Eating Out
It's the age old story: boy with a passion for restaurants meets girl with a passion for healthy food. Damien and Agathe decided to combine their passions, et voilà, Café PINSON in Paris. The doors have opened on PINSON 10e, the second café from...
Hotels
OKKO Nantes Château puts me in mind of Brigitte Bardot in her heyday: beautiful to look at, but one would imagine a bugger to keep clean. Luckily maintaining the brilliant finish on this palace of white is someone else's problem; all the guest has...
Eating Out
What a wonderful place Italy of the 1950s and '60s must have been. A glance back through rose-tinted glasses at the cinema of the day and you're instantly awash with the glamour – Hepburn and Peck whizzing about Rome on a Vespa, Anita Eckberg in...
Bars & Nightlife
Three architects on one project may seem like overkill, but Nüba in Paris was a complex job in more ways than one. For a start, two of the architects were living in Mexico. That's where Emmanuel Picault and Ludwig Godefroy, Frenchmen abroad, met Le...
Lifestyle
Dutchmen Johan Bouman and Pieter Franssens have been looking after Château de la Resle in Montigny-la-Resle, Burgundy, since undertaking the massive restoration project in 2005, and have done a damn fine job bringing up their baby. The original...
Eating Out
Usually when a man meets a woman and is drawn down the path of vegetarianism, his life is pretty much over in any meaningful sense, but for Cyril Aouizerate it was the catalyst that helped realise his dream of a philosophy inspired restaurant – a...
Lifestyle
Well, looks like the Great British Summer is in its final throes, the gloom is setting in. Yes, the weather, how boringly British to mention it, but it is remarkable for its awfulness for September. It might not be as bad in your part of the world,...
Hotels
If ever there was a place for a wicked stepmother to lock a fair maiden away in, or to find Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold, it would be in the three floating towers of Château de la Goujeonnerie. Never has the description “fairytale”...
Hotels
You might think Paris was cool enough without needing to accommodate the hipster movement, but while it is undoubtedly dripping with classic elegance, Paris is more Kristin Scott Thomas than Ellen Page. In truth it's been overtaken by a number of...
Eating Out
For those who want the quintessential Paris experience, but would rather enjoy the Eiffel Tower from ground level with a glass of something sparkling, Monsieur Bleu in nearby contemporary art leviathan, Palais de Tokyo, offers a great view of the...
Culture
The architecture of Le Corbusier should be remembered as divisive as much as it is iconic amongst the design fraternity, and when the locals named his ground-breaking Cité Radieuse “The House of Madness” they weren't wrong - whether it was...
Culture
Just when you thought vintage had run its course, a stroll to the end of Quai de Jemmapes in the 10th arrondissement of Paris proves you well and truly wrong. Turn through a backyard and dive into a discreet entrance and voilà - it's another...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
With every step, stretch, and movement we make, our bodies are performing an act of self-care. While physical activity has long been touted as essential for maintaining fitness, a new wellness paradigm is emerging that emphasizes movement as an...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Two: Hormone Balancing. In today’s wellness landscape, hormone health is increasingly coming to the forefront...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number One: Sleep Tourism. In a world that’s never quite switched off, sleep has become both a luxury and a necessity...
Dispatches
Founded in 2008 by Brazilian native Fabio Giolito, We Heart It was a social media platform that became a global hub for image-based inspiration. It also ‘almost’ shared a name with another website closer to home. Frustrated by the exclusivity...