Author: Team Yolo
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The Best of the Costa Meno
Hotel prices keep climbing, and the Costa Meno—our shorthand for charming, atmospheric stays that are also affordable—has never felt more relevant. So we’ve distilled our roundups of hotels from around the world into one tightly edited list of the best thoughtfully priced hotels to plan a trip around.
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Our Safari Travel Planner
We turned to our most trusted safari experts to answer your questions (and ours), from how to catch the Great Migration without the crowds to the best bush-to-beach pairings, and their picks for the top lodges and camps—whether you’re traveling with kids, a big group, chasing great food, design, birdlife, gorillas, or the most insane…
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Hong Kong Black Book
For this city of islands and contrasts, we asked 13 locals and frequent visitors for their go-tos. Think dim sum from trolleys and Michelin tables, Peking duck feasts and rooftop cocktails with epic views. Also white-cube galleries beside incense-filled temples; beaches, trails, and ferries just minutes from skyscrapers. And shopping that’s pure HK: jade markets,…
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YOLO’s 2025 Gift Guide
We spent hours digging up the goods for every traveler on your list and with 290 gifts in total, we’re sure you’ll also find a few things in there for you.
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Our Paris Hotels List
Paris becomes a different city depending on where you sleep, be it a gilded palace on the Right Bank, a jewel-box boutique hotel in Saint-Germain, or a tucked-away pied-à-terre in Pigalle. Our list spans (nearly) every arrondissement, with a Paris for every mood and traveler—and besides, part of the pleasure is in returning and discovering…
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Zurich Black Book
Zurich may run like clockwork, but beneath all that Swiss polish and precision lies a looser, more eccentric side, the same spirit that made the city the birthplace of Dadaism and a longtime haven for the arts.
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Chocolate Mousse with Olive Oil and Fleur de Sel
Zurich-based chef Ralph Schelling has worked in some of the world’s top kitchens, from El Bulli in Spain to RyuGin in Tokyo. His new book from AT Verlag, Simple is Best, is full of unfussy recipes—like this chocolate mousse, which is simpler than you’d expect, and finished with the perfect savory twist.
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City & Country: Los Angeles
LA contains multitudes, but it’s also a city that practically begs you to get in the car and keep on driving. In our latest City & Country edition, we asked our LA friends—photographers, architects, designers, writers and winemakers—to share their favorite local go-tos and the nearby escapes they love most.
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Our London Hotels List
London is spoiled for choice when it comes to hotels, whether you want the polished glamour of Claridge’s, the townhouse intimacy of Beaverbrook in Chelsea, or a stylish pub stay in Notting Hill. We’ve pulled together a mix of splurge-worthy icons and finds under £300, organized by neighborhood.