Bars & Nightlife
Eurostar has just unveiled its brand new and very fancy Business Premier Lounge at Paris's Gare du Nord. Responsible for a look more akin to a town house-dwelling design hotel are UK-based architects Softroom; who've utilised a vast top floor of the...
Hotels
Jump aboard the soul train, step inside Paris's groovy-as-hell Idol Hotel, and prepare for a sensory overload; as you’re transported back to the soulful sounds of the '60s and '70s. A design hotel with sound and groove, the 32-roomed property in...
Hotels
Finnish culture is being celebrated in Paris as part of the Mobile Home 2017 project. A space within a space, Linda Bergroth — who incidentally splits her time between Helsinki and Paris — conceived and created KOTI Bed & Breakfast; a pop-up...
Hotels
From bright, luminous rooms to the Réjane brasserie and the hushed tones of the Grand Salon, Nolinski Paris (part of Evok Hôtels Collection) is a space to let the senses roam. With close neighbours like the Louvre and the Palais Royal...
Hotels
Billed as 'more than just a hotel', OFF Paris Seine is a floating vessel (a very fancy boathouse, if you will) anchored on the Seine at the foot of the Gare d’Austerlitz in Paris’s 21st arrondissement; travellers and locals looking to sing to a...
Hotels
Tucked away on a quiet street that links the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré to the Champs-Elysées, Amastan Paris — a new hotel, and a debut flagship property from the urban brand of the same name — offers just 24 guest rooms in a polished...
Hotels
Newly opened Parisian accommodation Hotel Adèle & Jules exhibits all the charm and warmth of a private home, and resides in an up-and-coming area of Paris’s Right Bank; on the edge of Cité Rougemont. With just 60 sprightly rooms (some with...
Eating Out
Wow. Talk about the weight of expectation. Sometimes a venue is set to overpower whatever you place in it. Even the world's most famous piece of art. Anyone who has seen Mona Lisa in the flesh will know, its home for the last 219 years is as...
Hotels
Behind the doors of this plush Parisian pied-à-terre lies quite the surprise: Hôtel Providence's building — located on a traditional Parisian cobbled street — dates back to 1854, and can be found amid theatres and surrounded by pretty café...
Shopping
Hypebeasts have a new Parisian store to stand in line outside overnight. Founded by James Jebbia, Supreme are the New York-based skate label that have hype down to a tee, whipping fans of the brand — who fuse hip-hop and punk rock cultures...
Eating Out
Oh Paris. Yeah Paris, you. You've got that joie de vivre; that ability to coat on an extra layer of epicurean swish to everything you do. Places like Alcazar, with all their continental swagger, manifest that abstract indefinable that I'm loathe to...
Hotels
Hotels the world over are clambering at the feet of the street art elite in a bid to inject some cool into their properties; exhibitions, interventions, artist-designed rooms. But what if the hotelier himself was one of the street art elite? André...
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
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
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Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
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Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...