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The Edit
It's fair to say the Palácio Pombal in Lisbon has seen better days, but this 17th Century building can be forgiven for showing its age a little – especially when one considers all the action that it's seen. During the second half of last...
Porto
As the old saying goes, many hands make light work, and that old chestnut holds very true at Pensão Favorita, which is a collaboration between owners Ema Xavier and Filipe Maia, architect Nuno Sottomayor and French designers Sam Baron and Isabel...
Journal
If you’ve been to Portugal, then you’ll know it as one of the most beautiful countries on earth. No question. However, if we may be so bold, you will probably be thinking of Lisbon, homage to citizenship architecture, or of taking a train north...
Torres Vedras
Magical is a word oft-overused in the hotelier's vocabulary, for there's usually very little that's actually magic in the hotel experience; it's the sum of its parts, even the very best of hotels are a kind of scientific proposition - a mathematical...
Alentejo
Why haul your towels and suntan lotion all the way to the beach when you can feel the sand between your toes before you've even left your holiday home? That's exactly the experience guests at CasasNaAreia, Portugal, can enjoy while staying at these...
Caminha
Design and wine. Can you go wrong? The answer, of course, is no - especially when the design is as nice as it is at the Design and Wine Hotel in Caminha, Portugal. It's an 18th Century manor house, and although you wouldn't say the renovation is...
Tavira
This is a country house with a difference – it's right near the beach for a start, in the Algarve. Fazenda Nova is also not decorated in what one would imagine as traditional country house style. Nova by name, nova by nature. The ten-suite...
Journal
Sitting in the middle of Guimarães, a UNESCO world heritage city in Portugal, this steel and cork structure may at first seem a bit incongruous with its surroundings, especially given that it has people's legs sticking out of the bottom. In...
Arraiolos
If you're planning to hold the world's governments hostage for $50billion with a space death ray, here's where to hide out while you're doing your plotting. There's more than a touch of the Bond villain about Villa Extramuros, but in the best...
Porto
The word hostel may have you immediately reaching for the insecticide, but it’s time to put aside your prejudices and embrace communal quarters - the number of 'hip hostels' on our radar continues to rise. Have a gander at this re-imagining of...
Travellers to Portugal wanting a taste of boutique hotel at B&B prices are in for a treat when visiting Lisbon’s Casa das Janelas com Vista, located in the hip Biarro Alto district. As the name suggests, the building – a former basketry...
Porto
Just as a dog craves his bone, a Daily Mail reader yearns for casual racism or a Jeremy Kyle guest hungers for unprotected sex; we simply cannot get enough of exposed concrete. The folk behind Porto-based guesthouse Casa do Conto (House of Tales)...
City Notes
The Mojave Desert and Joshua Tree National Park were the unexpected inspiration behind the aesthetics of home-meets-hotel brand Locke’s latest opening, Bermonds Locke; London-based interior architects, Holloway Li, using repurposed materials and...
City Notes
With an iconic Westside location, free-thinking spirit, and views of both Downtown L.A. and the Pacific Ocean, Hotel June merges past and present; the 250-room property imbued with great design, details, creativity and ambience that all converge...
Stuff Crush
A publication that oozes beauty and craftsmanship, Lodestars Anthology is a magazine-meets-journal with authenticity at its core. Initially launched in 2014, the publication delves deep into the soul of whichever country it dedicates a whole issue...
City Notes
Located in Newport, Rhode Island, close to a yacht-filled waterfront, The Wayfinder is a design hotel that embodies the seaside city’s relaxed feel and independent energy; distilling the essence and nostalgia of mid-century Americana into a...
Dispatches
Although some people seem to have a natural flair for design, and have an eye for exactly what is going to work in their home—or the home of someone else—when it comes to colour, style, even the pieces to use in terms of furniture or art, others...
Dispatches
When you are in need of money quickly, you very likely don’t want to sit around pondering a bunch of different options. You want to find the option that works best for you and utilise it. Unfortunately for so many people around the country, it can...
Dispatches
If you have ever worn a bag around your waist, you've worn a fanny pack; also known in the UK as a bumbag, and currently being rebranded by hipsters as waist bags or hip bags. A fanny pack is a pack that is strapped solely around your waist. Most...
Dispatches
It is often the case that as your business grows, you need to hire more staff to keep things rolling. This means more people on your payroll, such that the efficient practices you implemented before when it comes to payroll management may no longer...