Stories
Highstay Is Turning the Paris Apartment Into the City's Quietest Luxury Address
Blurring the line between hotel suite and private home, Highstay has built a discreet collection of ultra-luxury serviced apartments across central Paris, and quietly made the case that the city's finest stay might not be a hotel room at all.
Paris, Off the Obvious List: 10 Confidential Design Hotels for Those Who Already Know the City
In Paris, true exclusivity stopped meaning famous a long time ago. From a Belle Époque pleasure house reborn behind the Moulin Rouge to a private mansion run like an invitation-only club in the Golden Triangle, we found the ten confidential design hotels worth building your next trip around, private gardens, literary suites and châteaux included, with not a single palace lobby in sight.
Royal Malewane: The Queen of the Bush
In the Greater Kruger, one woman's singular eye for beauty turned a family holiday home into what may be the most exclusive safari address on earth.
Jumby Bay Island: The Antigua No One Else Gets to See
Two miles off the coast and an entire world away in the Caribbean, a 300-acre private island proves that true exclusivity has nothing to do with square footage and everything to do with what money still cannot buy: total, uninterrupted peace at only 3 hours from Miami.
The Island That Remembers: Inside Sri Lanka's Uga Ulagalla and Uga Chena Huts
From an ancestral manor in the ancient heartland to a private clearing on the edge of leopard country, two addresses that prove Sri Lanka's deepest luxury has never needed a crown.
Olinto: The Prince's Garden of Absolute Rest in Morocco
High in the Atlas foothills, an Italian aristocrat has built something rarer than a hotel: a home he is willing to share.
The Red City's Best-Kept Secret: Inside The Oberoi Marrakech
A dispatch from the foothills of the High Atlas, where the art of Moroccan hospitality meets the quiet grammar of true luxury.
Hotel Bella Riva: The Lake Garda Address That Remembers Everything
On the western shore of Italy's grandest lake, a century-old hotel proves that elegance, unlike fashion, never actually goes out of style.
Casa Polanco - Mexico
Au cœur du quartier de Polanco, ce boutique hôtel d'exception marie l'héritage mexicain et la modernité dans une atmosphère d'élégance intime et raffinée.