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Naturhotel Forsthofgut, Leogang, Austria
Part high-tech Alpine spa, part lived-in family hotel, Naturhotel Forsthofgut is the kind of place where guests (dogs and children included) wind down after a day of skiing, hiking, or sauna-hopping in the 61,000sq ft spa by raising a glass in a bathrobe at the bar.
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Black Books
Opinionated city guides from us and our friends, locals and insiders
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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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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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The Cotswolds Black Book
There’s a reason the Cotswolds have become shorthand for English country charm—but beyond the postcard perfection, there’s a vibrant daily energy that continues to draw transplants from London.
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Travel Planners
You asked, we answered: what you need to know to plan your travels
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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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Turkey Travel Planner
Our network of local experts and creatives pointed us to hidden antiquities, an emerging wine scene, healing thermal pools once visited by Cleopatra, best routes for a gulet trip, and storybook towns on the Black Sea… and shared insider intel on the best ways to see the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia, the beach towns with…
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Caribbean Island Travel Planner
You asked, we answered! Sweet cottages on islands you’ve never heard of, hotels that grow all their own ingredients, and the places where Slim Aarons photographed (or look like he could have!)… there’s somewhere in the Caribbean you’ll really love. We mined our experts for their insider favorites and tactics for the best islands to…
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Lists
Personal favorites near and far from us and our well-traveled friends
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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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Dispatches
Our “Just back from” journals from places near and far
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Retreat Report: Jnane Rumi
At Jnane Rumi, a soulful new 12-room oasis in Marrakech’s Palmeraie, writer Emilie Hawtin joined a five-day somatic retreat that blurred the lines between hospitality and healing.
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Retreat Report: A Week at Esalen
Set on the cliffs of Big Sur, CA, Esalen—the storied crucible of the human potential movement—functions less like a retreat center and more like a threshold for change. Tracy Georgiou jumps into the deep end.
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Dispatch from Okavango Delta, Botswana
Photographer and writer Chloe Frost-Smith heads deep into Botswana’s Okavango Delta, hopping between three remote camps where leopards, wild dogs, and lions outnumber vehicles.
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Guest Books
Some of our favorite hotels and what we loved about them
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Naturhotel Forsthofgut, Leogang, Austria
Part high-tech Alpine spa, part lived-in family hotel, Naturhotel Forsthofgut is the kind of place where guests (dogs and children included) wind down after a day of skiing, hiking, or sauna-hopping in the 61,000sq ft spa by raising a glass in a bathrobe at the bar.
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Le Domaine de Fontenille, Luberon, Provence
A beautiful French family estate château turned vineyard estate and hotel in the heart of the Luberon.
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Faena New York, NYC
A perfectly OTT and indulgent property that feels like a total oasis in NYC, with some of the friendliest staff and a renowned restaurant
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Postcard From…
Field notes from summertime travels
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Postcard from… Maine’s Midcoast
Spend a late summer weekend on Deer Isle along Maine’s Midcoast and you’ll see why the state earned its slogan, “the way life should be.” With artist studios at every turn, an endlessly craggy, untouched coastline, terrible cell service, and humble seafood shacks, Carly Shea finds the draw is its unapologetically salt-of-the-earth spirit.
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Postcard from… Wisconsin’s North Woods
In Wisconsin’s North Woods, Minocqua is pure summer nostalgia—lake swims, water-ski shows, square dancing, and fudge shops straight out of another era. Photographer Sophie Elgort has been coming back for 12 seasons and finds that its low-key appeal never gets old.
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Postcard from… Chania, Crete
Hello from Chania’s Old Town—a warren of neoclassical mansions, Ottoman domes, and flower-draped Cretan houses surrounding a stunning Venetian harbor.
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