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Planning this issue was an interesting affair; I had commissioned a›story on Washington, DC from a born and bred Washingtonian, never having covered the US capital before in any depth, and certainly not from an insider’s point of view. When the story came through it was filled with great advice on what to›see and do there, but with the goings on in the city constantly filling the news cycle, I was given long pause for thought about the wisdom of›running it at this exact moment. I›eventually decided to go with it, believing that this fascinating place will continue to lure visitors with its roster of iconic attractions long after the blaring headlines have (hopefully) died down. One of my favourite stories in this issue is on Armenia, which rocketed to…
ETHIOPIA: AFRICA’S RISING STAR YOU’LL STRUGGLE TO FIT ETHIOPIA’S HIGHLIGHTS INTO TWO HOLIDAYS, LET ALONE ONE; FROM THE DIVERSE TRIBES OF THE OMO VALLEY TO THE ROCK-HEWN CHURCHES OF LALIBELA. SEARCH ‘ETHIOPIA’ 8 SIGNS THAT CANADA’S YOUR PERFECT MATCH There must be a reason why more Aussies than ever are flocking to Canada. Well, actually there are eight of them. SEARCH: ‘PERFECT MATCH’ BEAT THE BILL SHOCK Never experience the shock of an international-roaming bill again! We show you the best deals and money-saving hacks so you won’t be scared to use your mobile in far-flung lands. NEW DIGITAL EDITION Subscribe now. Only $9.90 for a six-month subscription. For more visit shop.australiantraveller.com YOUR SHOT Win a $10,700 escape to the COOK ISLANDS How does island-hopping in the Cook Islands sound,…
THE WHITBY HOTEL, NEW YORK The Whitby Hotel is the second New York offering from Kit and Tim Kemp’s burgeoning Firmdale Hotels empire. Located in Manhattan, close to Central Park, MoMa and Broadway, the 86 rooms and suites benefit from Kit’s charming, colour-saturated style, as have The Whitby Bar, a hot booking right now, the Orangery and 130-seat cinema. firmdalehotels.com HOTEL VIU MILAN, ITALY Located in Milan’s up-and-coming Porta Volta/Garibaldi enclave, Hotel Viu Milan has a distinctive modern façade, lashings of interior style befitting its fashion capital surrounds, a big deal Michelin-starred chef and the only outdoor rooftop pool in the city. designhotels.com Diyabubula, Sri Lanka SURROUNDED BY SRI LANKAN JUNGLE, DIYABUBULA IS THE PASSION PROJECT OF RENOWNED LOCAL ARTIST LAKI SENANAYAKE, WHO DESIGNED THE FIVE INDIVIDUALLY HANDCRAFTED VILLAS…
UNTIL 16 JULY BALENCIAGA: L’OEUVRE AU NOIR; PARIS, FRANCE Curated by fashion museum Palais Galliera, Balenciaga: L’Oeuvre au Noir explores the Spanish couturier’s love affair with black and is staged out-of-house, to dramatic effect, among the classical sculptures of the Musée Bourdelle. Over 100 pieces of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s sculptural couture are presented in a suite of textures, silhouettes and in myriad shades of black. The exhibition is part of a season of shows celebrating 100 years since the fashion house was founded in San Sebastián: if you’re in London from 27 May, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum’s latest fashion retrospective, Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion. palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en UNTIL 21 MAY MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ – THE CLEANER; STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Created in close collaboration with Marina Abramović, The Cleaner, at Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, is…
1.OKINAWANS LIVE LONG LIVES Okinawans on average live longer than most people in the world, especially women, who on average live until 90 (for men it’s 84). It all has to do with diet, staying physically active and having a famously laid-back outlook. Visit Ogimi, located in the north-west of Okinawa island, known as the Village of Longevity, to learn some of the secrets to living longer. 2. LIFE’S A BEACH, LITERALLY OKINAWA IS MADE UP OF 160 ISLANDS – KNOWN AS THE RYUKYU ISLANDS – SO THERE ARE ENDLESS IDYLLIC BEACHES TO SAMPLE AND LOTS OF CLEAR BLUE WATER TO SOAK IN. TRY SNORKELLING OFF ISHIGAKI OR CYCLE TO DESERTED BEACHES ON TINY TAKETOMI, PAST WILD FLOWERS SWARMING WITH BUTTERFLIES. 3.THE FOOD IS TOTALLY BRILLIANT The Okinawans pride themselves…
Time travel The halcyon days of travel are celebrated in the lush new teNeues title, Nostalgic Journeys: Destinations and Adventures from the Golden Age of Travel (by Stefan Bitterle, $85). Filled with Hollywood icons such as Marlene Dietrich and Audrey Hepburn, the volume explores a time before self-serve check-ins and 40-minute transit turnarounds, when travelling took considerable time and serious effort. Golden Years of Hollywood hotels we still love THE CARLTON HOTEL – As seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief (1955), the hotel, now the InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel, is still exquisitely luxurious, retaining much of its Belle Époque splendour. THE PLAZA, NEW YORK – Another Hitchcock star, the iconic 20-storey Plaza Hotel in uptown Manhattan played host to Cary Grant’s advertising executive Roger Thornhill in the thriller…
