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A dream destination portfolio: the Editor’s Pick
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wow factor | where to next? | destinations for curious travellers in 2020

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

Somewhere else you’d rather be? Here’s where the expert travel advisers will be sending you… When it comes to wow factor it’s hard to beat lunch in the prow of Sydney’s three-hat Quay restaurant, overlooking a harbour shimmering with ferries, global landmarks and pre-Christmas energy. A menu of hand harvested seafood eaten with tweezers, smoked…

art deco vanity case
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The case for vanity | art deco jewels | sister act

Garbo
Cool, understated elegance that belies inner sparkle and sizzle.

An art deco vanity case collection in memory of Freddie Mercury dazzles at the V&A Museum’s new jewellery gallery   It was what the Italians might call a colpo d’amore – a gust of love, something that takes your breath away. For Kashmira Bulsara, a frosted rock crystal card case depicting a Japanese weeping willow…
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B is for Breton | haute horizontal | rock star stripes

Garbo
Cool, understated elegance that belies inner sparkle and sizzle.

Bouillabaisse, baguette, Bastille Day … and the Breton stripe. What could be more French? Royalty and the literati have had much to say about Paris. “Paris isn’t a city, it’s a world,” declared King Francois 1 in the 16th century, when it probably was; Ernest Hemingway wrote: “If you are lucky enough to have lived…

The Baskets of Britain installation in the bar of NYC's Whitby Hotel, a tribute to UK craftsmanship
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Basket case | Setting the bar high | weaving magic

Garbo
Cool, understated elegance that belies inner sparkle and sizzle.

A New York hotel celebrates the skill and romance of Britain’s old-time basketweavers One thing the Firmdale Hotels have in common is the intoxicating collision of contemporary art, patterns and textiles. But you can always count on hotelier Kit Kemp to imbue each member of her 10-strong portfolio with a cheeky point of difference. In…

Anne of Green Gables dolls on Prince Edward Island, Canada
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The Canadian Maritimes | best museums | the quirky dozen

Brando
Charisma and character - and just a little bit game-changing. Action!

Explosions, shipwrecks, inventions, spirited redheads, duplicitous sea creatures and buried treasure … discover the Canadian Maritimes’ magnetic attractions via a unique museum trail On Canada’s Atlantic flank sit the three provinces that comprise what’s called the Canadian Maritimes: Nova Scotia with its umbilical cord to Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. As well…

james findlay antiques globe rand club gentlemen joburg south africa skelly
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trends in luxury travel | the real thing | the search for truth

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

Australian travellers are tapping into luxury travel trends that marry risk and reward. From a tented camp in Rajasthan to a riad in Morocco, from a river-front lodge in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve to an adora-bubble on a Maldivian beach … unique and authentic places to stay are hot. Monastery, igloo, or treehouse?…

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New kids on an old block | The bounty of Jo’burg | Vive le revamp!

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

In Johannesburg the past becomes the present in architecture, design and degustation… If Jo’burg had a mantra right now it would be “restore, recycle, revamp”. The City of Gold, settled in 1886, is a shapeshifter whose centre doesn’t always hold. Epitomising the urban renewal push is Victoria Yards, in Lorentzville, a very cool enclave reimagined…

Foyer art at the Adelphi Hotel in Melbourne's Flinders Lane in 2019
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Suite dreams in Melbourne | sugar & spice | Dessert-ed

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

Edgy art, irresistible desserts and a bunch of nice neighbours make the Adelphi Hotel the pit-stop of choice They had me at the upholstered stools that looked like oversized licorice allsorts. And the bowls with all the Chupa Chups, Red Skins, Fantales, Sherbies, and Minties that a sweet-tooth’s heart could desire. The refurbished 34-room Adelphi …

longtail boat klong tour anantara riverside hotel chao phraya river skelly
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Bangkok stopover | take me to the river | klongs on song

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

A longtail boat ride along the canals of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River is a reward for the culturally curious The experience travellers have in Bangkok is very much determined by where they stay. Sky bars, glitzy malls, floating markets, royal palaces, ornate temples, sitting or reclining buddhas, award-winning restaurants – chances are you’ll go places…

A colourful spice souk in the Moroccan town of Rissani
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Colours of Morocco | the bold & the beautiful | artisans at work

Brando
Charisma and character - and just a little bit game-changing. Action!

From the vibrant medinas of Marrakech to the riads of Fes and the ochre sands of Erg Chebbi, Morocco’s colour palette is the gift with purchase Colour plays a starring role in the architecture, craftsmanship, food and culture of Morocco. Even taxis play the colour card in this strategically located North African country with the…

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