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Set in a tranquil location along Dubai’s arterial Creek, Jameel Art Center is the city’s must-visit contemporary art ins...
16/11/2024

Set in a tranquil location along Dubai’s arterial Creek, Jameel Art Center is the city’s must-visit contemporary art institution, praised for its thoughtful programming and research library. Its exterior spaces include seven arid gardens, each one named after a different type of desert, and a waterfront sculpture park. Read more:

Explore the best museums and art galleries in Dubai and its neighbouring cities, including independent collections, global institutions, and revered design districts

Vigneron is a tiny restaurant located in Mexico City's Roma neighbourhood. The best feature about this place is its wine...
16/11/2024

Vigneron is a tiny restaurant located in Mexico City's Roma neighbourhood. The best feature about this place is its wine list, which focuses on small producers from France and Spain that work with organic and regenerative agriculture practices. The cuisine is very casual and is designed to pair with the carefully selected wines, which includes crispy whites, funky oranges, light reds, and unique Champagnes. Read more:

From fine dining to casual, family-style lunch spots, these are the best restaurants in Mexico City

The commonly-Instagrammed Marina Bay Sands rooftop isn’t the only great place for panoramic views of the Singapore skyli...
15/11/2024

The commonly-Instagrammed Marina Bay Sands rooftop isn’t the only great place for panoramic views of the Singapore skyline. Nova takes the (literal) top spot as Singapore’s highest rooftop bar, plus you’ll catch sight of Marina Bay Sands’ own glistening towers. Read more:

From retrospective exhibitions to new restaurant and bar openings, read on to discover the best things to do in Singapore this autumn.

Bangkok’s thriving coffee scene is alive with enthusiasm and innovation, with baristas, roasters and growers continuing ...
15/11/2024

Bangkok’s thriving coffee scene is alive with enthusiasm and innovation, with baristas, roasters and growers continuing to push boundaries as they get a better grasp of working with local green beans. In 2018, after moving from the Maldives to Bangkok to escape bad luck and addiction issues, Sri Lankan-born Karo Iyash opened Karo Coffee Roasters on a leafy backstreet in the emerging neighbourhood of Phra Khanong Nuea. Read our interview with Karo here:

Sri Lankan-born cafe founder Karo Iyash on tackling addiction and creating a community in Bangkok.

The past couple of years have seen an explosion of high-profile institutions showcasing digital art or reinterpreting ex...
14/11/2024

The past couple of years have seen an explosion of high-profile institutions showcasing digital art or reinterpreting existing pieces through new mediums for a fervent audience. In Tokyo, teamLab Planets, an immersive exhibition encouraging barefoot exploration of its lush animated realms, set a Guinness World Record for attendance, welcoming more than 2.5 million visitors in its debut year. Discover more:

Immersive art experiences are booming – discover the best experiential art exhibitions and what is driving this global trend.

America’s skiable terrain is vast and welcoming to all types of skiers, from backcountry fanatics to casuals in it for t...
14/11/2024

America’s skiable terrain is vast and welcoming to all types of skiers, from backcountry fanatics to casuals in it for the off-piste nightlife. Here, we explore the merits of the country’s finest ski resorts:

From fantastic slopes for first-timers to pristine off-piste wilderness, discover our guide to the very best resorts in the US for all levels

Frenchette’s warm glow at night feels more Parisian than New York. Fittingly, chefs and owners Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr ...
13/11/2024

Frenchette’s warm glow at night feels more Parisian than New York. Fittingly, chefs and owners Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr keep their menu in French with English descriptions. There’s poulet rôti (roast chicken with pommes purée) and onglet au poivre (hanger steak with Sarawak peppercorns and pommes frites). The 20-page wine list is primarily French, but includes a few options from neighbours like bottles from Slovenia and Catalonia. Read more:

From 19th-century Brooklyn icons to duelling slice shops and a Taiwanese-American bakery, these are the best restaurants in New York City

Here, we spotlight a neighbourhood wine bar that’s grown a cult following for its quality merch and Michelin-starred tak...
13/11/2024

Here, we spotlight a neighbourhood wine bar that’s grown a cult following for its quality merch and Michelin-starred takeovers, a bistro with a community-first roster of creative events and a cutting-edge wine rave concept that’s uncorking lesser-known bottles in a club setting. Hit the link below to discover the best places to shop, drink and enjoy wine in London:

A hidden warehouse bar in Shoreditch and a wine rave series positively disrupting the capital’s food and drink scene – here, we pinpoint the top places to drink wine in London

The Barbican Conservatory was designed by the estate’s architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, conceived as a way to hide...
12/11/2024

The Barbican Conservatory was designed by the estate’s architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, conceived as a way to hide the theatre’s fly tower (the space where the staging is lifted into). What would otherwise have been an impeding concrete pillar has become a platform for thriving tropical plant life – the second largest botanical conservatory in London. Here, British photographer Max Miechowski captures a day in the life of the brutalist beauty and its gardeners:

Read on to discover British photographer Max Miechowski's portrait of a day in the life of the Barbican Conservatory gardeners.

From street-food stalls and boutique stays to temples, markets and nature trails, get to grips with the historic Thai ci...
12/11/2024

From street-food stalls and boutique stays to temples, markets and nature trails, get to grips with the historic Thai city of Chiang Mai with our comprehensive weekend guide. Read it below:

From buzzy street-food stalls and boutique stays to temples, markets and nature trails, discover the best of Chiang Mai with our weekend guide

The SAS Royal Hotel, as it was previously named, is revered in history as the world’s first design hotel. Built in 1960,...
11/11/2024

The SAS Royal Hotel, as it was previously named, is revered in history as the world’s first design hotel. Built in 1960, it was developed by Danish design legend Arne Jacobsen as the hotel and airport terminal for Scandinavian Airlines. Jacobsen oversaw every detail of this 22-storey tower, from the spectacular spiral staircase that winds up from the lobby, to the elegant door handles that feature throughout. Find out more:

From boutique stays in Nordhavn to an entire hotel designed by Arne Jacobsen, read on to discover the best hotels in Copenhagen.

Running a marathon is more popular than ever. Whether you’re looking to complete your first or beat your current PB, our...
11/11/2024

Running a marathon is more popular than ever. Whether you’re looking to complete your first or beat your current PB, our guide to the best marathons for 2025 includes a mix of World Majors and lesser known contests in beautiful cities. Find out more:

From World Majors to lesser known races in characterful cities, read on to discover the best marathons for 2025.

TreeDwellers comprises seven unique treehouses perched in Cornbury, Oxfordshire, which opened in September 2024. Curvace...
10/11/2024

TreeDwellers comprises seven unique treehouses perched in Cornbury, Oxfordshire, which opened in September 2024. Curvaceous, space-age designs are built from timber, glass and aluminium and have been styled to complement the 1,700 acres of surrounding woodland of Cornbury Park Estate. Read more:

Treehouses are trending, and the UK’s best treehouse rentals range from a design-led home in Devon to a tranquil timber hideaway in Scotland.

Whatever your moral perspective, drug tourism is big business right now. A recent study found that 14 per cent of travel...
10/11/2024

Whatever your moral perspective, drug tourism is big business right now. A recent study found that 14 per cent of travellers were interested in psychedelic retreats, while the number of such destinations listed around the world rose from 64 in 2020 to 362 in 2023. The domestic American cannabis tourism business is reportedly worth 17bn USD, and the US w**d industry as a whole employs more than 440,000 people. Read more:

From the boom in psychedelic retreats to shifting legislation opening up new destinations, we explore the growth of global drug tourism.

Daniel Dooreck was working as a successful wine sommelier in LA when he started learning pottery as a hobby. When the pa...
09/11/2024

Daniel Dooreck was working as a successful wine sommelier in LA when he started learning pottery as a hobby. When the pandemic came around, he decided to sell some of the pieces he’d made. Within a week, he had sold out his stock and quit his job to set up Danny D’s Mud Shop out of his garage in Echo Park, East Los Angeles. Read our conversation with Dooreck:

Dooreck discusses his Americana and tattoo-inspired spin on ceramics, and how travel recharges his creativity.

With the Cairngorms forming a beautiful mountainous backdrop, the founders of Hauser & Wirth have transformed a traditio...
09/11/2024

With the Cairngorms forming a beautiful mountainous backdrop, the founders of Hauser & Wirth have transformed a traditional coaching inn into one of Scotland’s most striking stays. Read our insider guide here:

A stylish restoration overseen by the founders of Hauser & Wirth has transformed The Fife Arms into one of Scotland’s most striking stays

Since the MOT reopened in 2019, it has become one of Tokyo’s top museums. Built in 1995 and designed by Takahiko Yanagis...
08/11/2024

Since the MOT reopened in 2019, it has become one of Tokyo’s top museums. Built in 1995 and designed by Takahiko Yanagisawa, the angular concrete facade defies categorisation, blending elements of modernist, postmodernist and minimalist styles. Spread across three floors, the museum hosts three concurrent exhibitions – two by visiting artists and one showing pieces from its 5,700-piece permanent collection of postwar art. Read more:

From interactive digital works to ancient artefacts and Japanese animation, discover the best art galleries and museums in Tokyo.

Food, craft and culture collide in Oaxaca, the southern state capital known for its rich traditions, colourful architect...
08/11/2024

Food, craft and culture collide in Oaxaca, the southern state capital known for its rich traditions, colourful architecture and diverse Indigenous communities. Here’s our insider’s guide to the very best of this charismatic city:

Food, craft and culture collide in Oaxaca – the charismatic city in southern Mexico. Discover our guide to a weekend in the city

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