Travel and restaurants
Twenty-five winter experiences to add to your itinerary from ‘Switzerland: The Monocle Handbook’
Monocle’s latest book scales new heights to bring Switzerland’s best bits within reach. Here, we share the best of the country’s seasonal experiences, from sumptuous suites to top labels and the locals to meet.
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A culinary roadtrip through Latvia’s Gauja valley, visiting the best restaurants beyond Riga
We travel through the Baltic nation, whose age-old culinary traditions are being preserved by young chefs making the most of the region’s plentiful produce.
How big-sky thinking is spurring a ranch revival out West
The American West has held the US in a kind of cultural trance of late. It’s visible in the collections on runways, the perverse popularity of rodeos and the resurrection of heritage bootmakers but,…
Bulgari bets on Bodrum: Inside the jewellery house’s vast luxury residence in Turkey
Italian luxury brand Bulgari is bringing its eye for detail to the Aegean, offering Monocle a preview of its newest chapter in design-led hospitality and discreet luxury living.
In an industry with a novelty addiction, restaurants need to stick to the recipe
The first time I ate the smoked-eel sandwich at Quo Vadis I was alone and new to Soho. Tangy pink onions. The sharp slap of horseradish. And a buttery crunch, the kind that only…
The quiet luxury of Keurbooms, South Africa’s chic coastal retreat
While Europe cools, South Africa’s Garden Route is warming up. The resort town of Keurboomstrand pairs barefoot charm with elegant polish, whitewashed villas, wine you’ll want to ship home and endless Indian Ocean horizons.
Vale Palheiro Earth Resort, a countryside retreat in Portugal that promises total relaxation
Built using traditional construction methods with materials and crafts suited to the surrounding terrain, Vale Palheiro Earth Resort is at one with its natural environment.
Designer Harry Thaler’s breathtaking Dolomites farmhouse transformation
Having converted their centuries old farmhouse at the gateway to the Dolomites into a guesthouse with five apartments, Christa and Andreas Klotzner called in designer Harry Thaler to supply some final touches.
A tour of the spectacular upgrade of Kämp, Finland’s first grand hotel
One of Finland’s oldest hotels is preserving its 19th-century charm while catering to the needs of the modern traveller.
Les Roches opens its first hospitality school in the Middle East, aiming to elevate the Emirates’ luxury industry
Through its new school, the Swiss hospitality academy is giving a local voice to a sector that has long been defined by imported talent.
