Yolanda Edwards
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Turndown Photos
When Yolanda’s daughter was little she always brought a “friend” along on her travels, and Clara’s dad documented the imaginative nightly scenes that housekeeping created by tucking her stuffed animals into bed—in hotels from Mexico to Milan.
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Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo, Portugal
Herdade da Malhadinha Nova is a beautiful wine estate in the southern Alentejo with 24 rooms scattered throughout the 1,800 acre property.
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Venice Through a Craft Lens
Venice has always been a city of makers, where extraordinary craftsmanship hides in plain sight. We asked architects, hoteliers, designers, and lifelong Venetians to share the ateliers, workshops, museums, shops, and hotels they return to again and again.
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Dispatch from Ischia
This island may feel a world away, but it’s only a 50-minute ferry from Naples; completely down to earth and unfussy—nothing like its better known sister, Capri.
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My Summer in Rome List
A game plan for staying cool in the heat, plus our favorite new hotel and beach club discoveries
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Arev Saint-Tropez, France
Chic, bright, and spacious—this relative newcomer is a welcome addition in town.
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Just Back From…Bicester Village
Yolanda kept hearing about Bicester Village from impossibly well-dressed friends in London. To see what the fuss was about, she boarded a train from Marylebone and spent the day searching the shopping village for treasure, with surprisingly polished hospitality.
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The Newman, London
A new Art Deco-inspired hotel with an inviting bar and unusually good gym/spa that feels like it could become our regular.
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Belmond Villa San Michele, Fiesole, Italy
An iconic Florentine property in a former Renaissance monastery hotel, which reopened in April after an 18-month renovation.