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EDITOR’S LETTER
TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE ALONG THE RIVERS OF EUROPE
MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS • Across Europe, the night-train experience is back—and way more comfortable than those cramped sleeper compartments of yesteryear
TRENDING
SHAKE IT UP • The first American bartender at London’s American Bar shares her top tipples in town
DUBAI, FAST AND SLOW • The city continues to live up to its reputation for excess, but now there are more places than ever to stop and take a breath
Dining, Diversified • Intimate, no-frills hangouts with local flair are joining innovative upscale newcomers to bring new texture to the city’s culinary scene
THE INSIDER • Indie-theater Cinema Akil cofounder Butheina Kazim on her favorite spots in town
Gilded Dreams • In its sheer ambition, bling, and megaphone glamour, Dubai’s hotel scene may outpace even Vegas’s. This latest crop ups the ante
MUST-VISIT NEIGHBORHOOD: Al Quoz
VENICE IS FOREVER • Just in time for this year’s Carnival, fashion titan Alberta Ferretti shares the places she returns to again and again in the floating city
Hungry Hearts • On a journey through Turkey, Ashlea Halpern gives her longtime partner—and herself—the gift of food
PILGRIMAGE
Edge of Reason • In the 1960s French ski towns of Avoriaz and Flaine, Toby Skinner finds that the brutalist aesthetic of these once-derided resorts was actually way ahead of its time
WHERE TO STAY
A Real Vacation • HBO’s The White Lotus, a sardonic look at white privilege on holiday, was shot in an actual place. Visiting the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Alex Bhattacharji finds a world anxious about embodying the show’s stereotypes but not afraid to poke some fun at itself
THE GOLD LIST 2022
THE DEWBERRY
OCEAN DREAMS
When You Want to Be Transported
Rio de Janeiro
SILVER MUSE
THE PENINSULA
EDEN ROCK – ST. BARTS
BELLAGIO
BORGO SANTO PIETRO
Goa, India
THE FARM AT CAPE KIDNAPPERS
SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER
LEELA PALACE NEW DELHI
Alentejo, Portugal
Better by the Beach
BULGARI HOTEL BEIJING
EAST
THE CARLYLE, A ROSEWOOD HOTEL
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
FOUR SEASONS RESORT LANAI
STYLE AT SEA
SIX SENSES YAO NOI
CELEBRITY EDGE
HOTEL BEL-AIR
ROYAL PRINCESS
FINCA CORTESIN
Scottsdale
Puebla, Mexico
Heart of a City
LEWA WILDERNESS
hidden treasures • Tracing thousands of years of history on a grand tour of Egypt, Rebecca Misner rekindles her love of travel, with the help of lots of locals
how this trip was made
PUREST SHORES • Twenty-five years after her first visit to Turks and Caicos, Sara Greaves-Gabbadon finds that the long, slow days in this friendly, deeply authentic Caribbean archipelago still revolve around hunting down the best slice of sand
I CAN’T HELP BUT LAUGH
WHERE TO STAY
in good season • Despite the double whammy of severe wildfires and a global pandemic, Napa Valley still lures travelers with its timeless, Dionysian pleasures
fresh on the vine
zzzs in the valley • From big brands to tiny charmers, Napa’s new and reborn hotel offerings are as impressive as its wine scene
ARTIST AMY SHERALD ON PANAMA