The summer months are the perfect time for wandering Valletta’s shady, sloping streets, which are a welcome retreat from the hot midday sun. Several of the city’s baroque buildings have been newly restored, thanks to its programme as the 2018 European Capital of Culture, and historic architecture is hiding around every corner. Valletta sits at [...]
Cherry blossom season is big news in Japan, where it’s monitored day-by-day across the country throughout March and April. Peak Kyoto Hanami is usually in the first week of April, (weather permitting) when the city is bathed in pink and white blooms. Chase the colours from gallerist Elmar Weinmayr’s converted warehouse loft in the city’s [...]
March is the peak of the dry season in Costa Rica, which makes it ideal for exploring the country’s verdant jungles and pristine beaches. The Nicoya Peninsula offers the best of both worlds and is a burgeoning spot for surfing. Book a stay in at the Hotel Nalu Nosara, designed by architect Benjamin Saxe, which [...]
January guarantees snowfall in the French Alps, but February is when the action really starts to hot up on the slopes. Purge your back-to-work blues with a stay at Marcel Breuer’s avant-garde art village, Terminal Neige in Flaine. Set at 2,000-metres elevation, the 96-room hotel underwent a total revamp in recent years, and is a [...]
Architect Nicolas del Rio has put a South American twist on the Alpine chalet for his retreat in the foothills of the Andes in Chile. La Dacha – available to rent via Off Grid Hideaways from $450 per night – unfurls across 1,500 sq ft, and the mountain retreat sits between ancient oak trees and [...]
Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects are literally and figuratively making waves in Denmark’s cityscape with their latest housing design, The Wave. Sculptural and organic in form, the distinctive peaks of the apartment buildings are visible from rail, road and sea; a feast for the eyes in a country dominated by a flat landscape. Located against [...]
For several years now, Paris town hall is tackling the issue of the rehabilitation of abandoned metro stations. There are 14 of them in town and different projects have been suggested to transform these spaces, particularly by the former town hall candidate Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (as it is shown in the tweets below). From a swimming [...]
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Rouista Tzoumerka Resort is located in the full of firs Vourgareli at the entrance of the National Park of Tzoumerka, Peristeri and Arachthos Gorge. It is a complex of stone buildings, in which the traditional architecture of the region dominates. It harmoniously combines the Greek nature, the modern comforts, the activities, the wild beauty and [...]
Amanzoe Luxury Hotel & Spa -Peloponnese Situated on a gentle rise surrounded by undulating olive groves, Amanzoe’s 360-degree views take in the Peloponnese countryside and rocky coves. The resort is within easy reach of a wealth of archaeological sites and bustling Porto Heli.Dotted across the hillside, Amanzoe’s Pavilions and Villas are classically inspired and contemporary [...]
