Hotels
With just 39 rooms across four categories, Tel Aviv hotel The Vera allows—as founder Danny Tamari (whose previous successes included stints at Rocco Forte Hotels, the Morgan’s Hotel Group and the Brown Hotel chain) states: "guests to be able to...
Eating Out
Fusing Mediterranean, South American, and Asian cuisine to create fresh and health-conscious dishes—served alongside indulgent cocktails—MAR&CO is bringing innovative fish and seafood dishes to the historic port of Jaffa, Tel...
Eating Out
Located in the heart of Tel Aviv's ancient port, Jaffa, Beit Kandinof is a beautiful new bar, restaurant and all-round cultural space; creatives' studios and art space set within a historical building that remained largely untouched throughout...
Eating Out
America may well be taking a liberty by styling itself as “The Greatest Country on Earth”, but there is one field in which the good ol' US of A is most definitely a world leader. The quintessential American diner is often imitated but rarely...
Hotels
Tel Aviv hotel The Norman offers not one but two great 1920s properties for the price of one. Architect Yoav Messer oversaw the merger of the neighbouring White City buildings on Rothschild Boulevard into a new cohesive whole celebrating the...
Eating Out
It must be a devil to find a good parking space for a food truck in Tel Aviv. The folks behind Pundak DeLuxe and Jaffa flea market food truck, Truck Deluxe, have given up life on the road, and driven their restored Grumman lorry indoors to set up...
Bars & Nightlife
You learn something new every day, and today I've learned how an American style barbecue joint in Tel Aviv is able to offer pork on the menu. It's illegal to import the meat into Israel, and it's also illegal to raise them in the country, but...
Culture
Close your eyes, concentrate... and there it is, the crackle of an old LP as the needle comes to the end of its journey inward. The atmospheric Talbia Wine Bar whisks us back to “the good old days of Jerusalem bohemia” thanks to the efforts of...
Hotels
The Mendeli Street Hotel has been part of the Tel Aviv architectural landscape since the 1970s, but a couple of years ago, third-generation owners Irit and Eran Steinbach decided the monolithic concrete structure could do with a facelift. Baranowitz...
Hotels
The motto of the Shenkin Hotel is “Locals Know Best”, and there's a strong emphasis on insider knowledge to point guests in the direction of all that's worth seeing off the tourist trail in Tel Aviv. The hotel is in one of the best looking parts...
Eating Out
We know designers OPA do good things with restaurants, having enjoyed the Tel Aviv firm's offbeat, eclectic interiors at Jacko's and Chakra Café in Jerusalem in recent times. This time out, however, it's a far more serious OPA that has created...
Eating Out
Do our eyes deceive us, or are those wall mounted racks re-employed childrens' seats from shopping trolleys? Yes, they are, and the list of assorted oddments used by OPA Interior Design at Jacko's Street restaurant in The Shuk - the increasingly...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
Owning a house is a milestone many aspire to achieve. And if you’re lucky enough to have one, you should spruce it up how you want to. Homeowners with ample outdoor space have the liberty to design and make use of their natural surroundings. One...
Dispatches
Maintaining your home appliances and furnishings is crucial. It helps them reach their full potential, typically lasting 9 to 15 years. Investing time and effort into regular upkeep extends their lifespan. That can result in significant cost savings...
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The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many of us think about work. With lockdowns and social distancing measures making office-based jobs difficult over the past few years, working from home became the new normal for millions. As we move further...
Dispatches
If you can imagine putting wheels on your favourite luxury resort you'll get an idea of what your vacation can be when you use RVshare to rent an RV in San Diego. With RV vacationing, you can combine an adventurous road trip with luxury living on...