In 2012 The Ritz Paris announced a two year renovation, the luxury hotel would close its gilded doors for a facelift. After an additional two years of work and most catastrophic setbacks, the hotel finally reopened, even better and brighter than ever. The exquisite façade with elongated covered windowpanes as a mere teaser of what lies beyond…
Sourcing places to eat, stay and play in the beating heart of art and fresco ceilings, where better than; Florence.
As the largest island of Europe, Iceland is also known as one of the youngest landmasses on the planet, and consequently home to some of the world’s most active volcanoes. Add to that a landscape characterized by geysers, waterfalls, black sand beaches, steaming lava fields and glaciers – Europe’s largest Vatnajökull on the lower…
Switzerland’s original winter wonderland, complete with emerald forests and luxury accommodation, has attracted royals and celebrities for decades. Some places on earth are simply unlike anywhere else. Any talk of this Alpine’s town’s beauty is in the purely magical scenery that surrounds it.
From tiny, rugged bolthole escapes to integrated wellness and spa resorts, go green with our pick of the globe’s chicest eco resorts. Amid the dramatically rugged northern Norwegian countryside, four sea cabins loom up on the tiny island of Manshausen. The climate here is harsh, and the local flora and fauna have had to find…
That Rome was not built in a day is pretty much proven by the beauty of boutique hotel Il Palazetto. Located in Rome’s city centre, near the Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, the Colosseum and the trevi Fountain, this quaint hotel is a feast for the eyes, offering a spectacular hideaway in a charming location…
Plastic Whale is the first professional ‘plastic fishing company’ in the world. The Amsterdam-based enterprise takes tourists on trips along the Unesco waterways where the catch of the day is more likely to be a plastic bottle than carp. From the bay window of the Amsterdam apartment in which I lived as a student, I…
