The accelerating pace of South Africa’s largest city is easily noticed within a few minutes of ambling around Melrose and Rosebank, two neighbourhoods that form a peanut-shaped enclave south of … Read more

Arriving in the Namibian desert in the midday summer heat is enough to force any hardened tourist into a desperate afternoon slumber. With temperatures regularly drifting north of 40°C during … Read more

The heart of South Africa’s wine country has no shortage of delightful Cape Dutch architecture, with restoration and tasteful conversions making for a quintessential wine and gastronomic break. Yet no … Read more

Anyone visiting Stellenbosch can’t help but notice the staggering Oak-lined roads, Cape Dutch architecture and modern touches to this capital of South African wine industry. Even if you find yourself … Read more

Arriving at Studland’s Manor House has none of the giveaways of a hotel, with a narrow pebble stone driveway leading to the front of a small gothic-style building, more dwelling … Read more

Exchanges between the English capital and the port to of Amsterdam have gone back for centuries, a pair of sea-faring people that built nations around the same shipping lanes. In … Read more

Few places beat with the same athletic pulse of San Diego, California’s southernmost beachside town and the capital of Endless Summer. Make it to the beach boardwalk in any season … Read more

Stitch five West London townhouses together and create a team including a few accomplished British designers and you’ve got one of the capital’s more exciting hotels – The Laslett in … Read more

Leave the San Francisco Bay Area and follow the Napa River upstream and you’ll arrive in Calistoga 30 miles later, having passed through the greater portion of California’s prized valley. … Read more

Few pieces of real estate compare in weighty provenance to the parcel of land surrounding the public market that borders Pike Street in Seattle. As well as being graced with … Read more

By the midpoint of this decade, the model for building a hospitality business in Mexico’s Los Cabos had already been reasonably well defined. Large outposts from the world’s major hoteliers … Read more

Portland’s Chinatown is now the unlikely location of an exceptional design and engineering development, carved out in the shape of The Society Hotel, an innovative newcomer to the realm of … Read more

Slip off the Interstate 10 freeway at the tiny town of Van Horn, Texas and start hurtling down south and you’ll soon start to feel like you’re departing from civilisation … Read more

If the flavours of Los Angeles become too much, be assured that a small portion of hotels have switched out relentless cheer for a calmer, more relaxed mood. Set back … Read more

Glide into the shade of the beak-like awning at the entrance to The Saguaro, Palm Springs and you might mistake the ping pong table and cruiser bikes as treats of a … Read more

Completing a mental picture of Mexico’s Los Cabos filled with massive cruise ship-like hotels would be nearly entirely accurate were it not for a few hotels that recognise that “less … Read more

Imagining the American Civil War veteran and pastor Winfield Scott wandering through Arizona’s broad Salt River Valley in early 1888 requires a leap of imagination. After establishing churches in Kansas … Read more

An overview of American history during the 20th century is hardly complete without mentioning the role of the automobile. Mid-century novelists wrote about the mystics of early engines, federal planners … Read more

The only thing harder to find than an apartment in San Francisco is a bed in St. Helena, one of California’s most over-subscribed destinations for wine tasting and weekend trips. One … Read more

Only San Francisco’s most intrepid tourists will be familiar with the area surrounding Civic Center, merely blocks from the commercial heart of town and the home to major music and … Read more