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Hotels, restaurants and destinations worth a long way for.
When the Catalan trio RCR Arquitectes, this year's Pritzker laureates celebrated for their masterful play of light and shadow, took on a Dubai project, our writer was frankly astonished by the prospect.
Say the name quickly and it sounds a lot like the name of a a world-renowned hotel chain. But unlike the luxury American brand it riffs, this one isn’t a part of the Hilton portfolio, it doesn’t have a spa, and breakfast is more likely to include eggs shakshoukeh with a side…
Three years after first sampling the Peninsula Paris, our writer comes back as a guest of Air France. The most exclusive of the Asian powerhouses to reach the City of Light still dazzles.
Small, quaint and quietly French, Megève has happily escaped the nouveau-riche crowds of Courchevel and St Moritz. Originally a medieval town, it became France's first purpose-built ski resort, and remains gloriously understated.
Held over five days at the DIFC, the third edition of Dubai Watch Week traded insider stories on fakes, etiquette and icons, with Bovet, MB&F and H. Moser among the headline names.
If real estate is all about location, little can rival this. Ramsay Short surveys No.1 Palace Street, an address fit for a king that sits beside the Queen of England with views across her gardens.
The Palestinian Museum honours the country’s history and represents an optimistic investment into its future. It’s also a remarkable architectural project. A museum to represent any one people, or nation, seems destined to be a reductive project, all the more so when the nation in quest…
Just a hundred metres from St Mark's Square lies a new Dolce & Gabbana boutique that holds its own as a cultural destination. Bucking convention, the label tailors each store to its setting rather than replicating one identity.
She was close enough to touch. Her skin, a rich, purplish black looked soft, almost velvety and as she drifted beneath me, her eyes swivelled back, watching what I was doing. She wasn’t alone. All around me, her companions swam. Some were as wide as a dining table, others even larger. I…
Belle Époque in design yet thoroughly modern in spirit, San Sebastián rose to fame when Queen Isabella II sought the cold Atlantic's cure. The aristocracy followed, and its allure has never faded.
Just because something is really amazing doesn’t mean it’s perfect. But there’s a place in the middle of the Indian Ocean that comes pretty close. The turquoise water is crystal clear, the sand is sugary white and the air is so pure and clean that by the time it makes it across the wate…
Perched in Beit Mery with soaring views over Beirut and the Mediterranean, Al Bustan commands a national affection far beyond any five-star label. Begun by Emile Bustani, it was completed by his widow Laura in 1963.