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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • WE ASKED OUR TRAVELLERS TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE HOTEL

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Going big • FROM FUTURISTIC INFLATABLES TO BIARRITZ AND THE BADLANDS, 24 THINGS WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT FOR THE NEW YEAR

NURIA VAL • THE COFOUNDER OF PLANT-BASED SKINCARE BRAND ROWSE SHARES HER FAVOURITE HOMETOWN SPOTS

HIDDEN LOTUS • A HOME-GROWN HOTEL IN BHUTAN’S PUNAKHA VALLEY EXERTS A SPIRITUAL PULL

WILD AND FREE • NATURE CREEPS INDOORS AT THIS RUSTIC CABIN IN A REMOTE CORNER OF NEW ZEALAND’S NORTH ISLAND, HOME TO GLOW-WORMS AND LEFT-HAND SURF BREAKS

ORIGIN STORY • LONG DEFINED BY ITS SOUTHERN CHARM, CHARLESTON IS NOW CONFRONTING – AND HONOURING – A DIFFICULT PAST

AMUSE BOUCHE • THE COMING YEAR’S HOTTEST CHEFS ON WHAT’S WHETTING THEIR APPETITE FOR 2024

HIGH SOBRIETY • WHY GOING ALCOHOL-FREE IS LOOKING LESS DRY THAN EVER

ZERO-PROOF DRINKING DENS

SACRED CIRCLES • TRANSFORMATIVE GLOBAL RETREATS THAT OFFER A BALM FOR GRIEF, BURNOUT AND TRAUMA

BEYOND THE BEACH • HONEYMOONS IN 2024 WILL BE MORE ADVENTUROUS AND CULTURALLY IMMERSIVE THAN EVER

STYLE FILE • FASHION-FORWARD NOTES FOR ALL SEASONS.

SHOWBOATING • WEARABILITY BE DAMNED – THIS SEASON’S CRUISE COLLECTIONS WERE ALL ABOUT FREEWHEELING CREATIVITY AND A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE

ABU DHABI • FROM A BARBERSHOP CAFE TO EMIRATI GEMS, HOME-GROWN BRANDS OFFER A FRESH COUNTERPOINT TO THE UAE CAPITAL’S GLITZY MALLS AND DESIGNER LABELS

PIT STOP • WHERE TO EAT

RIMINI • ITALIAN DESIGNER ALBERTA FERRETTI ON HER FAVOURITE PLACES IN THE BELOVED SEA-FACING REGION WHERE SHE WAS BORN, AND WHICH IS HOME TO THE STUDIO OF HER EPONYMOUS BRAND

FIT for purpose • THE HOTEL GYM IS REVOLUTIONISING. GOODBYE TREADMILLS IN DREARY BASEMENTS, HELLO CUTTING-EDGE SPACES AND HOLISTIC HEALTH

THE BEST WORKOUT SPOTS

SQUARE ROOTS • THE RIGHT-ANGLED WATCH FACE IS AN ENDURING RARITY

CAPSULE COLLECTION • WHY PILLS ARE A JEWELLERY CURE-ALL THIS SEASON

THE GOLD LIST 2024 • OUR EDITORS’ ALL-TIME FAVOURITE HOTELS

NATURAL ORDER • ACROSS RWANDA, COMMUNITIES ARE QUIETLY COMING TOGETHER TO RIGHT PAST WRONGS, ONE SAPLING AT A TIME

WHERE TO GO

FROZEN IN TIME • IN SWITZERLAND’S JUNGFRAU REGION, THE QUIET ELEGANCE OF THE BELLE EPOQUE LIVES ON

STAYING IN THE BELLE EPOQUE

State of flow • A NEW WAVE OF CREATIVITY HAS FOLLOWED THE SURFERS AND YOGIS TO THE REEF BREAKS, COCONUT PLANTATIONS AND BUDDHIST MONASTERIES OF SRI LANKA’S SOUTH COAST

The south coast stays

FLOOR FILLERS • NEVER MIND THE TIRED HACIENDA NOSTALGIA – MANCHESTER RIGHT NOW FEELS SMARTER, BUZZIER AND BETTER FED THAN EVER

SURREAL DEAL • ARUN DUFFY FOLLOWED HIS SALVADOR DALI-OBSESSED LOVER TO CADAQUES IN 1971, FALLING INTO A PLEASANTLY HAZY EXISTENCE IN AN OLIVE GROVE

NIGHT OF LIGHT • A GLITTERING ROLL CALL OF ACTORS, MODELS AND MUSICIANS SPARKLED AT TRAVELLER AND CARTIER’S DIWALI PARTY

MOST WANTED • OUR EDIT OF THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND PRODUCTS FOR YOUR RADAR THIS MONTH

HOTEL CONFIDENTIAL • PHILIPPE PERD, GENERAL MANAGER, HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC

SEARCHING FOR EDEN • THE MAGICAL PULL OF TINY PRINCIPE, A REMOTE ISLAND IN THE GULF OF GUINEA

THE VIEW FROM HERE • AN AZOREAN WINERY AND LODGING THAT REFLECTS THE VOLCANIC LANDSCAPE