Casa Arca is San Miguel de Allende’s most storied boutique hotel, a Michelin-recognised property housed in the iconic UNESCO-listed Casa Cohen, with handcrafted suites, a rooftop terrace, and a restaurant where Mexican and Mediterranean flavours merge.
There’s a particular confidence in naming a restaurant after the sea in a landlocked city, and then delivering on it. Casamarena brings both of Mexico’s coasts to one Polanco table.
Most perfume houses sell a mood. Xinú, the Mexican perfume house founded in Mexico City, sells a plant, then spends years working out how to bottle it.
Dora Luz doesn’t do Ibiza the way most people picture it. The founder of Luz na Terra shares her curated guide to the island’s best restaurants, hotels, bars and hidden cultural gems: the Ibiza built on soul, not brochures.
Giancarlo Bolívar is a Colombian publicist, fashion photographer, and visual artist who has spent years building a genuine connection with Medellín, going far beyond the tourist trail and into the neighbourhoods, spaces, and stories that most visitors never find. This is his city, curated.
London’s boutique scene doesn’t do generic. From Shoreditch’s industrial-chic revival to a rococo Kensington manor, five design hotels worth building a trip around.
In an age of constant connectivity, mechanical watchmaking feels almost subversive. These watches make a deliberate choice about what time should feel like. They reject the frictionless, the algorithmic, the endlessly scrollable.
The best carry-on is the one you stop noticing. From lightweight hard shells to a soft nylon cabin case, here are seven carry-ons worth taking through an airport, plus what to check before you buy.
Learn about the Tissot Pinarello collaboration, fusing the best of Swiss and Italian craftsmanship into one powerful watch.
Ibiza’s design credentials were never about the prince tag. These five boutique hotels, from a converted watchtower in Dalt Vila to a beachfront stay in Es Caná, prove it.
The Seiko Astron line has always occupied an interesting position in Seiko’s catalogue. It’s not quite a dress watch, not quite a sports watch, and not trying to be either.
There is something deeply intentional about a beautifully set table. Bitossi Home has been perfecting that feeling for decades, and these five decorative plates are proof that good design belongs in everyday life, not just behind glass.
Judging on factors including effectiveness, ingredients, SPF levels, and price range, we’ve curated the ultimate guide for choosing the best sunscreen this summer.
Athens used to be a city you passed through on the way to the islands. Between the ruins and the rooftop bars, a wave of design-forward boutique hotels has quietly turned it into a destination worth staying for.
Forty years on, the Rado Integral anniversary edition honours the first high-tech ceramic watch with the same clean silhouette and seamless bracelet.
A painter, muralist, and artivist based in Baja California Sur, Rodrigo Azanza turns retired surfboards into one-of-a-kind works rooted in Mexican folk art, the region’s flora and fauna, and a lifelong relationship with the natural world.
There are spas, and then there are experiences. Liquidrom Berlin, hidden away within the striking tent-like silhouette of Berlin’s Tempodrom, belongs firmly in the second category.
A visit to Madrid offers a truly luxurious experience for guests staying at one of the best hotels in Madrid, renowned for its culture and ambience. Whether you’re planning to stay in a boutique hotel or a luxury spa hotel, our list has a hotel for every type of traveller.
Based right on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, Welcome Sunny Garments arrived with a quiet, but ambitious mission: to give Rio de Janeiro back its place in fashion.
Across the city’s most characterful neighbourhoods, from the sun-drenched streets of Chueca to the literary lanes of Barrio de las Letras, a new generation of makers, curators, and collectors is breathing fresh life into one of Spain’s oldest crafts.
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