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Coast story
Portugal’s second city, Porto, has great architecture and food, but the escapes along its coast truly give it quality-of-life credentials. Pack your trunks and head for the boardwalks.
Expo 35: Istanbul
Istanbul is like the Med on steroids: stronger coffee, crazier roads and animated, opinionated people. The pace of life is relaxed, while the party scene doesn’t stop until dawn.
Observation
After a short break in Beirut, we’ll be back with music, chat and reportage to entertain you. Our Summer Series audio programme returns and we're launching a special-edition Monocle newspaper, writes Tyler Brûlé.
Alain Ducasse
For his 'last meal', Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse pays tribute to Monaco and the restaurant that sealed his reputation. He also contemplates his demise, having survived a deadly plane crash in 1984.
Monocle travel guide
Our global favourites this month include a London sushi spot, a lovers’ retreat in Greece and a Taipei hotel full of Warhol and Dalí originals. We also profile Norwegian airline Widerøe.
Dutch of class
Eccentric Michelin-starred chef Pierre Wind takes Monocle on a gastro-tour of Scheveningen, The Hague’s seaside neighbourhood, showing us where he buys the best oysters and juicy ham for his dog.
Alameda
Seville's parkside Alameda district is a perfect place for a second home. It boasts excellent transport links, sunshine and famous cocktail bars, plus plenty of old-world townhouse apartments at great prices.
On the sunny side
Portugal’s City of the Seven Hills, with its winding old backstreets and relaxing beach clubs, provides a blissful backdrop for our early summer fashion shoot. It’s time for the sandals and sunglasses.
Bertrand Piccard
Record-breaking adventurer Bertrand Piccard comes from a long line of high-fliers. For his ‘last meal’, he’d share a charbonnade at his favourite restaurant, Auberge de la Poste, in Les Diablerets.
Ticket to Tangier
Tangier, a crossroad of cultures and long a draw for artists and writers, is the setting for our North African sojourn in linen jackets and hard-working loafers.
