Beautiful tips

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Most cities are known for something. In Los Angeles, it’s movies. In Paris, it’s fashion. And in Zurich, Switzerland’s gleaming metro set along a lake dotted with white swans and shiny bikes, it’s money. To be more specific, it’s “serious money,” as a Swiss colleague insisted during our afternoon tea. In Zurich, the serious money of the world is deployed, managed, and grown for generations to come. Accordingly, the people that hold the serious money of the world need somewhere to stay when a trip to Zurich is called for. As another Swiss businessman told me: “There’s only one place you stay when you come to visit your money in Switzerland. It’s the Baur au Lac.”

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The city of Miami Beach is enforcing stricter rules when it comes to visitors heading to the popular spring break destination this year.

Visit Finland has hired a special new influencer to promote a new marketing campaign.

I typically start to think about spring cocktails in the depths of winter. And let me tell you: It’s a wonderful little project to be working on. There’s no better way to spend the bleak, dark months of January than taking some time in the kitchen to tinker with bright and buoyant cocktail recipes that remind you of warmer times ahead: longer days, spring produce, flowers, and all that fun stuff. It’s certainly a lot more fun than participating in Dry January—or as I like to call it, thirty-one days of misery.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with John Martin, who previously worked in the aluminum industry, and his wife Beverly, both 60, who have been traveling the world since 2021. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

The area around Hardcastle in West Yorkshire springs into life in mid-March. The woodland floor transforms as if by magic into a soft carpet of wildflowers with bluebells appearing later in the season. The area was once called Little Switzerland because of its steep lush valleys bisected by rushing rivers, silver streams and footpaths. We found it to be the perfect antidote to winter, with shafts of golden sunlight casting their magic rays on all the lovely foliage. Head for a nice pub lunch at the Old Gate in Hebden after a morning walk.Nigel

As fleeting as they are beautiful, sakura season is upon us. Here’s what hotels across Japan are doing to rise to the occasion.

Calling all beach bums: the Maldives is a region famous for its palm-fringed desert islands, most of them surrounded by gin-clear water teeming with tropical fish.

Renting a car in Iceland is a must for anyone who wants to take their time and enjoy the country’s beautiful scenery.

For those seeking an extraordinary summer escape, Haute Retreats presents a collection of handpicked destinations that redefine luxury travel.

Fragonard embodies the authentic beauty of the Provence region, infusing a serene elegance into hotels worldwide.

Immerse in tranquility and natural beauty at Hotel Liotopi and Hotel Akrogiali, offering unique experiences in Halkidiki, Greece.

One of the most popular tourist centers in Türkiye, millions of tourists flock to Cappadocia every year to see the magnificent natural beauty of fairy chimneys, underground cities, ruins, and experience balloon tours and cave hotels.

Last fall, a good friend and I decided we wanted to go to Greece. But rather than opt for Santorini or Mykonos, we decided to spend a week in Crete.

Running from Sorrento southwards to Salerno, the Amalfi Coast is a jagged rollercoaster of citrus groves edged by cobalt-blue sea.

Sicily is an island of mythic proportions, highly regarded for its natural beauty and the deep well of history it embodies in its ancient archaeological sites and luxe palazzos. A proud triangle, the island has three coastlines and two island chains and is home to the most active volcano in Europe, the indomitable Mount Etna.

The beauty of Omakase, I have to admit, is in handing over power to someone else. In any other walk of life–politics, government, literature, art–the idea of yielding to autocracy would be impossible to even consider. But when it comes to nigiri, and the expert sushi chefs who let their creativity loose behind a sushi bar, I happily yield.

With the release of Dune: Part Two, audiences will return to Arrakis and find it largely unchanged. As in the first film, the desert planet is compiled largely of plots of Earth we know as Jordan’s Wadi Rum and Abu Dhabi. This time around, however, we get to go deeper. As Paul Atreides and his mother Lady Jessica (Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, respectively) assimilate to life amongst the Indigenous Fremen people, they unlock access to parts of the planet previously unknown to outsiders.

The undulating coast of Antigua contains a multitude of tucked-away coves and quiet beaches – rumor has it there's one for every day of the year.