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What is on your travel wish list this year? There are a few destinations I have in mind, all determined by distinct motivations. As I approach a milestone birthday at the end of 2026, I dream of heading back to Europe to revisit favourite haunts and revel in nostalgia. But I also have the urge to go somewhere completely new to me – to get that wonderful expansive feeling that comes from immersing yourself in an unfamiliar culture. And I'm drawn to a new-generation health retreat for a reset before that birthday arrives and old habits feel harder to shift. Many of us have a similar shopping list of places we want to go and personal reasons why. Our World Edit issue reflects how we are travelling now. For wellness:…
AN ART-FILLED NEW ENGLAND ROAD TRIP If you're looking for a road trip that combines good food, art and nature, look no further than the USA's north-east coast. Travelling from Upstate New York to the Massachusetts Berkshires, this easy arc reveals the creative communities, cultural offerings and captivating landscapes of New England. LA SAGRADA FAMÍLIA EXTERIOR COMPLETE After 144 years of ongoing construction, Antoni Gaudí’s La Sagrada Família in Barcelona has hit a major milestone. The last of its 18 towers has now been mounted, signalling the completion of the church's exterior – a symbolic moment arriving one century after the architect's untimely death. RESTORATION IN REGIONAL JAPAN Abandoned buildings across rural Japan are being reinvented as immersive stays and creative centres. From the old sake distillery in Kagawa that…
Namibia exists slightly beyond the mainstream safari imagination - a country for travellers craving space, silence and the feeling of standing somewhere truly elemental. Here in the far south, where mountainous horizons rise from desert plains and time seems measured in geological shifts rather than days, Sandfontein Lodge offers access to this rarer rhythm of travel. Set within 97,000 hectares along the Orange River, on one of Africa's largest private reserves, the 18-guest, personal-access property invites immersion in the vast landscape and its layered histories just as much as wildlife spotting - although there is that, with resident springbok, oryx, ostrich and giraffe, sandfontein.com…
Romance of the journey Slow, cinematic voyages are enjoying a renaissance. Aussie filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, alongside Oscarwinning costume and production designer Catherine Martin, has designed a whimsical new private dining and events carriage aboard the iconic British Pullman, A Belmond Train. It's inspired by vintage theatre and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Equally captivating is Golden Eagle Luxury Trains’ new Turkish Treasures itinerary, which explores mesmerising sites from Istanbul's Blue Mosque to the ruins of Greco-Roman city Hierapolis. Beyond the rails, the Orient Express Corinthian (pictured left) is reimagining the magic of the storied train – on the water. Due to set sail in June, it's poised to be the world's largest sailing yacht, with 54 sumptuous suites. Worldly reads 7 DAYS A PARISIAN Murdoch Books, $45 Your chic, insider-approved…
CAPE TOWN OCEAN OPULENCE Lauded Spanish chef Ángel León has opened his first restaurant outside of Spain at Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town. Amura brings the ocean-first philosophy León and his brother Carlos honed at Aponiente – awarded three Michelin stars and the first Michelin Green Star in Andalucía – to South Africa. Expect dishes like neon-green plankton risotto, yellowtail tartare with escabeche and pickled West Coast mussels with seaweed-dusted chips. Interiors by Tristan du Plessis channel old-world ocean liners with kelp-green hues, warm timber tones and sleek curves that call to mind waves slapping against a hull. mountnelson.co.za AMSTERDAM THE OTTOLENGHI EFFECT Chef, restaurateur and author Yotam Ottolenghi has returned to the city where he studied in the mid-’90s to open his first restaurant at the newly…
THE OKURA TOKYO It had never occurred to me most wasabi I've eaten was likely dyed horseradish. The real deal is a precious knobbly root, which chef Akihiro Omori grates with a violinist's precision at The Okura Tokyo's Yamazato Kappo Counter. “I don't need eyes to cook after this long,” he jokes, having worked here for more than 35 years. Omakase means ‘I leave the details to the chef’ and that's exactly what we're doing at this intimate, fine dining culinary theatre. Five of the hotel's 40 chefs expertly slice, sear and steam seasonal ingredients – each introduced by prefecture. The 13-course procession spotlights sea urchin-topped eggplant, silky sukiyaki-style tuna, and delicate grunt fish and matsutake mushroom steamed in a traditional clay pot. Fresh Yamanashi peach and perfumed Miyazaki mango…
