paris france

Slower travel:
How to be part of the movement when you don’t have the time

...set off on a slow-travel journey of a lifetime. What struck me most was how happy he was because he had truly disconnected from his life in Paris. So much...

MYBA Yachting Association:
A new dawn at sea

...harbours around the South of France and relays to food banks and charity organisations for those less privileged than ourselves. Some of the most popular yachting destinations in the world...

Visit Malta:
Malta’s fabulous secrets

...the future. Allied Rainbow Communities in Malta, led by Clayton Mercicia and Francesca Vella, works hard to ensure that the country continues to move forward when it comes to LGBTQIA+...

Zannier Hotels Le Chalet:
Party flavours

...could hardly be more valued in France, and any departure from what’s tried-and-tested is arguably a risk. In this case, however, we’re sure it’ll pay off. Not only because the...

Brown’s Hotel
London, United Kingdom

...the Roosevelts came for their honeymoon, Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie checked in after fleeing France, Queen Victoria loved swinging by for afternoon tea, and inventor Alexander Graham Bell placed...

Cap Ferrat:
Of Maugham and men

...was deported, having been caught in an intimate liaison with another man. Maugham, despite his celebrity, continued their relationship and they eventually set up home together in France, on Cap...

Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle:
Of pomp and privacy

...spot where France’s blue-blooded would’ve once savoured petit fours and macarons, as well as a court-approved cooking class using vegetables foraged from the Queen’s personal patch (that’s the actual Queen...

Arnaud Zannier, Bãi San Hô:
Vietnam venture

...France’s most pioneering hotelier, Zannier started off with a strong vision when he opened his first hotel, Le Chalet, in the Alpine ski resort of Megève: it had to have...

Can Ferrereta, Santanyí:
Mallorca moment

...family’s much-loved Palma bolthole, the Sant Francesc Hotel Singular, Mallorca will be one fine hotel richer when doors open on 19 April – not to mention Santanyí. www.canferrereta.com Photography courtesy...

IGLTA:
Going places

...Iceland are making a strong case for Reykjavik as a must-do for LGBT travelers, and I, for one, can’t wait to check it out. Nice, France is working on boosting...

Scott Dunn Private:
Ski without limits

...favourite resort in France this year. I’m sure many OutThere winter-sports lovers will be feeling the same at the moment. So perhaps it’s time to think about next season. While...

Tipping point:
The culture of gratuity and best practice

...In France, where hospitality is an art form, such class division is what sparked a revolution. This story first appeared in The Magical Madrid Issue, available in print and digital....

The artist’s hand
Florence, Italy

...building, we meet Doctors Fabio D’Angelo and Francesca Fiori for a look at the legal documents the office kept. I see the documents as soon as I enter the room,...

Pelorus astronaut orientation:
Space odyssey

...space travel. Each budding Pelorus astronaut can choose between a launchpad of Acquitane in France or Orlando, Florida in the USA. We love the idea, especially as actual space flight...

Cheval Blanc St-Barth
St. Barts

...pink that’s become the signature colour of the Cheval Blanc St-Barth, Isle de France, a five-starred hideaway in the easternmost corner of the island’s longest beach, Flamands. Though there’s been...

A love letter to Amsterdam:
Pride on the water

...scents, the oldest candle manufacturer in France who supplied scented candles in the hay days of the Palace of Versailles, which incidentally the hotel’s main building shares an architectural connection...

Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

...France, which supplied scented candles in the hay days of the Palace of Versailles (incidentally, the hotel’s main building shares an architectural connection with the palace). We plumbed for Ernesto,...

Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa
San Anton, Malta

...too – Francesco Mazzei at Villa Corinthia, a Southern Italian addition to the hotel’s culinary array and part of a rotating guest-chef residency programme – is a much-talked-about and delicious...

LOPUD 1483:
Monastery of arts

...led by none other than Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza of, well, Thyssen-Bornemisza fame. We’re told the art collector first came across the then derelict complex in the 90s and recognised its potential...

Grape day out
Hua Hin, Thailand

...wine is a rapidly growing, increasingly well respected and awarded industry. Whilst grapes have actually played an interesting role in Thai history ever since King Louis XIV of France sent...

Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, USA

...– and the whole property wouldn’t be out of place in the South of France, yet still so distinctly Napa. Back in our drive-up house for the night, wood and...

Riva Hvar Yacht Harbour Hotel
Hvar, Croatia

...the Riva adds to that reputation with its Hollywood-glam murals and white leather terrace bar. In fact, the hotel and destination in general pangs of the South of France, but with a distinctly...

IGLTA:
Diversity is Nice

...a video complement to the ceiling art. At the Hotel Windsor in Nice, France, the commitment to artful accommodations is gallery-worthy. Since 1989, the owner has commissioned artists to transform...

Pride and poutine
Montreal, Canada

...equitable France and, while less evident, Scotland – and substantial financial support for the arts and you have a recipe for a very appealing place.  Montreal is large enough to...

The Coral Room:
A sparkling Christmas

...with climate-change to blame/thank, English sparkling wine is now emulating in taste, what champagne aficionados sought in France a hundred years ago. The quality of English sparkling wine is growing...

The Peninsula
Beverly Hills, California, USA

...of luxury. So that’s why The Peninsula Beverly Hills wouldn’t feel too out of place in the south of France. And even after this Californian chateau has had a recent...

The future of hospitality
Bengaluru, India

...influencers and Californian tech moguls in Korean street-fashion. Aesthetically, the hotel’s interior designer Francesca Basu drew inspiration from nature: stones and fossils, flora and fauna, the sea and sky. Each...

ARTIQ Art Agency x Link:
Queer Frontiers

...to queer talent (if you’re picturing Queer Eye for the Insurance Industry, with Tan France and Jonathan Van Ness talking premiums rather than primers, you’re probably not too far off)....

ITC Gardenia – A Luxury Collection Hotel
Bengaluru, India

...the hotel’s interior designer Francesca Basu drew inspiration from nature: stones and fossils, flora and fauna, the sea and sky. Each floor brings something different in colour, texture and creativity;...

Bagni di Pisa:
Monster weekend

...property for ourselves, we’re not quite sure how this magnificent, Italian spa hotel – once the summer residence of the Grand Duke Francesco Stefano of Lorena – could have led...

Pioneers of the West
Gothenburg, Sweden

...is an urban vineyard that produces wine in the city from grapes grown across France and Germany. Super-cool and super-cosy, the restaurant is open for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch....

Prada:
It came from beneath the sea

...off the shoulders of everyone who likes to travel consciously and in style (we’ll be premiering our weekender duffle on a trip to France, if you must know). Need more...

Hôtel Royal at Evian Resort:
Something in the water?

...Though the magnificent Hôtel Royal at France’s Evian Resort looks so fresh in its mature state (we reckon it’s the Alpine spring water), they’re hardly thinking of slowing down. Instead,...

The queer history of New York City
NYC, New York, USA

...Platt Lynes, Francesco Scavullo Designers Composers Singers Thom Browne, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein, Gianni Versace Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Jonathan Larson, Gian Carlo Menotti, Cole Porter,...

Berns
Stockholm, Sweden

...of the hotel’s ambrosial signature scent upon departure!) and you’ll notice a wide range of quirky-contemporary designs accents – one of the porters introduced us to the ‘Paris Hilton of...

Chiang Mai Riverside, Chiang Mai, Thailand

...white pictures of Paris. Our self-contained suite included its own kitchen, complete with a contemporary crystal chandelier, which dominated the large open-plan living space. It also boasted a spacious balcony...

British Airways x Champagne de Castelnau:
Mini trips

...vineyard since 1995, and who oversees all their champagne production. If you’re interested in visiting the Champagne-Ardenne region, BA flies to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, and there’s a direct...

Sofitel, NYC, USA

...collection of contemporary art – hung proudly on shiny, teak-panelled walls. Even the framed photography throughout the building captures the romance of travel between Paris and NYC. Our lower-floor corner...

Hotel Luxe
Split, Croatia

...port city. Set in a refurbished old steam-power factory near the ferry terminal, it’s pretty clear that the Hotel Luxe, Split owners wanted to bring a slice of Milan, Paris and NYC to...

Writing’s on the wall
Buenos Aires, Argentina

...world. I travel all the way to Latin America’s southern-most capital city, Buenos Aires – the “Paris of South America” – and end up on a street-art tour, to discover...

Make do and transcend
Budapest, Hungary

...is the Hyatt’s jaw-dropping Art Nouveau Párisi Udvar, opened this summer by Mellow Mood Hotels. With much prosperity, however, inevitably comes some brash ostentation that drowns out culture and personality...

Monaco:
Principality play

...not indulge in a stay at the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo (where Helmut Newton shot some of his most legendary photographs). Travellers can reconnect with wellness at the seafront Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo or...

Design Hotels:
The book

...Berlin, Provocateur—a collaboration between three Design Hotels™ Originals, Micky Rosen and Alex Urseanu from Roomers and Liran Wizman from Sir Hotels — draws inspiration from 1920s Paris and its buzzing Charlottenburg neighborhood. The...

Greg Lecoeur x Shangri-La :
Underwater love

...the idea of ‘feeling blue’ on its head. A pioneering ‘Ocean Encounters’ exhibition at the brand’s iconic London and Parisien properties will tinge its walls with radiant, cheerful shades of...

Hellsten Glashus
Stockholm, Sweden

...Good Guys to Paris-based avant-garde label Rombaut (whose designs aren’t for everyone – but hey, it’s fashion!). Speaking of stones, the Glashus boasts with a true rarity by any standard:...

Visit Monaco:
Riviera roaming

...suite accommodation at the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo (where OutThere favourite Helmut Newton himself shot some of his most legendary pictures!), a series of treatments at the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo,...

The Peninsula
Shanghai, China

...future. Shanghai, China was once known as the “Paris of the East”; and the Peninsula Shanghai has taken this moniker quite literally. In our suite designed by Pierre-Yves Rochon, French...

Staycation at Shangri-La London:
Blue sky thinking

...a destination-inspired, romantic theme to your room and dining, from a beach ‘escape’ to St. Tropez or Malibu, a Parisian proposal with a night at the Moulin Rouge (role-play fans,...

The mariner
Stockholm, Sweden

...Paris. And yet, Stockholm’s fashion remains perfectly effortless. This story first appeared in The Sophisticated Stockholm Issue, available in print and digital. Subscribe today or purchase a back copy via...

PROUD Experiences x OutThere:
Celebrating difference

...Venice Simplon Orient Express, starting the revelry at the Belmond Cipriani in Venice, before heading on a fabulous journey on the luxury train to Paris. Belmond Venice Simplon Orient Express...