Alexandra Marvar

  • The Wickanninish Inn, Tofino, British Columbia

    The Wickanninish Inn, Tofino, British Columbia

    On the wild west coast of Vancouver Island, where old-growth rainforest gives way to rocky, starfish-clad coves and pounding Pacific surf, The Wickaninnish Inn has spent three decades perfecting the art of weather-watching.

  • Dispatch from Bermuda

    Dispatch from Bermuda

    This tiny fish-hook-shaped archipelago defined by its utter isolation is a swirl of influences that have collided on its coral-limestone shores, from British to Deep South, Portuguese to West African. Alexandra Marvar likes to go in early spring, when the island’s pink-sand beaches are nearly empty, a fish chowder and rum swizzle will warm you…

  • Canyon Ranch Lenox, The Berkshires

    Canyon Ranch Lenox, The Berkshires

    Tucked away on the grounds of a Gilded Age estate in the Massachusetts Berkshires, this wellness retreat helps guests address whatever wellness means to them, from absolutely every angle — with an everything-you-could-ask-for spa, a massive indoor yoga, athletics, and fitness complex, and high-tech health and longevity lab.