International Traveller

Welcome back to the world! A year ago I seriously doubted that I would be uttering these words again so soon, so perilous did our global situation seem. But here we are, free to go forth and travel again, and with a world of possibilities awaiting us

Take a trip around the globe via our round-up of the hottest accommodation newcomers. Our list of places to check out in 2022 includes the One&Only Mandarina in Mexico (pictured left), The Londoner, located in the English capital, and Mamaka by Ovolo

The recently opened Proper Downtown L.A. is an extravagance of colour, pattern and design pieces that mix and meld to ‘where to look next’ fabulousness. It’s a look that is encapsulated in the joyous mural by artist Abel Macias that greets guests upo

Slated to open in the second half of the year, Aman New York is poised to deliver the brand’s signature blend of serenity and style in one of the busiest metropolises in the world. Set to breathe new life into the Crown Building (once the home of the

Callow Hall is located in Derbyshire, at the edge of the UK’s Peak District. This delightfully pretty Victorian country house has been transformed into a gracious retreat, with 15 individually designed rooms, 11 ‘hives’ and two greenery-engulfed tree

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IN AN EXHIBITION CONCEIVED AND MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FONDATION PIERRE BERGÉ – YVES SAINT LAURENT, AND IN TRIBUTE TO 60 YEARS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE HOUSE OF YVES SAINT LAURENT, SIX OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS FINE ARTS MUSEUMS IN PARIS ARE INSTALLED WI

WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY OF TRAVELLING? Travelling to Vietnam (1) when I was 18 months old. My grandma took me away for the day and got my ears pierced without telling my mum. WHERE ARE YOU GOING NEXT? I’m hoping to go to Italy with my friends durin

The belief that serious sustainability is diametric to serious style has well and truly been blown out of the water (albeit the azure blue water of the Maldives) with the recent opening of JOALI BEING. Situated within the pristine, sequestered Bodufu

No one could ever accuse Switzerland of greenwashing. Unless they were taking poetic licence in describing the scene before them as they traipse through one of its lush alpine meadows or navigate their way along a verdant ridge in summer – where ther

Put down the KonMari’d handbag and rejoice; the carry-on weight allowance for most airlines servicing Australia ranges between seven and 14 kilograms, leaving you with ample opportunity and space to carry what you need for a happy and relaxed flight.

Carved by volcanic activity over millennia, the Japanese island of Kyushu, located at the southern tip of Honshu and made up of seven prefectures – Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Oita and Saga – is a compelling destination of bubbl

Colorado ski resorts range from some of the world’s most glamorous (Aspen and Vail) to some of the most stripped-back and hard-core (Silverton) with Telluride and Steamboat in between. So whether you’re a one-run-one-latte kind of skier (and there’s

An intoxicating island resort that offers equal parts sustainable luxury, escape, indulgence and culture, Kisawa Sanctuary is one of so many new openings that have us excited to roam the globe again. Constructed consciously so as to tread a light foo

Here, we take a deep dive into the best resorts dotted around the Maldives for the luxury-seeking traveller. Scattered across three islands, this luxe five-star resort features 119 beach, reef and overwater villas, an impressive 11 dining venues and

Rising up the ranks of Europe’s hottest food destinations, Portugal has an astonishingly rich and varied culinary culture, forged from its own diverse natural bounty and a global larder washed up on its shores via its 16th-century trade routes (potat

As per Mark Twain, it seems that the demise of cruising has been greatly exaggerated over the past few years. There is no doubt that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was traumatic for an industry that quickly became the poster child for the worst p

As far as travel conundrums go, it’s a biggie: you’re headed to the snow-capped wilderness of Alaska and keen to spend your days hiking glaciers, dog sledding, choppering, whale watching and salmon fishing, but you’ve only got a week. Holland Americ

Remember the ‘golden age’ of travel back when we believed we were invincible? A time when 6500 of us happily piled onto mega cruise ships to holiday en masse, crammed into the tight alleyways of Dubrovnik, Santorini and Amsterdam and unintentionally

I could never have guessed that one of the best meals of all my travels would be at a tiny restaurant on a mountainside in Kyushu, given how tricky it is to be vegetarian in some parts of rural Japan for those who can’t live on green tea ice-cream al

Did I pack my own bags? No, but I should have. On the sleepless eve before boarding flights bound for one of the world’s most notorious destinations, the Islamic Republic of Iran, I unconsciously stuff my backpack with other people’s unreasoned suspi

In all my travels I had never cried from joy. I’ve certainly cried from sadness. I’ve cried from frustration. I’ve cried from homesickness. But, until my first landing on the fabled seventh continent – setting foot on the frosty shores of Antarctica

LATAM’s flights from Sydney to Santiago, Chile, via Auckland resume from the end of March. latamairlines.com HURTIGRUTEN ’s 18-day ANTARCTICA, CHILEAN FJORDS AND FALKLANDS: GREAT EXPLORERS AND WILDLIFE begins in Santiago and includes internal flights

The food scene on O‘ahu offers the clearest expression of the melting pot of cultures in Hawai‘i. Just as Hawaiians converted the guitars brought by Mexican cowboys into slide guitars and transformed Portuguese braguinha into the ‘ukulele so, too, ha

Enjoy what many say is Hawai‘i’s most authentic sunset lu‘au (think poi, laulau, poke, kalua pig... yum) and hula performance at the open-air beachside OLD LAHAINA LU‘AU . Once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the early 19th century, Lahaina wa

One of the oldest cash crops on the island of Hawai‘i is Kona coffee, which was first brought here in the early 1800s from Brazilian cuttings. There are about 600 small family-run coffee farms dotted along a pretty 50-kilometre stretch of the Mamalah

Visit Sunshine farmers’ markets all over the island. Meet with local farmers and artisans. TASTING KAUA‘I offers educational tours full of discovery and more importantly, tasting. Visitors learn about some of Kaua‘i’s best eateries that source their

Explore the ruins of the prehistoric KAUNOLU fishing village (a US National Historic Landmark) including petroglyphs and the remains of HALULU HEIAU sacred temple as well as King Kamehameha the Great’s former royal residence. Visit also the LANA‘I CU

Relax at PAP HAKU BEACH , one of the largest white-sand beaches in Hawai‘i, KAWILI BEACH at the mouth of Halawa Valley, and KAPUKAHEHU BEACH in a sheltered cove. KUMIMI BEACH is a top snorkelling spot but the water can become rough in big surf. Many