Day: September 12, 2025

From Aman’s high-design urban hideaway to Mandarin Oriental’s venerated grande dame, almost every major luxury name has planted its flag in the Thai capital, so there are plenty of familiar names in our round-up of the best hotels in Bangkok. Homegrown players like Dusit Thani and a rising crop of indie boutiques keep the mix … Read more

Hugo / Adobe Stock The Grand Bisse de Lens came with a warning. Passage vertigineux. Starting near the village of Lens, a thickly afforested tunnel along an exuberantly bubbling canal led us on red pine needles and over the thick roots of ancient trees. Mechanisms that control the bisse, such as sluice gates, wheels, and … Read more

In the leafy Garden City neighbourhood on the banks of the Nile, Nelly El Sharkawy, a photographer, architect, and ballet dancer who is also the creative director of the concept store and art gallery Cairopolitan, shows me around the brand’s studio and shop. Shelves are filled with souvenirs that feature motifs from Egypt’s more recent … Read more

In Japan, autumn doesn’t arrive all at once, it drifts slowly across the country, carried by the koyo zensen, the “autumn colour front.” It begins in the crisp air of Hokkaido in late September, when the first maples flare red, then moves south week by week until even Kyushu is painted in gold by December. … Read more

From Aman’s high-design urban hideaway to Mandarin Oriental’s venerated grande dame, almost every major luxury name has planted its flag in the Thai capital, so there are plenty of familiar names in our round-up of the best hotels in Bangkok. Homegrown players like Dusit Thani and a rising crop of indie boutiques keep the mix … Read more