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From slick urban boltholes to far-flung retreats, escape with us into a world of inspiring, design-led travel
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026: City of the Year shortlistExplore the nominated urban locations making an impact in design, architecture and contemporary culture
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Retreat to an earthy resort in a sylvan slice of the AlgarveThe beautifully wild Portuguese landscape envelops the Vale Palheiro Earth Resort, offering visitors a chance to immerse themselves in rural authenticity
By Mary Lussiana Published
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Visit a Poznań café designed as much for play as for coffeeDesigned by Poland’s Cudo Studio, Sunday proposes a warm, dynamic take on the family café
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Sir Devonshire Square is a new kind of hotel for the City of LondonA Dutch hospitality group makes its London debut with a design-forward hotel offering a lighter, more playful take on the City’s usual formality
By Lauren Ho Published
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This sculptural London seafood restaurant was shaped by ‘the emotions of the sea’In Hanover Square, Mazarine pairs a bold, pearlescent interior with modern coastal cuisine led by ‘bistronomy’ pioneer chef Thierry Laborde
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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A 1970s brutalist icon becomes Tbilisi’s most striking new hotelNeri&Hu transforms a Soviet-era post office into the Georgian capital’s anticipated Telegraph Hotel
By Ianthe Butt Published
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Lose track of time at a retro-futuristic listening bar in MelbourneLB’s Record Bar is a cinematic sanctuary designed for lingering and listening
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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A Roman holiday, but make it Tokyo. Check into the Bvlgari HotelCrowning the top six floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Bvlgari’s first hotel in Japan is a skyline retreat shaped by two cultures
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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Montcalm Mayfair opens a new chapter for a once-overlooked London hotelA thoughtful reinvention brings craftsmanship, character and an unexpected sense of warmth to a London hotel that was never previously on the radar
By Lauren Ho Published
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A local’s guide to Miami by gallerist Nina JohnsonAs Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 kicks off, gallerist Nina Johnson shares her hometown essentials – from art museums to where to eat, drink and shop
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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This Toronto pizzeria hides a sultry bar with serious biteNorth of Brooklyn unveils a fresh, two-level outpost where crisp, light-filled minimalism gives way to a warmer, neon-lit upstairs area
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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La Monique brings the French Riviera to Santa MonicaA transportive room of velvet, candlelight, and Riviera chic, serving French favourites with a modern wink
By Carole Dixon Published
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Poon’s returns in majestic form at Somerset HouseHome-style Chinese cooking refined through generations of the Poon family craft
By Ben McCormack Published
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The best Miami hotels to book for design-minded travellersIn town for Art Basel or Design Miami? These are the city’s most stylish stays, whether you’re looking to hit the beach or have a spa day
By Lindsay Cohn Published
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Enter a metallic, maximalist playground for pasta lovers in BarcelonaRelleno’s first flagship restaurant pushes casual dining into a chrome-lined future, wrapping guests in a sculptural grid that riffs on the geometry of filled pasta
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Let’s go Deutsch – a date with Berlin’s new-wave dinersIn the German capital, the diner is being reinvented as a contemporary hub for cosmopolitan flavours, conviviality and near-Nora Ephron levels of delight
By Milly Burroughs Published
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Free flights across Japan? ANA just made it happenA new All Nippon Airways scheme in collaboration with the Japan National Tourism Organization aims to ease overtourism in major hubs by boosting regional travel
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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This Mexico City café embraces brutalism’s warmer sideStay for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Formant Studio-designed Marne Café, where an interior of raw finishes and tactile materials invites you to linger
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Is this Tokyo’s most alluring new hotel?In the world’s busiest capital, a new benchmark for serenity emerges 35 floors above ground. We checked into the Fairmont Tokyo
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Homespun pleasures are the order of the day at this warm Kraków restaurantLocated in the Kazimierz district, Dala Restaurang emerges as a space where homely character meets a love for nature and the simplicity of life
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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One of London’s favourite coffee shops just opened in Harvey NicholsKuro Coffee’s latest outpost brings its Japanese-inspired design to the London department store
By Tianna Williams Published
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St. Regis Hotels and Resorts illustrates its spirit of celebrationBespoke Partnership
A collaboration between St. Regis and New York artist Tug Rice captures the storied brand’s Gilded Age glamour and decadent modernity
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Experience the cradle of the Renaissance in a new light at Florence’s W hotelFlorence’s palazzi, basilicas and baptistries groan with history. But the city’s new W hotel poses an alternative perspective – one that is distinctly modern
By Anna Solomon Published
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Enjoy a Kyoto-inspired menu with London attitude at this new restaurantAki London offers a serene counterpoint to Oxford Circus, where stately interiors and elevated Japanese cooking cross paths
By Ben McCormack Published
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At this charming bolthole in The Cotswolds, doing nothing is an art formLeave your mobile on ‘do not disturb’, switch off and slow down at this 16th-century manor-turned-hotel
By Tianna Williams Published
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A cinematic members’ club rises in Japan’s forested hillsJoyce Wang Studio unveils The Magarigawa Club Clubhouse in Chiba
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Fall in love with the Dolomites at this serene retreatIn South Tyrol, the refreshed Forestis hotel raises the bar for high-altitude calm
By Lauren Ho Published



