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Our Favorite City Hotel Spas
We don’t typically book an urban hotel for the spa, but an excellent one can be a great bonus—a sanctuary for lymphatic drainage, a cold plunge to get over jet lag, a facial to recover from airplane air, or a cleansing hydrotherapy circuit.
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The Cape Town List
Cape Town is a place of topographical drama—mountains and sea—but also deep cultural layers, from Xhosa and Cape Malay traditions to Dutch and British influences that shape its food, design and daily rhythms. Six creative insiders share the spots that capture this dynamic South African city right now.
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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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The Old-World Netherlands List
For Autumn Sonata founder Lilli Elias, the Netherlands is a living cabinet of curiosities, where traces of antiquity, from ornate canal houses to shops that feel like time capsules, quietly exist in plain sight.
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The Connemara List
Maria Murphy and Lorna Kissane share their favorite routes and tips for exploring the Great Wild Way: seaweed baths and secret coastal hikes, pubs serving seafood chowder and Guinness, artisan shops with knitwear and baskets, and even an island you can only reach at low tide, where horses race along the beach.
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The Munich List
What Munich lacks in edge or excitement it more than makes up for by being a stronghold of beauty and refined Bavarian tradition. Elegantly turned-out locals, pristine streets, and a just-formal-enough vibe give the city a grown-up feel that’s not stuffy but always civilized.
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The Savannah List
Equal parts Southern Gothic and garden party, Savannah is all about humid charm and haunted beauty. Designer and hostess-extraordinaire Rebecca Gardner has spent two decades falling deeper under its sway.
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The Ibiza List
Interior designer and EyeSwoon founder Athena Calderone has been coming to Ibiza for 25 years, lured by the island’s magnetic energy. She shares her favorite seaside chiringuitos, secret beaches, sunset spots, places to stay and (yes) to party.
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City & Country: New York City
Whether you spent the summer chasing ferry schedules or just dreaming of the vacation you didn’t quite take, our City & Country series is here to stretch the season—with eight weekend getaways from creative friends with roots in NYC and homes by the sea or in the woods.