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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • WE ASK OUR TRAVELLERS TO DESCRIBE AN UNFORGETTABLE HOTEL

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WORD OF MOUTH • UPDATES ON EVERYTHING GROUND-BREAKING IN TRAVEL.

QIANE MATATA-SIPU • THE PUBLIC SPEAKER, WRITER AND ENTREPRENEUR HIGHLIGHTS SPOTS IN HER ANCESTRAL REGION

CRAFT WORK • MANDARIN ORIENTAL, VIENNA REVIVES AN OLD COURTHOUSE WITH A FEMININE TOUCH

FINE CHINA • NEW OPENINGS ACROSS THE CHINESE MAINLAND SHOWCASE DIVERSITY, MODERNISM AND REVERENCE FOR CULTURE

ON THE sauce • THE PRECISION THEATRE OF PARISIAN DINING HAS ENTERED AN ERA OF WARM NOSTALGIA

Lei of THE LAND • THE HĀMĀKUA COAST ON HAWAII’S BIG ISLAND HAS A COMMUNITY FOOD SCENE AND HOTELS WITH FAMILY HERITAGE

PICK OF THE BUNCH

WELL, WELL, WELL • WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR? FROM SAUNA RAVES TO JUNGIAN SHADOW WORK, THESE ARE THE WELLNESS TRENDS PEAKING IN 2026

STYLE FILE • FASHION-FORWARD NOTES FOR ALL SEASONS. EDITED BY HARRIET ELTON

CASA MIA • FOR THIS SEASON’S CRUISE COLLECTIONS, THE BIG FASHION HOUSES RETURNED TO THE ITALIAN CITIES THAT SHAPED THEM

SHOPPING IN VALLADOLID • THIS COLOUR-DRENCHED TOWN ON MEXICO’S YUCATÁN PENINSULA IS HOME TO A HOST OF SHOPS REINVENTING TRADITIONAL CRAFTS

MARY KATRANTZOU’S POSTCARD FROM ROME • THE LONDON-BASED GREEK DESIGNER, AND BVLGARI’S FIRST CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF LEATHER GOODS, ON WHERE TO EAT, SLEEP, SHOP AND ENCOUNTER ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE ETERNAL CITY

SLOW AND STEADY • THE NEW-SEASON DETOX RELIES ON SUPPORT, NOT PUNISHMENT

DIALLED UP • TOUGH TIMEPIECES BUILT TO ENDURE, FROM SOLAR-POWERED DIVING MODELS TO WATCHES WITH NAVIGATING TOOLS

ALL EARS • JEWELLERS ARE JUMPING ON HARES AND RABBITS FOR THEIR LATEST DESIGNS

THE GOLD LIST 2026 •  OUR EDITORS’ ALL-TIME FAVOURITE HOTELS

MOONWALKING • CUTTING A SPIRITUAL PATH THROUGH THE CONQUISTADOR WINE TERROIRS, HAUNTING CERRO RICO MINES AND GLITTERING LUNAR-LIKE EXPANSES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SALAR DE UYUNI IN BOLIVIA

THE PERFECT TEN • JAPANESE ISLAND HOKKAIDO AND ITS CAPITAL, SAPPORO, HAVE AN IDIOSYNCRATIC FOOD SCENE. THESE ARE THE TABLES, PIT STOPS, ICE CREAM PARLOURS AND TEMPURA MAESTROS THAT COUNT

Green AND GOLD • IN PARATY ON BRAZIL’S COSTA VERDE, GUARANÍ, CAIÇARA AND QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITIES TAP INTO THE ANCIENT STILLNESS BENEATH THE TOWN’S THRUM

KYLIE MINOGUE • THE AUSTRALIAN POP SIREN AND WINE ENTREPRENEUR TALKS ABOUT GLASTONBURY, FAMILY CARAVAN HOLIDAYS AND THE TRIP TO BALI SHE CAN’T GET OUT OF HER HEAD

WINTERTIDE • AT THE SHEEP FARM WHERE HE GREW UP, HORATIO CLARE CELEBRATES THE FRIGID DEEP FREEZE OF JANUARY IN THE FREE-FLOWING BLACK MOUNTAINS OF WALES

DISAPPEAR HERE • AGAINST THE LENGTHENING SHADOW OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AUTHOR TAHMINA BEGUM CHASES HER BANGLADESHI ANCESTRY

Starry night • INSIDE LONDON’S SPARKLIEST DIWALI PARTY WITH TRAVELLER AND CARTIER

MOST WANTED • OUR EDIT OF THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND PRODUCTS FOR YOUR RADAR THIS MONTH

HOTEL CONFIDENTIAL

mighty APHRODITE • A RETURN TO CYPRUS – FROM THE SHORES OF LEMESOS TO THE SLOPES OF THE TROODOS MOUNTAINS

THE VIEW FROM HERE • AN INVITATION TO DO NOTHING IN A CALIFORNIAN CANOPY