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Paris
A utopian paradise lies just north of the old Parisian city walls. In the birthplace of Jazz Manouche, where the rag and bone men set up shop to sell their wares, lies MOB Hotel; less of a hotel, more of a coworking environment, exhibition space,...
Bonnelles
With 71 guestrooms and suites, Le Barn is a rural hideaway set amidt oaks, elms and silver birches in Rambouillet Forest; which is located west of Paris, covering some 200 km² upon which the public can ramble, hike, swim and spot myriad wildlife...
Paris
Located on the left bank in Paris's 13th arrondissement—an area home to Chinatown, a mixture of upscale and budget Chinese and Vietnamese eateries, and France's main library, the Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterrand—La Felicità is an...
Journal
What makes the ideal place for a short visit or extended stay in France? Enchanting architecture? Beautiful beaches? Rich history and culture? The short answer: all of the above and much more. With companies like Brittany Ferries now offering...
Puissalicon
"We’ll tell our grandchildren: Once upon a time we had to wait." There is a stark polarity in this line from creative agency Lippincott's landmark consumer research report, Customer of the Future. On-demand everything has made our lives...
Lyon
Valencia-based creative consultancy Masquespacio have brought barrel-loads of gusto to a new Lyon eatery by way of their signature kaleidoscopic interior design; use of kitschy neon; and lush on-trend foliage. Housed within a shopping...
Dispatches
With over 369 million French speakers on Earth—the official language of 29 countries across five continents and spoken in many, many more—the romance language is the fourth most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union, and the sixth...
Puissalicon
Tucked away among vineyards in the heart of the Languedoc — the French region that spans the Mediterranean from the Cote d’Azur to the Spanish border — Château St Pierre de Serjac is a romantic estate with a fairytale feel; a retreat where...
Journal
Following a fine night's sleep under eco-cotton sheets in Cannes, a coastal ride later and we were back in Nice. As you enter the city you quickly realise that the capital of the French Riviera is Cannes’ big sister; with its ample size, Nice has...
Pyla-sur-Mer
Boasting original illuminati top brass the Rothschilds, fashion house founder Jeanne Lanvin, and Italian-French actor and singer Yves Montand as long-time 'regulars', The Haitza (as it was known upon opening in the 1930s) is located within an...
The Edit
Founded in San Gimignano in 1990, Galleria Continua is one of the art world's true pioneers. Away from the traditional urban backdrop, in an Italian town steeped in history, three friends — Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi, and Maurizio Rigillo...
Journal
An unassuming cobble-floored storage room in Martell’s Cognac headquarters, just north of Bordeaux. It’s not very warm in here. It’s also dark, which leads to much tragicomic stumbling as we enter — and perhaps even a little more as we...
The Edit
What makes you happy? It is usually experiences, time spent with friends and loved ones, being told you’re great, that results in that intoxicating dopamine rush. But as the 24-hour news cycle seeks to bring us down, climate concerns and political...
City Notes
With influences from the South of France, Morocco and Paris, Merci Marcel Orchard Road—the third MM outpost from Antoine Rouland and Marie-Charlotte Ley Rouland—is a contemporary café and bar for 'urban bohemians'; longterm collaborator and...
City Notes
Located in the heart of Williamsburg, Bathhouse—situated in a renovated 1930s soda factory—offers an array of treatments programmed by top industry professionals in a space that pays homage to bathhouses around the world; whilst blending the...
City Notes
Fed up of making dinner plans, the ones where the sole reason is to have that long overdue catch up with friends (food aside of course), only to find yourself in a place you feel the need to either speak in hushed tones or feel the tormented wrath...
Dispatches
While you can likely remember vividly the few time that you spotted a jarring red Ferrari, bright yellow Porsche, or a lime green Lambo whizzing down the road, most luxury cars are in fact not painted in such bold colours. Most cars, luxury or not,...
Dispatches
Having finally knocked the USA off the top spot, China lead the way in the World Design Rankings, a system that provides data to economists and journalists in the art, architecture and design industry. As part of the A’ Design Award &...
Dispatches
We spend a decent portion of our lives in our bedrooms; usually sleeping but often winding down after a tiring day or taking a lazy weekend morning (sometimes afternoon) in bed. Often overlooked for the spaces our guests see more of, we should...
Dispatches
Uniting everybody from the curious to collectors, art is a universal language with centuries of stories to tell; artistic works having existed for practically as long as humankind. Helping people to make more meaningful connections with art,...