Secret shopper
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Uwern Jong goes on a shop hop in the Argentinian capital. Shopping in Buenos Aires has always come...

Vietnam Airlines x LSO:
Classic British

Not that you’d ever need an excuse to visit Vietnam – from North to South, even the bits...

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Maroma, A Belmond Hotel
Riviera Maya, Mexico

We don’t often gush over properties, but we were spoilt rotten by the magical Maroma, A Belmond Hotel....

Water park
Iguazú, Argentina

Uwern Jong makes a bucket-list journey to the majestic cascades of Iguazú, Argentina. An auspicious occasion brought me...

Beating of the wave
Koh Lipe, Thailand

Photographer Ralf Obergfell reflects on surviving the tsunami of 2004 and on how the experience has come to...

Hotel Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Suited perfectly to the contemporary, condominium-strewn, gentrified port neighbourhood it is in, the Hotel Madero is a luxuriously,...

Earthly delight
Madrid, Spain

Uwern Jong uncovers the recent social history of the Spanish capital to understand what makes it so proud....

Of Gods, roosters and rabbits
Taipei, Taiwan

Celebrating the year of the rooster, Uwern Jong reflects on the layered meanings of Taoist and Buddhist deities....

Tom Kiely
West Hollywood, California, USA

There’s no better way to connect with a new place than by talking to the locals and when...

A new dawn
Bagan to Mandalay, Myanmar

Martin Perry visits Myanmar on the eve of a new and hopefully positive era in this beautiful country’s...

Howdy cowboy
Graham, Texas, USA

Zach Cahill rides off to a ranch, deep in the heart of Texas, and learns about humans –...

Seoul food
Seoul, South Korea

Leo Morgan draws parallels between the spirit of South Korea’s capital and its illustrious cuisine. It was a...

Greek love
Athens, Greece

Zack Cahill walks the city where gay was invented: the one and only Athens. The 2006 movie 300...

Time to travel
Venice, Italy

Martin Perry travels to Venice for Italy’s most famous art festival, making a discovery or two along the...

Hotel Zoo, Berlin, Germany

Hotel Zoo is located in a neighbourhood that has been party-central long before East Berlin rose to fame....

The Scarlet Huntington, San Francisco, USA

On our ascent to the chic and lofty heights of Nob Hill, we were faced with a whimsical...

Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, USA

We knew before we arrived at the Auberge that we were staying at one of Napa’s finest, when...

Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay, USA

If you are a golf fan, you’ll absolutely love this property. But even if you’re not, its setting...

Four Seasons Hotel Seoul
Seoul, South Korea

If you need any further reason to visit the South Korean capital, this decade’s most fashionable destination, then...

Art and optimism
Athens, Greece

Much of Western civilisation was born in Greece. On a visit to the eastern Mediterranean country, Zack Cahill...

Hotel Granvia Osaka
Osaka, Japan

Set very conveniently in Osaka’s station complex, which makes for easy navigating (that said, the station, like all...

Four Seasons Hotel Washington D.C
Washington D.C., USA

The Four Seasons Washington D.C. is a beautiful, low-rise Georgetown hotel… an unusual departure from the city’s other...

The time traveller
Athens, Greece

When in Athens, the ubiquity of art and culture makes it easy to overlook the locals’ style. On...

Hotel Kungsträdgården
Stockholm, Sweden

Like something out of a Gustavian dream, Hotel Kungsträdgården, Stockholm is a charming boutique property located in the...

Dupont Circle Hotel
Washington D.C., USA

Washington D.C. is known as a city of legislators and while the US capital’s top hotels may lean...

Eolo, El Calafate, Argentina

We really loved the EOLO. It completely captured the spirit of our journey to Patagonia. Allegedly, it is...

Dionysian legacy
Athens, Greece

Uwern Jong experiences the wines of Attica – one glass after another. Like almost all Athenian stories, this...

The Inspirational Argentina Issue

Argentina is strangely familiar, nostalgic even, yet curiously different. It’s a million miles away from Europe, yet so...

Awards

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Los Angeles, California,USA

We’re not great at celebrity spotting, but at the iconic la-la-land property that is the Four Seasons Los...

Meadowood, St Helena, USA

As if Meadowood is not a spectacular enough a property, the Meadowood Spa would be reason alone to...

Park Hyatt Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

A beautifully restored 19th-century mansion, this property stands out as one of most luxurious in Mendoza, possibly Argentina....

On the road
Jujuy and Cafayate, Argentina

Zack Cahill goes well beyond Buenos Aires, exploring the North Argentine Andes on his journey to the South...

Amazing race
Salta, Argentina

Zack Cahill races through history in the beautiful and provincial capital of Salta in Argentina’s mountainous north. I’m...

The Alpina, Gstaad, Switzerland

So where do billionaires go to escape the millionaires? The Alpina, of course. Arriving at Gstaad station, we...

Hotel Emma, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Gentrification generally gets a bad rap, but sometimes it’s a welcome force. The Hotel Emma, in the beautifully...

London Marriott County Hall
London, United Kingdom

Staying at the Marriott County Hall brought out our inner James Bond. We took a side step off...

Kimpton Rouge Hotel, Washington D.C., USA

Location, location, location – the war cry of hoteliers – and the Rouge is certainly one well-placed hotel....

Los Cauquenes Resort, Ushuaia, Argentina

As if being at the furthermost point of Argentina isn’t exotic enough, we checked-in to this beautiful bolt-hole...

Cavas Wine Lodge, Mendoza, Argentina

Whichever direction we looked, we saw the Andes and unending vineyards. Our villa was so private, it was...

Raffles, Manila, The Philippines

Literally going head-to-head with the Fairmont (it shares the same spa and pool deck) the Raffles is the...

Amerian Portal del Iguazu, Iguazu, Argentina

This hotel’s location is to die for: perched on the tip of Argentinian Iguazú, at the confluence of...

The Roxy, NYC, USA

Once a 1920s movie theatre, a 1990s iconic NYC dance club and a famous 15 year old designer...

Sofitel, Buenos Aires, Argentina

“Bonjour, ” said the bellman, as we arrived at this hotel on one of the city’s loveliest streets....

Büro Ole Scheeren:
The Archipelago Cinema

Pop-up cinemas are all the rage these days, a hipster pastime that has taken the world by storm...

Periscope Hotel, Athens, Greece

If you want to be seen in Athens, then the posh neighbourhood of Kolonaki is certainly the place....

Trisara, Phuket, Thailand

One of the most talked-about hotels in Thailand, it’s easy to understand why – this is Thai luxury...

Hansar Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

As Bangkok addresses go, you don’t really get more central than this. Nestled in a quiet, exclusive, residential...

The Eastern and Oriental Hotel
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

Over a century ago, the Sarkies brothers opened the opulent Eastern and Oriental Hotel for affluent Victorian colonists...