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It’s hard to think of anything as simple in Dubai. You might even call the glitzy city a Babylon for our era: built to wow the world and endowed with the world’s tallest tower, man-made islands shaped like palm trees and marble everything, ideally inlaid with gold. Ferraris and Rolls…
Amsterdam may be small and easy to navigate by bike, but it’s never dull. A prime example of progressive living, bottled inside a charming 17th century city, it offers art, culture and gastronomic delights in spades. For decades, Amsterdam was characterised as a drug-dealing, sex-crazed, freewheeling city of psychedelic misadventure.…
Let’s begin with the 46-suite MERCHANT HOUSE in Manama, which is Bahrain’s first five-star boutique hotel and just the second Middle Eastern property for Campbell Gray Hotels (after Le Gray in Beirut). Highlights include an abundance of art, an impressive library and a delightful rooftop garden and restaurant. Next we…
One of Dubai’s greatest low profile culinary gems dares to modernise traditional Indian cuisine with flavour-bursting food that is creatively prepared and imaginatively executed. 1 We love an insider’s secret and Trèsind has all the halmarks of one, as it’s neither pretentious nor contrived and it’s hidden away in plain sight…
They say size doesn’t matter but in the case of Hong Kong, it’s all about going big. From the world’s largest bridge to having the most Michelin stars under one roof, this city in China is raising the bar. Change is afoot in Hong Kong. And by change, I mean…
Saint-Barth’s glamorous sailing regatta returns once again in April and we caught up with its chief sponsor, Peter Harrison – CEO of Richard Mille Europe, Middle East and Africa. WHEN DID RICHARD MILLE FIRST GET INVOLVED IN THE REGATTA? – This year marks the tenth anniversary of the event and…
It was a seminal moment for Dubai when in November 2018, the Emirate’s first non-governmental contemporary art institution opened on the Jaddaf Waterfront. Designed by London-based Serie Architects, which is led by Principal and co-founder Christopher Lee, the new Jameel Arts Centre spreads across 10,000 square metres directly fronting Dubai…
Milan is best known as a fashion mecca but only real insiders know where to find the city’s best shopping. Here are our top picks. CORSO COMO 10 Corso Como 10 is a restaurant with pretty unexceptional food but with an exceptional choice of all the best designer clothes…
Adrian Zecha may be well into his 80s but that hasn’t stopped the celebrated hotelier from launching a new affordable luxury chain with two properties in Vietnam, and others in the pipeline. Adrian Zecha is quite simply a legendary hotelier and someone who has built a career on doing things…
Going with the name Under, which also means “wonder” in Norwegian, this is Europe’s first subaquatic restaurant and it finally opened its doors near Båly, a village on the south coast of Norway. It was designed by the architecture firm Snøhetta (who gained international acclaim for their work on the…
