siem Reap, of Angkor fame, has a very special place in our hearts. It is arguably the place...

The Mandrake
London, United Kingdom

Sensorial, surreal and whimsical are just some examples of words we could use to describe the shining star...

Avani Hua Hin
Hua Hin, Thailand

Hua Hin, situated just two and a half hours away from Bangkok, is a favourite of Thai city-slickers...

QT
Sydney, Australia

You can’t go to Australia without stopping over in its OutThere capital, Sydney. And a trip to this...

COMO Uma Ubud
Bali, Indonesia

The COMO Uma Ubud, part of the design and wellness-focused COMO hotel group, defines getting away from it...

Are we there yet?
LGBT+ luxury travel, featuring Simon Mayle, Reed Exhibitions

I was recently at the restaurant of one of Cape Town’s leading luxury hotels when the friendly maître...

Paying it forward:
Eco-conscious travel, featuring Jose Koechlin, Inkaterra

2018 was a big year for sustainable tourism – a hot topic that surfaced over and over again...

National Geographic Explorer

The Explorer is literally the flagship of two National Geographic exploration crafts sailing the Southern ice, equipped to...

Natural Retreats
Park City, Utah, USA

Resorts West offers luxuriously appointed private homes and lodge condos in choice Park City and Deer Valley locations...

Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor
Siem Reap, Cambodia

If it weren’t for the obvious exception of Angkor Wat, Raffles could and would probably qualify as Siem...

Raffles Hotel Le Royal
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

We almost overdosed on decadence at Raffles Phnom Penh. It may have been the five-course lobster brunch with...

Eyes wide open
Phnom Penh & Siem Reap, Cambodia

Zack Cahill’s week-long taster of Cambodia reveals gruesome stories of a recent past, but also a majestic and...

Sri Panwa
Phuket, Thailand

Our introduction to this huge luxury resort was by golf-cart, at sunset. As we arrived at check-in, our...

Dream Phuket
Phuket, Thailand

Arriving in the dip of low-season unfortunately meant that we couldn’t see the Dream Hotel Phuket it all...

Kerry Hotel
Hong Kong, China

The idea of ‘mixing old and new’ is a term used so commonly these days it almost runs...

Park Hyatt
Bangkok, Thailand

The family who runs the ‘Central’ empire of upscale shopping malls in Thailand are among the country’s most...

Nobu Hotel Shoreditch
London, United Kingdom

Walking up Great Eastern Street in London’s fashionable Shoreditch, you’d be mistaken for thinking a spaceship has landed....

Peshegaar House Homestay
Anegundi, India

We found out about the Kishkinda Trust in our efforts to seek out sustainable travel experiences in the...

Preserving history
Anegundi, India

Uwern Jong steps back in time to 15th-century Karnataka, and experiences the preservation of a culture that was...

11 Howard
NYC, USA

If there is such a thing as heaven for experiential travellers in Manhattan, hanging out in the vicinity...

Five Acre Barn
Aldringham, United Kingdom

As we travel the world to exotic far-flung places, it’s easy to forget just how much our own...

Bruce Badrock & David Woodbine
Five Acre Barn, United Kingdom

Escaping from the big city to the peace and quiet of a rural setting can come at a...

Twinpalms Phuket
Phuket, Thailand

The jaw-droppingly beautiful Surin Beach, home to the glorious Twinpalms, used to be a must-go hangout for the...

The Racha
Phuket, Thailand

If ‘Fantasy Island’ were real, this would be it. A 30-minute boat ride away from their executive boarding...

137 Pillars Suites & Residences
Bangkok, Thailand

This is the long-awaited Bangkok sister property to the exquisite Chiang Mai heritage getaway, the 137 Pillars House....

Soul mining
Park City, Utah, USA

Rupert Mellor digs an edge into Park City’s ‘Greatest Snow on Earth’ and finds there’s much more than...

Not just deserts
Marfa, Texas, USA

Clark Harding discovers that Marfa is not your average Texan town. I still maintain it was a Poodle…...

The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Our digs at St. Petersburg pink palace, the Vinoy, was an adequate choice for our trip to discover...

Jail Hill Inn, Galena, Illinois, USA

Built to house the growing number of ne’er-do-wells attracted to Galena in its heyday as a lead-mining town,...

Expanding horizons
Vancouver, Canada

Whilst revisiting a city surrounded by mountains and forests, not to mention an ocean, our Creative Director Martin...

Brown Beach Hotel
Tel Aviv, Israel

Gay-owned Brown Beach House is a chic, retro, summer-house meets urban boutique hotel. The fusion just works, it...

Was Jerusalem builded here?
Jerusalem, Israel

Non-believer Zack Cahill makes a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. No place on this earth – with the...

Ido Cohen
Tel Aviv, Israel

Ido Cohen is a man who knows people. A walk along the tree-lined boulevards of Tel Aviv is...

Ilan Pivko
Tel Aviv, Israel

One of Israel’s most acclaimed architects, Ilan Pivko has had a direct hand in the regeneration of Tel...

Julian Cole & Jean Abreu
Cable Street Inn, London, United Kingdom

Just a mile from the internationally recognised symbol for London that is Tower Bridge, in a quiet corner...

Johan Buskqvist &
Marcel van der Eng
Ladfabriken, Sweden

What does it take to create the perfect guesthouse? That’s the million Krona question, and now, thanks to...

Winter’s tale
Gothenburg, Sweden

The cold, quiet Gothenburg winter gives Martin Perry much room for contemplation and an opportunity to explore West...

Crossing borders
The Andean Lake Crossing, Argentina

Globetrotter David Duran is on an emotional mission to fulfil a promise he made to a dying friend...

Ourika moment
Atlas Mountains, Morocco

From Marrakech on a clear day, the Atlas Mountains serve as a poignant reminder of Morocco’s ancient Berber...

Paradise found
Trancoso, Brazil

One of Brazil’s best-kept secrets is a little outpost in Bahia called Trancoso. Martin Perry travels there to...

Thanda Island:
Return to innocence

Marine conservation and preservation is central to the philosophy of this Swedish-owned private isle in Tanzania. Thanda Island...

La Reserve:
The essence of Paris

This intimate five-star hotel lends a new meaning to the essence of Paris by giving its guests the...

Legendary luxury
Langkawi, Malaysia

Langkawi is a veritable paradise. White, powdery sands melt into an impossibly azure Andaman Sea, set to a...

Karim Tassi
Marrakech, Morocco

After a week of getting lost on purpose in the labyrinthine Medina and drinking my body weight in...