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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • WE ASKED OUR TRAVELLERS TO SHARE THEIR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE STAY

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HAPPY NEW YEAR • THE 25 TRENDS WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT FOR 2025

SANDRA SÁNDOR • THE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF CLOTHING BRAND NANUSHKA ON HER HOMETOWN’S HOTSPOTS

FIRST LOOK WILDLY UPMARKET • A TRIO OF SMART STAYS HAVE TURBO-CHARGED BAREFOOT CHIC IN MADAGASCAR.

THE WEEKENDER THE PIG IN THE COTSWOLDS, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE • REVIVING THE LIFE AND SPIRIT OF A 16TH-CENTURY NORMANDY CHÂTEAU HAS BECOME ITS NEW OWNER’S RAISON D’ÊTRE

New womads • KAZAKHSTAN IS EMBRACING FRESH TAKES ON ITS UNSUNG TRADITIONAL CUISINE

A BETTER YOU • FROM TENDING TO GRIEF TO EMBRACING YOUR INNER ELDER, HERE ARE 11 WAYS TO WELCOME IN WELLBEING IN 2025

STYLE FILE • FASHION-FORWARD NOTES FOR ALL SEASONS. EDITED BY CHARLOTTE DAVEY

GALLE DISTRICT • BEYOND THE SURFER RETREATS AND TEA TRAILS, THIS CORNER OF SRI LANKA IS HOME TO A BURGEONING DESIGN SCENE

Hello sunshine • HOLIDAYWEAR FOR PERENNIAL SUNSEEKERS

BEHIND THE SEAMS • FOR ITS CRUISE 2025 COLLECTION, DIOR JOINED FORCES WITH SCOTLAND’S MOST STORIED WOOLLEN MILL, JOHNSTONS OF ELGIN, TO WEAVE A NEW TRADITION-DRIVEN NARRATIVE.

THE magic OF WELLNESS • THE “WITCH CITY” SALEM HAS REINVENTED ITSELF AS A PLACE OF HEALING AND SELF-CARE.

Lotions and potions

PERFECT PITCH • THE LATEST OFFERINGS FROM HIGH-END WATCH BRANDS ARE RIFFS ON RHYTHM AND MELODY

FLYING HIGH • THE EDGIER KITE-CUT DIAMOND IS ON THE UPSWING

THE GOLD LIST • OUR EDITORS’ ALL-TIME FAVOURITE HOTELS 2025

A BIGGER SPLASH • ZIMBABWE’S MATETSI VICTORIA FALLS IS A HIGH-WATER MARK FOR THE REGION’S WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

STATEMENT PIECE • A FAMILY STAY AT THE DWARIKA’S HOTEL IS AN ATMOSPHERIC INTRODUCTION TO NEPALI CULTURE

SECOND COMING • A RETURN TO THE AMALFI COAST’S HOTEL SANTA CATERINA REIGNITES A PASSION

RAYS OF LIGHT • CUBA MAY BE IN THE GRIP OF AN EMIGRATION CRISIS, BUT THE HOTELIERS, CREATORS AND ARTISTS WHO REMAIN ARE FORGING HOPEFUL PROJECTS

PLAY misty FOR ME • Freed from the summer crowds, there’s a hazy romantic atmosphere to off-season Lake Como

Living colour • ON A SEABORNE JOURNEY FROM DARWIN TO BROOME, ERIN FLORIO HEARS ANCIENT HUMAN WHISPERS IN THE EPIC LANDSCAPES OF THE KIMBERLEY

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN • IN PRAISE OF THE PEAKS AND TROUGHS, RAIN AND SHINE, OF A LOVED PATCH OF NORTH WALES

SHORE THINGS • MUDLARKER LARA MAIKLEM ON WHY THE TREASURE-FILLED THAMES IS A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

TRAVELLER EVENTS • THE LOWDOWN ON OUR LATEST (AND UPCOMING) HAPPENINGS

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

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IN FULL BLOOM • INTOXICATING GARDEN RETREATS OF MOROCCO

THE VIEW FROM HERE • A NEW WELLNESS HUB OFFERS QUIET CONTEMPLATION AT THE EDGE OF THE EARTH